ABSTRACT
Rammed earth construction is a constructive technique with raw earth present in an important part of the Catalan territory, but which has generally been not much studied. Usually this technology is exclusively linked to agricultural and low specialization economies (Cuchí Burgos 1994). Unlike other parts of the Iberian Peninsula where there is an important earth monumental heritage, in Catalonia this kind of technique usually appears in arrabal (suburb) houses (Fig. 3) or isolated houses like the masia (farmhouse) (Fig. 1), basic structure of agricultural management, where we can find many examples total or partially solved in rammed earth. This technique also appears in some singular buildings in Barcelona like the Güell stables or the kitchens in Pedralbes monastery.
