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Proceedings HERITAGE 2022 - International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability, Sep 15, 2022
The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One ... more The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One such example still in use today are the "pinnettas de pedra", huts built entirely of drystone walls and lithic corbelled dome, with a technique common across the Mediterranean area. They are located to the northwest and centre of the island, in the areas of Meilogu, Marghine and Planargia. The analysis was based on cataloguing the artefacts: field research and data processing on a GIS platform identified around 500 pinnettas de pedra in the surveyed area. The work resulted in survey cards detailing the state of these buildings: their characteristics in terms of size and materials and the main factors of degradation and structural failure. The cards describe in detail the masonry, the lithic elements and their arrangement, as well as the construction techniques and the structural concept behind the realisation. Our line of investigation brings to light construction methods that stood the test of time. This construction code, an orally transmitted set of established rules defining the art of building, is a valuable heritage of local technical knowledge. An immaterial resource to study and preserve and pass on to future generations. The research aims to deepen and develop the knowledge needed for the conservation of such buildings by compiling a manual of good practices of intervention that respects the characteristics of the material and construction. The broader goal of promoting the pinnettas de pedra is to promote proper care of the land, reduce the factors of risk and degradation, set the standards for safe fruition for local communities and visitors, thus restoring the bond with these places.
The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One ... more The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One such example still in use today are the "pinnettas de pedra", huts built entirely of drystone walls and lithic corbelled dome, with a technique common across the Mediterranean area. They are located to the northwest and centre of the island, in the areas of Meilogu, Marghine and Planargia. The analysis was based on cataloguing the artefacts: field research and data processing on a GIS platform identified around 500 pinnettas de pedra in the surveyed area. The work resulted in survey cards detailing the state of these buildings: their characteristics in terms of size and materials and the main factors of degradation and structural failure. The cards describe in detail the masonry, the lithic elements and their arrangement, as well as the construction techniques and the structural concept behind the realisation. Our line of investigation brings to light construction methods that stood the test of time. This construction code, an orally transmitted set of established rules defining the art of building, is a valuable heritage of local technical knowledge. An immaterial resource to study and preserve and pass on to future generations. The research aims to deepen and develop the knowledge needed for the conservation of such buildings by compiling a manual of good practices of intervention that respects the characteristics of the material and construction. The broader goal of promoting the pinnettas de pedra is to promote proper care of the land, reduce the factors of risk and degradation, set the standards for safe fruition for local communities and visitors, thus restoring the bond with these places.
Proceedings HERITAGE 2022 - International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability
The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One ... more The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One such example still in use today are the "pinnettas de pedra", huts built entirely of drystone walls and lithic corbelled dome, with a technique common across the Mediterranean area. They are located to the north-west and centre of the island, in the areas of Meilogu, Marghine and Planargia. The analysis was based on cataloguing the artefacts: field research and data processing on a GIS platform identified around 500 pinnettas de pedra in the surveyed area. The work resulted in survey cards detailing the state of these buildings: their characteristics in terms of size and materials and the main factors of degradation and structural failure. The cards describe in detail the masonry, the lithic elements and their arrangement, as well as the construction techniques and the structural concept behind the realisation. Our line of investigation brings to light construction methods that...
The countryside and culture of Sardinia are characterised by the presence of Nuraghi, an architec... more The countryside and culture of Sardinia are characterised by the presence of Nuraghi, an architectural expression of the Nuragic Civilisation (2000-500 B.C.). The expression «Nuraghe»I is used for two different architectural types, corridor nuraghi and tholos nuraghi. The first type has a tlat ceiling corridor which runs through the whole structure, and slopes towards the top thanks to overhanging blocks. The planimetry is irregular, subquadrangular or elliptical and is only rarely circular. Whereas a tholos nuraghe has one or more circular based chambers, one above the other. Their form is that of a tholos or falsacupola. This has been defined as a «classic nuraghe», both because of its numerous presence in the island and because ofits «elementary» building technique i.e. a truncated conical tower, with successive additions of walls and angular towers producing the socaJled Complex Nuraghi with labyrinthine planimetry e.g Su Nuraxi di Barumini, S. Antine di Torralba and the five-to...
Proceedings of the First International Congress on Construction History Madrid 20th 24th January 2003 Vol 1 2003 Isbn 84 9728 071 7 Pags 535 544, 2003
Proceedings HERITAGE 2022 - International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability, Sep 15, 2022
The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One ... more The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One such example still in use today are the "pinnettas de pedra", huts built entirely of drystone walls and lithic corbelled dome, with a technique common across the Mediterranean area. They are located to the northwest and centre of the island, in the areas of Meilogu, Marghine and Planargia. The analysis was based on cataloguing the artefacts: field research and data processing on a GIS platform identified around 500 pinnettas de pedra in the surveyed area. The work resulted in survey cards detailing the state of these buildings: their characteristics in terms of size and materials and the main factors of degradation and structural failure. The cards describe in detail the masonry, the lithic elements and their arrangement, as well as the construction techniques and the structural concept behind the realisation. Our line of investigation brings to light construction methods that stood the test of time. This construction code, an orally transmitted set of established rules defining the art of building, is a valuable heritage of local technical knowledge. An immaterial resource to study and preserve and pass on to future generations. The research aims to deepen and develop the knowledge needed for the conservation of such buildings by compiling a manual of good practices of intervention that respects the characteristics of the material and construction. The broader goal of promoting the pinnettas de pedra is to promote proper care of the land, reduce the factors of risk and degradation, set the standards for safe fruition for local communities and visitors, thus restoring the bond with these places.
The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One ... more The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One such example still in use today are the "pinnettas de pedra", huts built entirely of drystone walls and lithic corbelled dome, with a technique common across the Mediterranean area. They are located to the northwest and centre of the island, in the areas of Meilogu, Marghine and Planargia. The analysis was based on cataloguing the artefacts: field research and data processing on a GIS platform identified around 500 pinnettas de pedra in the surveyed area. The work resulted in survey cards detailing the state of these buildings: their characteristics in terms of size and materials and the main factors of degradation and structural failure. The cards describe in detail the masonry, the lithic elements and their arrangement, as well as the construction techniques and the structural concept behind the realisation. Our line of investigation brings to light construction methods that stood the test of time. This construction code, an orally transmitted set of established rules defining the art of building, is a valuable heritage of local technical knowledge. An immaterial resource to study and preserve and pass on to future generations. The research aims to deepen and develop the knowledge needed for the conservation of such buildings by compiling a manual of good practices of intervention that respects the characteristics of the material and construction. The broader goal of promoting the pinnettas de pedra is to promote proper care of the land, reduce the factors of risk and degradation, set the standards for safe fruition for local communities and visitors, thus restoring the bond with these places.
Proceedings HERITAGE 2022 - International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability
The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One ... more The dwelling culture in rural Sardinia presents a wide variety of agropastoral construction. One such example still in use today are the "pinnettas de pedra", huts built entirely of drystone walls and lithic corbelled dome, with a technique common across the Mediterranean area. They are located to the north-west and centre of the island, in the areas of Meilogu, Marghine and Planargia. The analysis was based on cataloguing the artefacts: field research and data processing on a GIS platform identified around 500 pinnettas de pedra in the surveyed area. The work resulted in survey cards detailing the state of these buildings: their characteristics in terms of size and materials and the main factors of degradation and structural failure. The cards describe in detail the masonry, the lithic elements and their arrangement, as well as the construction techniques and the structural concept behind the realisation. Our line of investigation brings to light construction methods that...
The countryside and culture of Sardinia are characterised by the presence of Nuraghi, an architec... more The countryside and culture of Sardinia are characterised by the presence of Nuraghi, an architectural expression of the Nuragic Civilisation (2000-500 B.C.). The expression «Nuraghe»I is used for two different architectural types, corridor nuraghi and tholos nuraghi. The first type has a tlat ceiling corridor which runs through the whole structure, and slopes towards the top thanks to overhanging blocks. The planimetry is irregular, subquadrangular or elliptical and is only rarely circular. Whereas a tholos nuraghe has one or more circular based chambers, one above the other. Their form is that of a tholos or falsacupola. This has been defined as a «classic nuraghe», both because of its numerous presence in the island and because ofits «elementary» building technique i.e. a truncated conical tower, with successive additions of walls and angular towers producing the socaJled Complex Nuraghi with labyrinthine planimetry e.g Su Nuraxi di Barumini, S. Antine di Torralba and the five-to...
Proceedings of the First International Congress on Construction History Madrid 20th 24th January 2003 Vol 1 2003 Isbn 84 9728 071 7 Pags 535 544, 2003