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T1 Multidisciplinary Integrated Study of Saint Ildephonse's College, University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain)
A1 Barluenga Badiola, Gonzalo
A1 Undurraga, Raimundo
A1 Estirado, Fernando
A1 Ramón-Laca Menéndez de Luarca, Luis
K1 Historic building
K1 Multidisciplinary analysis
K1 Photogrammetry
K1 Masonry pattern
K1 Materials characterization
K1 Metric analysis
K1 Arquitectura
K1 Architecture
AB This paper present a multidisciplinary study of the Saint Ildephonse's College, the first building of theUniversity of Alcalá, founded in 1495 and declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1998. Duringthe last restoration of the building, carried out in 2011-2012, all the walls’ coatings were removed and thehistorical materials came out to light.The aims of the study were: to identify the different stages of the building’s history, supported by directmeasuring and sampling; to understand the changes suffered by the building in the last five centuries; toformulate a feasible hypothesis of its initial configuration. The study integrated a stratigraphic studybased on a photogrammetric survey, a morphological analysis of the masonry patterns, materialscharacterization, a metric analysis of the original remaining parts and an architectural assessment of theconstruction chronology. Material samples were taken from the walls of the College and thecharacterization results were put in discussion with published data, reviewing the historiography of thebuilding.Four historical stages were identified, corresponding to: the original 15th century building and the 16thcentury stone façade; the construction of a clock tower and a granite cloister inside the central courtyardduring the 17th century; the refurbishment works and change of use into a religious school in the 19thcentury; the return of the University in the 20th century. The analysis of the original building’s remainingparts allowed to propose a hypothesis of the original two-storey building constructed with rammed-earthand brick masonry, which was previously unknown. The same constructive pattern and metrics was alsoidentified in the side wall of the University Chapel, which was built simultaneously to the College. Theoriginal walls did not have any brick-row between the rammed-earth boxes, which was commonly used inthe area of Toledo. Instead, this constructive technique is related to the rammed earth constructions usedin the area of Spanish-Islamic kingdom of Granada. The biography of Cardinal Cisneros could explain theuse of this technique in the centre of Spain.
PB A. Guarino
SN 978-88-97987-05-5
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20701
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20701
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 20-abr-2024