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Construction of buildings.
One is a work of factory, dedicated to lodge different human activities: house,
temple, theater, and commerce. Of the origin of the name it seems to be given
off that the primitive ones served to lodge the fire, avoiding that to rain or
the wind extinguished to it, because he was not simple to ignite it. The human
inventiveness was improving the construction techniques and decorating the
diverse parts, until making of the activity build one of the Beautiful Arts, the
Architecture. Bodies of the building. We can describe the bodies of a building
like the physical parts that compose it. They are distinguished of the following
way: Wing is the body that extends by a lateral one in relation to another one.
Porch is the body formed by a gallery of columns or arches before the cover of
the building and also all gallery of columns or pilasters, the supported in
ground but outdoors opened cover and. Peristilo is the porch that extends around
the building or in its inner or outer part. Vestibule, patio located in the
interior of the building and also a seat in the outside of some churches. Lobby,
the same inner vestibule and, in general, the first stay after the door, that
takes step to the others.
Ship, all inner scope that extends along in the churches, that are thus called
to along with take the form their vault from an inverted boat. Transept, ship
smaller than short to the others.\
Cruise, just like transept and also the intersection of this one with the main
ship. Girola or deambulatorio, circular ship behind the formed greater chapel
likes a prolongation of the lateral ships.
Cruise, just like transept and also the intersection of this one with the main
ship. Girola or deambulatorio, circular ship behind the formed greater chapel
likes a prolongation of the lateral ships.
Apse, body of semicircular or polygonal plant located in the opposed end to the
main entrance, that denominates secondary minor or. Apsidal is called to the
subdivisions of the apsidal part.
Crypt is the chapel or located underground church generally underneath another
one.
Crujía is the scope that is between two walls of load in any floor.
Cluster is called to the set of inner porches that surround a patio in the
monasteries and cathedrals. Gallery is called outdoors to
all scope with open arches in any floor and also all salient work in form of
prolonged balcony or a very long stay.
Trifory is the gallery that is located in the superior floor of the lateral
ships. The termination is the set of closings of the building as term or crowns
of the same one. The bodies of the building consist of main or secondary
members. The main members can be classified in two types: The supports or
supports. To this group the walls and the columns correspond. These elements are
denominated generally massive to distinguish them of the bays that are the
spaces of light between those. Between the bulks, the equipment deserves special
consideration that is the given disposition and union to the materials used in
the work. The supported thing or maintaining. Here the entablement, the arcs and
vaults would be included and the ceilings.
Forms of buildings. Considering the plant and the
porches, the buildings can be denominated: It watches over, if the
plant is rectangular and simple.
Roundhouse, if it is to circulate
Polygon, if the plant is polygonal.
Próstile is called the building that has a porch of column in its front part.
Amphiprostyle, if also it has it in his back part.
Períptero, if it takes gallery of columns around, separated of the wall is
called.
Pseudo-períptero if the columns are leaned by outside.
Áptero, if it does not have them.
Dipterous if it takes two series of columns, also around watches over it.
Pseudodíptero, if a series is leaned and the other separated one.
Diastole, tetrástilo, hexástilo, octóstile, etc. are buildings that
present/display in their frontal part two, four, six or eight columns.
Monófilo is called the building that only has a door.
Monóxilo is denominated if it only consists of a central column, around which
arranges the building.
In antas or in antis when the porch has two single columns and two pilasters or
antas in the ends or corners.
Pavilion to the smaller building and like accessory, isolated of the main one or
adhered to the same one is denominated. |
