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Réf.

43286

Type

article

Titre

Vernacular Caramel's adobe masonry dwellings : material characterization

Langues

English

Auteurs

Silva, Adriana / Oliveira, Inês / Silva, Vítor / Mirão, José / Faria, Paulina

Maison d'édition

Taylor & Francis

Date

2022

Pages

p. 67-84

Titre de la revue

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Vol. & n°

v. 16 n. 1

ISSN

1558-3058

Mots-clés

earth architecture / adobe / vernacular architecture / building materials / physical properties / laboratory tests / mechanical properties / conservation in situ

Pays mentionnés

Portugal

Monuments et sites

Caramel's dwellings, Palmela, Portugal

Résumé en anglais

In Pinhal Novo, Palmela, and neighboring municipalities, southern Lisbon region, there are a great number of small adobe masonry dwellings, made in the first half of the twentieth century. The vernacular dwellings were constructed by families that came from the north/center region of Portugal to work at the local manors and were called Caramel´s. Adobe samples from three of these dwellings were collected in Pinhal Novo and Moita, and tested for particle size distribution,X-ray diffraction, color, bulk density, ultrasonic pulse velocity, thermal conductivity, dry abrasion, flexural and compressive strength, capillary absorption and drying. It was possible to conclude that the adobe was not chemically stabilized and had no vegetable fibers. Average values for the adobe properties were defined and results were analyzed, revealing comparable to unstabilisedadobe and even to lime stabilized adobe from other regions. The data on Caramel´s adobe can support the design of interventions to preserve at least some of these Caramel´s vernacular dwellings.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2020.1751343