Bóveda Nubia aplicada a la construcción de un prototipo de vivienda de crecimiento progresivo.

Abstract

The ancient Nubian territory spread along the Nile river valley, between the south of Egypt and the north of Sudan. Its millennial culture gave birth, along with other architectural wonders, to the constructive development of the called “Nubian vault”; a vault built by means of earth bricks laid, which principal virtue resides in being able to be built without timber formwork. This aspect results essential at a desert territory where there is a lack of wood. Presently, the use of the Nubian vault technic is practically non-existent. At the article it is exposed the project about a minimum housing prototype of progressive growth, realised within the framework of the University International Cooperation for the improvement of the habitability conditions in a small rural village of Sudan. The project explores the possibilities that the Nubian vault use offers to recuperate and put in value the lost technic.