TY - JOUR
T1 - Vernacular Caramel´s Adobe Masonry Dwellings – Material Characterization
AU - Silva, Adriana
AU - Oliveira, Inês
AU - Silva, Vítor
AU - Mirão, José
AU - Faria, Paulina
N1 - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/EPH-PAT/4684/2014].
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In Pinhal Novo, Palmela, and neighboring municipalities, southern Lisbon region, there are a great number of small adobe masonry dwellings, made in the first half of the twentieth century. The vernacular dwellings were constructed by families that came from the north/center region of Portugal to work at the local manors and were called Caramel´s. Adobe samples from three of these dwellings were collected in Pinhal Novo and Moita, and tested for particle size distribution, X-ray diffraction, color, bulk density, ultrasonic pulse velocity, thermal conductivity, dry abrasion, flexural and compressive strength, capillary absorption and drying. It was possible to conclude that the adobe was not chemically stabilized and had no vegetable fibers. Average values for the adobe properties were defined and results were analyzed, revealing comparable to unstabilised adobe and even to lime stabilized adobe from other regions. The data on Caramel´s adobe can support the design of interventions to preserve at least some of these Caramel´s vernacular dwellings.
AB - In Pinhal Novo, Palmela, and neighboring municipalities, southern Lisbon region, there are a great number of small adobe masonry dwellings, made in the first half of the twentieth century. The vernacular dwellings were constructed by families that came from the north/center region of Portugal to work at the local manors and were called Caramel´s. Adobe samples from three of these dwellings were collected in Pinhal Novo and Moita, and tested for particle size distribution, X-ray diffraction, color, bulk density, ultrasonic pulse velocity, thermal conductivity, dry abrasion, flexural and compressive strength, capillary absorption and drying. It was possible to conclude that the adobe was not chemically stabilized and had no vegetable fibers. Average values for the adobe properties were defined and results were analyzed, revealing comparable to unstabilised adobe and even to lime stabilized adobe from other regions. The data on Caramel´s adobe can support the design of interventions to preserve at least some of these Caramel´s vernacular dwellings.
KW - Caramel´s culture
KW - earth construction
KW - in situ sampling
KW - laboratory characterization
KW - mechanical characterization
KW - physical characterization
KW - vernacular architecture
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U2 - 10.1080/15583058.2020.1751343
DO - 10.1080/15583058.2020.1751343
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084480445
SN - 1558-3058
VL - 16
JO - International Journal of Architectural Heritage
JF - International Journal of Architectural Heritage
IS - 1
ER -