LES CABANES, OR LES SAVOURNINS BAS,

- ALIAS "LE VILLAGE DES BORIES" -

AT GORDES, VAUCLUSE

by Christian Lassure

A conference with slide show
given at the Musée  des Arts et Traditions Populaires in Paris
in Jean Cuisenier's and Jean-Marie Pesez 's classes (1977-1978)

Part 2

Constructional Technology

The crumbling façade of Building Va below reveals the vertical structure of its side walls, ie two facings of slabs laid as headers, with in between the occasional packing of small stones. Where corbelling starts, wall thickness increases from 0.95 metres up to 1.15 metres so as to provide the necessary counterweight..

6 - Building Va: the collapsed end wall

7- Ditto: the two opposite corbelled walls as exposed by the collapse of the end wall

8 - Ditto: cross section of the left-hand side wall

9 - Ditto: close view of the facings

TO BE CONTINUED

© Christian Lassure

February 7th, 2004

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