The Drâa Valley is located in the southeast of Morocco, near the Sahara desert and houses one of the greatest earthen architecture heritages in the World, consisting of ksur (villages) and kasbah (fortified houses). The building’s walls are entirely realized with rammed earth and adobe techniques, and the roofs are made with palms wood structure and covered with canes and compacted earth. Unfortunately, life style changes and the “progress race” have produced a gradual lost of the constructive and technical know-how accumulated during the centuries. This has also contributed to the lack of experienced Master Craftsmen and new labourers and is jointly in response to the massive diffusion of concrete construction. The article will describe the vernacular architecture and construction technique of the Drâa Valley, analyzing the type of pathology and proposing some intervention criteria for its conservation and preservation.

The Moroccan Drâa Valley earthen architecture: Pathologyand intervention criteria / E. Baglioni; L. Rovero; U.Tonietti. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 257-262. (Intervento presentato al convegno RESTAPIA 2012 International Conference on Rammed Earth Conservation tenutosi a Valencia nel giugno 2012).

The Moroccan Drâa Valley earthen architecture: Pathologyand intervention criteria

ROVERO, LUISA;TONIETTI, UGO
2012

Abstract

The Drâa Valley is located in the southeast of Morocco, near the Sahara desert and houses one of the greatest earthen architecture heritages in the World, consisting of ksur (villages) and kasbah (fortified houses). The building’s walls are entirely realized with rammed earth and adobe techniques, and the roofs are made with palms wood structure and covered with canes and compacted earth. Unfortunately, life style changes and the “progress race” have produced a gradual lost of the constructive and technical know-how accumulated during the centuries. This has also contributed to the lack of experienced Master Craftsmen and new labourers and is jointly in response to the massive diffusion of concrete construction. The article will describe the vernacular architecture and construction technique of the Drâa Valley, analyzing the type of pathology and proposing some intervention criteria for its conservation and preservation.
2012
Rammed Earth Conservation
RESTAPIA 2012 International Conference on Rammed Earth Conservation
Valencia
giugno 2012
E. Baglioni; L. Rovero; U.Tonietti
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