{"title":"Al-Jaleel Mosque, Jeddah","authors":"M. H. Jiroudy","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi3.589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi3.589","url":null,"abstract":"The age-old notion of using naturally occurring or local building materials to construct monumental buildings is a noble one, timeless and deeply rooted in place. While traditional practice is all but disappearing from most of the world, the environmental, social, and economic advantages of such an approach are too great to be ignored by the contemporary building industry. The Al-Jaleel Friday Mosque, located on the northern seafront of Jeddah, the region’s historic port city, was designed following those principles. The project was conceived from the start as a load-bearing structure using locally fired bricks for the walls and the vaulted ceilings, forming all the necessary structural and mechanical details. But the challenge was to win the hearts and minds of the engineering team.","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88517325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Alternative Project for the Euston Station Area in London","authors":"Lucien Steil, J. Simpson","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi3.601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi3.601","url":null,"abstract":"In July 2018 the University of Buckingham School of Architecture and the University of Notre Dame held a joint Architecture and Urban Design Summer Program in Central London: a four-week, full-time series of seminars, lectures, and field studies focusing on the Euston area between King’s Cross Station and Regent’s Park that will be impacted by the proposed HS2 high-speed railway terminus development. The program explored how a modern transport interchange can be accommodated within a historic city such as London in a manner that may enhance urban connectivity and serve the local community.","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90342266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It is high time for Europeans to return to their time-tested models of urbanism","authors":"Stefanos Polyzoides","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi3.621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi3.621","url":null,"abstract":"Ettore Maria MazzolaUrban RegenerationVertigo Edizioni, 2021","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73472992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talla en piedra para el Sol Naciente: Historia de las réplicas japonesas de la fachada de la Universidad y del pórtico de la Natividad de la Catedral Nueva de Salamanca","authors":"Francisco García Moro","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi3.607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi3.607","url":null,"abstract":"En 1994 el gobierno japonés encargó la construcción de réplicas a escala de dos trabajos escultóricos emblemáticos de la ciudad de Salamanca: la fachada de la universidad y el pórtico de la Natividad de la Catedral Nueva. Las reproducciones las realizaron escultores locales con el mismo tipo de piedra caliza utilizada en las esculturas originales y se instalaron en la entrada de una sala de conciertos en la prefectura de Gifu, en la isla de Honsu. Dada la naturaleza de la sala de conciertos, el cliente exigió que las réplicas incluyeran modificaciones respecto a los originales, por lo que los artesanos tuvieron que hacer un estudio analítico de la lógica de la ornamentación plateresca y gótica tardía. Dada la complejidad del Pórtico de la Natividad, esta tarea resultó especialmente difícil, ya que el trabajo no podía hacerse con medios mecánicos. Se creó un equipo formado por escultores y un arquitecto capaces de \"pensar como los constructores originales\" y de entregar las réplicas según las especificaciones dadas.","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89710414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Central Square: Seaside Lyceum Set-Piece","authors":"M. Dennis","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi2.538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.538","url":null,"abstract":"Dhiru ThadaniReflections on Seaside Rizzoli, 2021","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83701496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sobre geografía, construcción y tradición en Cataluña","authors":"Josep Maria Fortià","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi2.532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.532","url":null,"abstract":"Fabien Van Geert y Ferran EstradaConstruint el territori. Arquitectura tradicional i paisatge a Catalunya Departament de Cultura. Generalitat de Catalunya, 2018","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"142 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73802517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"El clasicismo moderno de Armando Brasini","authors":"Lucas Martí Guitera","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi2.527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.527","url":null,"abstract":"La obra de Armando Brasini es una parte ineludible del paisaje de la ciudad de Roma. A pesar de esto, y del enorme interés plástico de sus obras, este arquitecto italiano ha recibido poca atención por parte de los estudiosos. No obstante, cuando uno se enfrenta a su obra, se encuentra con un clasicismo increíblemente dinámico y atrayente, al mismo tiempo tradicional y moderno, ya que algo en él nos indica que sólo puede tratarse de una obra del siglo XX. El objetivo del presente artículo es tratar de analizar, siquiera superficialmente, los mecanismos a través de los cuales consigue Brasini generar una arquitectura que es, a la vez, convincentemente clásica e irremediablemente moderna. Busca también contribuir a dar a conocer la obra de este arquitecto tan poco estudiado, lo que permitiría además ayudar a abrir el debate sobre si su método, muy particular como veremos, podría ser tomado como punto de partida para generar una arquitectura clásica convincente para el momento actual.","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79461948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Colmenares Fernández, Alejandro García Hermida, Carmen Moreno Adán
{"title":"Restauración del morabito de Sidi Abdullah Khalifa en Ouled Youssef, Oasis de Mhamid, Marruecos","authors":"Marta Colmenares Fernández, Alejandro García Hermida, Carmen Moreno Adán","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi2.508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.508","url":null,"abstract":"El presente documento busca dar a conocer el proceso seguido a lo largo del año 2019 para la restauración del morabito de Sidi Abdullah Khalifa. El edificio está situado entre los pueblos de Ouled Yussef y Mhamid El Ghezlane, en la zona occidental del oasis de Mhamid, en la provincia de Zagora, Marruecos. Este morabito es uno de los edificios más singulares y bellos de este oasis, además de un lugar apreciado y respetado por sus habitantes. En él descansan los restos del morabito que le da nombre, Sidi Abdullah Khalifa. La metodología seguida en la intervención fue la habitual de la Asociación Terrachidia: las obras a acometer fueron acordadas con la cabila y las instituciones locales; se desarrolló una fase de documentación técnica del edificio; también en colaboración con la cabila, se seleccionaron tanto los maestros de obra como los jóvenes aprendices locales que participaron en las obras; se acometió la intervención incorporando también participantes voluntarios internacionales y utilizando los materiales, las técnicas y las formas de la tradición local; y, finalmente, se trabajó en la difusión de este patrimonio, proceso del que forma parte este artículo.","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82394522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Al rescate de los principios del maestro Fathy para revertir su incomprensión","authors":"José Luis Baró Zarzo","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi2.536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.536","url":null,"abstract":"José Tono Martínez (coord.)Hassan Fathy: a contracorrienteEdiciones Asimétricas, 2021 \u0000","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88188028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raw Earth Construction Perspectives in Italy: An Overview Through the Rehabilitations of Casa Fenu in Villamassargia, Sardinia, and Casa di Teresa in Casalincontrada, Abruzzo","authors":"M. Bocci","doi":"10.51303/jtbau.vi2.529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi2.529","url":null,"abstract":"A detailed analysis of the rehabilitation processes of two publicly owned buildings in Sardinia and Abruzzo is taken as a basis for describing the background, difficulties and possible future developments of raw earth as a building material in Italy. Earthen construction techniques, despite a rich tradition and extensive documentation, are still considered outdated, and their use today requires a fortunate confluence of contextual factors. Archival research, literature review and a study of manuals were coupled with an examination of urban plans and public policies, as well as interviews with experts and stakeholders. This multi-approach research shows that there is a strong need to appropriate traditional knowledge so as to translate local skills into viable solutions able to meet today’s needs. The key issue may be investment in training and dissemination. The mindset of the artisan, that of the homo faber (Sennet 2008), needs to be more widely associated with action toward sustainable local development.","PeriodicalId":34554,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78311714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}