Abstract: In Genoa, the mountainous morphology of the territory and the narrowness of the spaces delimited by the city medieval walls forced the inhabitants looking for different solutions to conquer new open spaces, even within the dense edification of medieval origin. For these reasons, since the XVI century, at least, the number of terraces built upon palaces and monasteries, inside the walled city, really increased. The Genoese territory is characterised by great raininess: how the ancient builders realised flat roofs preventing the water penetration inside the buildings? Which kind of channelling and of draining away they used? Which materials they used? The results of these researches are finally compared to an individual case that was investigated with the methods of building archaeology, and they were also compared to the technical and architectural solutions offered to the same problem in other parts of the same region.
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BOATO, ANNA;PITTALUGA, DANIELA
2005-01-01
Abstract
Abstract: In Genoa, the mountainous morphology of the territory and the narrowness of the spaces delimited by the city medieval walls forced the inhabitants looking for different solutions to conquer new open spaces, even within the dense edification of medieval origin. For these reasons, since the XVI century, at least, the number of terraces built upon palaces and monasteries, inside the walled city, really increased. The Genoese territory is characterised by great raininess: how the ancient builders realised flat roofs preventing the water penetration inside the buildings? Which kind of channelling and of draining away they used? Which materials they used? The results of these researches are finally compared to an individual case that was investigated with the methods of building archaeology, and they were also compared to the technical and architectural solutions offered to the same problem in other parts of the same region.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.