Archeologia della produzione architettonica. Le tecniche costruttive

Abstract

In the field of the building techniques used in the construction of the walls, the majority of the classifications consists of the formal aspects of visible surfaces. These classifications use some attentions distinguishing stratigraphic units and in the field of the aesthetic aspects of surfaces. As the walls take part of the most important load-bearing structure, isn’t possible to speak of the techniques used in the construction of the walls without trying to understand how the different types of wall effectively operate from a static point of view. So it’s necessary to check and to understand the whole volume of each technique used in the construction of the walls, and if there are general or particular rules deductibles from the visible surfaces. In this paper we suggest, also, an classification of the «families» of the most recognized techniques used in the construction of the walls, on the basis of their constructive, functional and formal systems.