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C6 Barrel vault
Syria
Environment
One finds the barrel vault in the majority of the Mediterranean countries studied. This structure is usually used in all types of environment: urban, rural, plain, mountain or seaside. Associated floors: Barrel vaults are used for basement, intermediary and ground floors for buildings and public structures. This technique is sometimes used for construction of different floors. In Syria, the barrel vault is found in urban and rural environments. It is common in all types of environments except mountainous areas. Associated floors: In Syria, this technique of construction is used in house cellars and basements, it is also found on ground floors in the shops, workshops and in old souks.
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Thermal - Acoustic.
For a stone construction, limestone in particular, the thermal and acoustic performances have been reported from rather good to excellent by all the countries concerned. Considering the significant mass of the vault, its thickness, the materials used in its construction, this piece of work has remarkable thermal and acoustic insulation qualities. In Syria, the thickness of this stone roofing allows good performance, the earth and mortar filling is thick and ensures both thermal and acoustic insulation.
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REAL IS A T I O N D E S C R I P T I O N
In Syria : (Text in French) Les votes en berceau sont poses au moyen d'un coffrage en bois construit au pralable sur la longueur ou une partie de la vote, il vient s'appuyer sur deux murs porteurs. Le coffrage en bois est lev en deux tapes : tout d'abord, des planchers en bois sont monts horizontalement et fixs sur les murs porteurs supportant ainsi des piliers en bois qui portent le coffrage semi cylindrique qui prend la forme de la vote en question. Le procd est complt par la superposition des pierres qu'elles soient tailles ou brutes avec des dimensions de 35x30x25 environ, ces pierres sont superposes au fur et mesure que se dessine le profil de la vote en utilisant le mortier comme liant. On commence la construction de la vote par les deux cts des murs porteurs en posant une range en saillie, puis en montant la paroi avec son profil pour arriver jusqu' sa cl. En cas d'utilisation des moellons, les vides sont combls par de la terre, des petites pierres et du mortier pour avoir une surface lisse. Le tout est couvert par une autre couche de terre d'paisseur entre 50 et 70 cm, formant ainsi le plancher de l'tage du dessus. En cas d'utilisation des moellons, l'intrados de la vote est revtu par un enduit de chaux sur trois couches : deux rugueuses "Cloue et Btaneh" et une lisse "Dhara".
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Period when the technique first appeared. Period when the technique is in use still used today or disappeared :
This construction technique has existed since antiquity. It is on the verge of disappearing everywhere, when it hasnt already completely disappeared. It is used, however, in the restoration of certain buildings. In Syria, the oldest constructions using this technique in old cities go back to the Byzantine period. This technique remained in use till the end of th the 19thcentury. The oldest examples are in old cities and go back to the 10 century. Nowadays, the use of barrel vaults is maintained and limited to restoration and restoration campaigns.
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