Armaduras de lazo toledanas. Evolución de las trazas geométricas con estrellas de ocho puntas y su relación con los diferentes sistemas constructivos empleados

The city of Toledo, permanent seat of power for almost six centuries after the roman occupation, was dominated by visigoths and omeyas until the castilian conquest. Its architectural evolution makes it an ideal place for the development of carpentry. Its interlaced wood structures suppose a magnificent example to understand the relationship between the geometric patterns and the constructive solutions explored by those who made them. Geometrical patterns and how they get to form part of interlaced structures are analyzed from the very simple and most numerous examples with eightpointed stars to the complex patterns of radial geometry. Prefabrication method is studied applied to rafter and collar structures, showing how it will make possible to build complex lattice seven panel structures.