ABSTRACT
Volume 2 of History of Construction Cultures contains papers presented at the 7ICCH – Seventh International Congress on Construction History, held at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Portugal, from 12 to 16 July, 2021. The conference has been organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL), NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Portuguese Society for Construction History Studies and the University of the Azores. The contributions cover the wide interdisciplinary spectrum of Construction History and consist on the most recent advances in theory and practical case studies analysis, following themes such as: - epistemological issues; - building actors; - building materials; - building machines, tools and equipment; - construction processes; - building services and techniques ; -structural theory and analysis ; - political, social and economic aspects; - knowledge transfer and cultural translation of construction cultures. Furthermore, papers presented at thematic sessions aim at covering important problematics, historical periods and different regions of the globe, opening new directions for Construction History research. We are what we build and how we build; thus, the study of Construction History is now more than ever at the centre of current debates as to the shape of a sustainable future for humankind. Therefore, History of Construction Cultures is a critical and indispensable work to expand our understanding of the ways in which everyday building activities have been perceived and experienced in different cultures, from ancient times to our century and all over the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |222 pages
Open session: Construction processes
chapter |7 pages
Incomplete: The discontinued building project of a Greek temple of the Classical period
chapter |8 pages
Simply complex: Case studies on complex stone constructions of High Medieval courtly chimneys
chapter |8 pages
Medieval transformations of the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua based on an analysis of the original brickwork
chapter |7 pages
Two- and three-dimensional geometry in tierceron vaults: A case study of the cloister at Norwich Cathedral
chapter |8 pages
The frame vault of the anti-refectory in the Olivetan Abbey of St. Nicholas in Rodengo Saiano
chapter |8 pages
Building a Castle in Japan: Analysis of the masonry construction process through the folding screen Chikujō-zu byōbu
chapter |7 pages
Bridge replacement due to structural obsolescence. The case of the Ciudad Real-Badajoz railway bridges (Spain)
chapter |8 pages
The Sant'Elia Kindergarten in Como: Structural behaviour and the issue of durability
chapter |8 pages
Masonry and its role in the mid-20th century: G area houses in the Le Vallette district of Turin
chapter |6 pages
Modern dwellings after World War II: An Italian experience of wooden prefabrication by Legnami Pasotti
chapter |7 pages
Morandi (1957–1962) and the cable-stayed Bridge over Lake Maracaibo: Pioneering contributions
chapter |8 pages
The Catalan vaults of Roberto Gottardi's School of Theater in Havana: Some discoveries on the construction technique
chapter |9 pages
Plovdiv concrete: Modern, bold, valuable? Houses of youth and of science and technology
part |84 pages
Open session: Building services and techniques
chapter |7 pages
Acoustic vases in the Portuguese synagogue of Tomar: Analogies with other coeval worship buildings
chapter |8 pages
Pursuing comfort in late 19th century school buildings in Milan: Technical knowledge and role of the enterprises
chapter |8 pages
We're not in Kansas anymore: ASHRAE and the global growth of thermal comfort research
part |148 pages
Open session: Structural theory and analysis
chapter |8 pages
The aditus maximus of the Roman Theatre in Málaga: An early model of Roman stonework vault
chapter |8 pages
Experimental analysis to define the stability conditions of the temple of Vesta in Forum Romanum
chapter |8 pages
Geometry and construction of the severies of the vaults in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
chapter |7 pages
Vaults on the water: A systematic analysis of the vault construction in the Wasserkirche Zurich
chapter |7 pages
The renovation of the Church of San Benito Abad in Agudo (Ciudad Real, Spain) through a 17th-century drawing
chapter |8 pages
The geometric design of the “Guarinesque” vaults in Banz and Vierzehnheiligen in relation to the treatises of stereotomy
chapter |8 pages
Joseph M. Wilson, Henry Pettit and the iron truss bridges of the Pennsylvania Railroad
chapter |8 pages
Structural design via form finding: Comparing Frei Otto, Heinz Isler and Sergio Musmeci
part |144 pages
Open session: Political, social and economic aspects
chapter |8 pages
From regulation to everyday construction practice: The Lisbon building codes between 1864 and 1930
chapter |7 pages
Pedreño y Deu Pantheon: An example of late-19th-century funerary architecture in Spain
chapter |7 pages
Monumentality in modern construction processes: An ideological exposure of totalitarian strategies
chapter |9 pages
Alentejo Marbles in the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, Portugal
chapter |8 pages
Tile vaults in the works of government institutions after the Spanish Civil War: A first approach
chapter |8 pages
The metamorphoses of the EUR Water Tower, Rome, between autarchy and economic miracle (1940–59)
chapter |9 pages
The construction history of the N2 motorway: Networking on reinforced concrete in the Canton of Ticino
part |188 pages
Open session: Knowledge transfer