Stone-Slab Roofs. Two Recent Restorations in the Alto Gállego District of Huesca Province
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Keywords

Washhouse
Bakehouse
Traditional building
Local economy
Degrowth

How to Cite

García Mainar, J. (2021). Stone-Slab Roofs. Two Recent Restorations in the Alto Gállego District of Huesca Province . Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, (2), 74–95. https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.503

Abstract

This article looks at two recent restorations performed in the north of Huesca province in Spain on two small local folk architecture buildings with roofs covered over with stone slabs. Both buildings – a washhouse and a bakehouse – were designed for collective use and built in their day to meet basic needs linked to food, health and personal hygiene. Thus they involved an improvement in the local inhabitants’ living conditions, and today they are good examples of their built environment, reflecting traditional knowledge about the use and preparation of local materials best suited to each function: stone blocks and slabs, timber and mud.

https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.503
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