Recomanacions per als puzles en l'aprenentatge de la construcció

Aquesta comunicació presenta recomanacions d’utilitat per a la realització d’activitats puzle dirigides a l’aprenentatge de la construcció a l’arquitectura. Aquestes recomanacions es basen en l’experiència d’utilitzar l’activitat puzle en classes de construcció del Departament de Construccions Arquitectòniques I (CA1) de l’Etsab, UPC. Aquestes activitats s’han dut a terme en assignatures de segon curs (Construcció 1); tercer curs (Construcció IV) i Postgrau (Màster universitari en Tecnologia a l’Arquitectura). Aquests puzles han incorporat variacions respecte la tècnica puzle convencional. N’hi ha hagut sobre detalls constructius d’edificis, sobre solucions davant de conflictes reals a l’obra, d’externs... Durant aquests puzles s’han recollit diversos indicadors: pretests i posttests, enquestes de satisfacció, temps de dedicació, fitxes d’aprenentatge... Analitzant aquests indicadors és possible: a) confirmar que l’alumnat valora positivament aquesta activitat; i b) recollir i ordenar l’experiència acumulada mitjançant les recomanacions que es presenten en aquesta comunicació.Peer Reviewe

Les fàbriques de riu. Evolució i tècniques constructives

Conferència a càrrec de Ramón Gumà Esteve, Professor del departament Tecnologia de l'Arquitectura ETSAB | UPC

Repair of face brick facades in two ovoid-shaped residential buildings in Granollers (Barcelona)

In buildings with face brick facades, the inadequacies of stability and the subsequent risk of detachment of ceramic material are a very common damage when the outer brick sheet is continuous or partially continuous in front of the slabs. When the building takes a curved shape, the problem increases as an uncompensated thrust outwards the facade appears. However, this thrust is nonexistent when facades are flat. In the present case, the brick facades of two ovoid–shaped ten-storey residential buildings required a singular action of reparation. The buildings had experienced strong horizontal movements and buckling in the thinnest sections of the walls. This situation was causing an actual risk of detachment and falling pieces of the façade and even entire sections of it. The repair consisted in the elimination of the vertical continuity of the walls, the stabilizing of the facade at each floor level as well as the ledges, the replacing of the unstable sections of wall that were located above the lintels with pieces of polymer concrete and the division of all facades with new vertical expansion joints located approximately every 8 meters. The objectives of these operations were aimed at minimizing the overall vertical and horizontal stresses in the façade walls, stabilizing the movement generated by its ovoid shape and removing of the damaged areas of the masonry.Postprint (published version

Historical study and constructive characterization of three catalan monasteries through the analysis of their architectural restorations from the s.XIX to the present

The present research focuses on the study of the interventions carried out in three Catalan monasteries from its construction to the present day. The three monastic groups on which this communication is centred are the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, the monastery of Vallbona de les Monges and the monastery of Santes Creus. The three buildings have similar architectural composition characteristics, as well as constructive techniques and recent history. Although these three monastic groups date from the 9th-12th century they have all been in constant use and adaptation to new requirements, being the changes of greatest impact, the exclaustration and confiscations and their subsequent intervention works during the 19-20th century. In order to make a correct contextualization and study, a specific methodology is applied. It is based on the systematization of different parameters in tables that link data referring to its history, architectural composition, historical constructive system and techniques, building pathology and restorations. To this end, an important task of collecting historical data on the former interventions is carried out. Such methodology takes into account the spatial study of the different parts that form the monastic groups: the monastery (as a surrounding building, refectory, kitchen, bedrooms, chapter house, scriptorium, etc.), the basilica or temple (including towers and bell towers) and finally, the cloister as the characteristic piece of this typology. Likewise, a temporary subdivision of the restorations is also carried out in packages of three decades since the beginning of the 20th century, in order to observe how they have been transformed according to the stylistic criteria of the moment and according to the evolution of the techniques and the principles of restoration predominant architectural in each era. Although a priori it is not intended to perform a diagnosis of the causes of the current damage of the exposed buildings, this methodology can be a useful tool since it offers the vision and interpretation of the architects who acted in said monasteries decades ago. Though the comparison between the different periods of restoration in the three monasteries, it is possible to establish historical parallels and, at the same time, to have an approximation to the History of the Restoration of Monasteries in Catalonia.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Repair of face brick facades in two ovoid-shaped residential buildings in Granollers (Barcelona)

In buildings with face brick facades, the inadequacies of stability and the subsequent risk of detachment of ceramic material are a very common damage when the outer brick sheet is continuous or partially continuous in front of the slabs. When the building takes a curved shape, the problem increases as an uncompensated thrust outwards the facade appears. However, this thrust is nonexistent when facades are flat. In the present case, the brick facades of two ovoid–shaped ten-storey residential buildings required a singular action of reparation. The buildings had experienced strong horizontal movements and buckling in the thinnest sections of the walls. This situation was causing an actual risk of detachment and falling pieces of the façade and even entire sections of it. The repair consisted in the elimination of the vertical continuity of the walls, the stabilizing of the facade at each floor level as well as the ledges, the replacing of the unstable sections of wall that were located above the lintels with pieces of polymer concrete and the division of all facades with new vertical expansion joints located approximately every 8 meters. The objectives of these operations were aimed at minimizing the overall vertical and horizontal stresses in the façade walls, stabilizing the movement generated by its ovoid shape and removing of the damaged areas of the masonry

Historical study and constructive characterization of three catalan monasteries through the analysis of their architectural restorations from the s.XIX to the present

The present research focuses on the study of the interventions carried out in three Catalan monasteries from its construction to the present day. The three monastic groups on which this communication is centred are the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, the monastery of Vallbona de les Monges and the monastery of Santes Creus. The three buildings have similar architectural composition characteristics, as well as constructive techniques and recent history. Although these three monastic groups date from the 9th-12th century they have all been in constant use and adaptation to new requirements, being the changes of greatest impact, the exclaustration and confiscations and their subsequent intervention works during the 19-20th century. In order to make a correct contextualization and study, a specific methodology is applied. It is based on the systematization of different parameters in tables that link data referring to its history, architectural composition, historical constructive system and techniques, building pathology and restorations. To this end, an important task of collecting historical data on the former interventions is carried out. Such methodology takes into account the spatial study of the different parts that form the monastic groups: the monastery (as a surrounding building, refectory, kitchen, bedrooms, chapter house, scriptorium, etc.), the basilica or temple (including towers and bell towers) and finally, the cloister as the characteristic piece of this typology. Likewise, a temporary subdivision of the restorations is also carried out in packages of three decades since the beginning of the 20th century, in order to observe how they have been transformed according to the stylistic criteria of the moment and according to the evolution of the techniques and the principles of restoration predominant architectural in each era. Although a priori it is not intended to perform a diagnosis of the causes of the current damage of the exposed buildings, this methodology can be a useful tool since it offers the vision and interpretation of the architects who acted in said monasteries decades ago. Though the comparison between the different periods of restoration in the three monasteries, it is possible to establish historical parallels and, at the same time, to have an approximation to the History of the Restoration of Monasteries in Catalonia.Peer Reviewe

Repair of face brick facades in two ovoid-shaped residential buildings in Granollers (Barcelona)

In buildings with face brick facades, the inadequacies of stability and the subsequent risk of detachment of ceramic material are a very common damage when the outer brick sheet is continuous or partially continuous in front of the slabs. When the building takes a curved shape, the problem increases as an uncompensated thrust outwards the facade appears. However, this thrust is nonexistent when facades are flat. In the present case, the brick facades of two ovoid–shaped ten-storey residential buildings required a singular action of reparation. The buildings had experienced strong horizontal movements and buckling in the thinnest sections of the walls. This situation was causing an actual risk of detachment and falling pieces of the façade and even entire sections of it. The repair consisted in the elimination of the vertical continuity of the walls, the stabilizing of the facade at each floor level as well as the ledges, the replacing of the unstable sections of wall that were located above the lintels with pieces of polymer concrete and the division of all facades with new vertical expansion joints located approximately every 8 meters. The objectives of these operations were aimed at minimizing the overall vertical and horizontal stresses in the façade walls, stabilizing the movement generated by its ovoid shape and removing of the damaged areas of the masonry

Transformación de los edificios industriales textiles en Cataluña

Aquest treball ha estat realitzat en el marc de l’Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, i forma part de les activitats del Grup de recerca REARQ (Rehabilitació i Restauració Arquitectònica)El finançament del treball ha anat a càrrec de l’Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) de la Generalitat de Catalunya, concedit al Grup de recerca REARQ (2014-SGR-440)Descripció del recurs: 14 de juny de 2017Aquesta publicació recull un conjunt d´intervencions en edificis industrials històrics, construïts a Catalunya durant el període entre final del segle XVIII i mitjan segle XX, destinats inicialment a la producció tèxtil. Aquesta elecció de l´objecte de treball no és casual, sinó que respon al període en què tingué lloc una excepcional expansió d´aquest tipus d´activitat a Catalunya i que, de fet, va assentar les bases del futur industrial del país. Una situació que explica moltes de les característiques i similituds dels edificis considerats. Un mateix ús i uns mitjans similars de construcció són els fets que van generar una tipologia d’edificis fàcilment distingibles i amb uns trets comuns que, avui dia, els fan especialment atractius i arquitectònicament valorats. La seva potent imatge i volumetria, la composició rítmica de les seves façanes, la magnitud i la nitidesa dels seus espais interiors, i la singularitat de les tècniques constructives aplicades justifiquen ara la consideració de valor patrimonial que a molts d’ells se’ls assigna. Ha estat remarcable la seva capacitat per adaptar-se a d’altres usos, en molts casos com a equipaments públics, superant la seva condició d’objectes funcionalment obsolets.Primera edici

Nuevos usos en el patrimonio difuso

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