Beneath the Paving Stones, the Cellars. A key to the history of architecture and the city in the Middle Ages.
Paris-Sorbonne University Press| N° d'inventaire | 25158 |
| Format | 22 x 22 cm |
| Détails | 400 p., Paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791023106244 |
Over the past ten years, research on ancient cellars has developed, bringing together historians, architectural historians, archaeologists, geologists, and engineers. Careful investigations have revealed the potential of cellars and considerably enriched our knowledge of urban and rural housing, agricultural structures, commercial buildings, and the history of the construction industry, from quarrying to completion. The urban space as a whole is concerned, with cellars making it possible to specify the contours of buildings, plots and blocks, and the layout of roads, for a more detailed reconstruction of the urban landscape.
This book is an unprecedented assessment of these discoveries, based on regional censuses, site studies and monographs. Methodological issues, integrating restitution and modeling approaches, the definition of typologies based on architectural or functional characteristics are linked to broader socio-economic and urban approaches.
The study of cellars is of prime interest for the overall study of architecture, rural or urban space, and in fields of research as diverse as political, economic, and social history. This heritage is made accessible to a wider audience thanks to digital modeling techniques that allow virtual tours. These resources should also raise awareness among public officials responsible for ensuring the conservation of complexes that are all the more threatened because they are barely visible.
Over the past ten years, research on ancient cellars has developed, bringing together historians, architectural historians, archaeologists, geologists, and engineers. Careful investigations have revealed the potential of cellars and considerably enriched our knowledge of urban and rural housing, agricultural structures, commercial buildings, and the history of the construction industry, from quarrying to completion. The urban space as a whole is concerned, with cellars making it possible to specify the contours of buildings, plots and blocks, and the layout of roads, for a more detailed reconstruction of the urban landscape.
This book is an unprecedented assessment of these discoveries, based on regional censuses, site studies and monographs. Methodological issues, integrating restitution and modeling approaches, the definition of typologies based on architectural or functional characteristics are linked to broader socio-economic and urban approaches.
The study of cellars is of prime interest for the overall study of architecture, rural or urban space, and in fields of research as diverse as political, economic, and social history. This heritage is made accessible to a wider audience thanks to digital modeling techniques that allow virtual tours. These resources should also raise awareness among public officials responsible for ensuring the conservation of complexes that are all the more threatened because they are barely visible.