Transmitting culture through building systems: The case of the Tile Vault
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2023-03-27
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MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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English
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Until now, the technology behind building systems has largely been neglected, and an exploration of the cultural transmission of these systems has been undervalued as a way of understanding changes in the symbolic worldview of society. This article analyses the developmental transitions in a specific building system, specifically the tile vault, as a case study that illustrates the changing values of a construction process as it has evolved, together with an understanding of the philosophy that has accompanied those changes over time. An ethnohistorical and ethnographic method has been used, enabling a longitudinal and rich analysis through time that illustrates the indissolubility of the technical issues from the prevailing social institutions of each era. These are based on a careful reading of changing conditions (environmental, social, and cultural), and of the progressive participatory appropriation which takes place through cooperative, synergistic working.
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Tile vault, Catalonia, Anthropology of building systems, Guastavino, Cultural transmission
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ buildings13040873
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Alcindor, M., & Jackson, D. (2023). Transmitting culture through building systems: The case of the Tile Vault. Buildings, 13(4), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ buildings13040873. Repositório Institucional UPT. http://hdl.handle.net/11328/4732
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