ABSTRACT

In the context of the Albufera Natural Park, more specifically in the territory surrounded by the municipality of Sueca (Valencia, Spain), is placed this investigation, which is focused in the study of different architectural typologies that revolve around rice cultivation. This protected area of 90 km2 is divided into numerous smallholdings watered by irrigation canals of Arab origin, which contain more than 350 constructions. These structures are classified according to their function within the agrarian activity: residential architecture, hydraulic architecture and industrial architecture.