Banel - prototipo modular en bahareque

Abstract

Traditional buildings with mud have been evolving and improving their construction technique over time This monograph shows the historical process and the different construction systems around bahareque an architecture that is characterized by community work, since in most of them are family groups that design and build their own homes using an empirical methodology, with knowledge transmitted from generation to generation. Even though there are multiple techniques and regulations that prove different processes and uses of materials, there is no design or methodology that preserves and adapts the construction principles of artisanal bahareque to standardized techniques that don ´ t require specialized labor, that are easy to assemble, and are made under self construction The above motivated the present research, whose objective is to design and build a modular habitable prototype in bahareque through the modernization of its construction process, to make different models of walls in bahareque: The first at 1:5 scale, where versatility in assembly was a fundamental piece to achieve a modular design. The second,second (final prototype) at a 1:2 scale, panels assembled with wooden pieces filled with different types of mud ( silty, sandy), subsequently assembled to a supporting structure composed of wooden pillars and beams As a result, a detailed assembly guide was generated, a step by step to build (without the need for nuts or screws) a structure in bahareque evoking its construction principles and advantages, with renewable and environmentally friendly materials, but with the easiness of standardization, the possibility of prefabrication and assembly on site, the adaptation of scarfing techniques to a modular design, recovering its construction legacy.

Keywords: Bahareque, standardization, prototype, technification, modular design.