Thursday, August 30, 2007

>Bahareque







"To make a bahareque house, the four main posts called horcones are put up. At the top they are connected by roof beams called vigas. Then a lattice work of woven wood is made that reaches from floor to roof beams, but this does not support the roof. This lattice work forms the wall that is filled with mud. Then the women finish it off with repello -- layers of yellow and white mud that look like white washing. Every month the women do minor repairs to the repello to keep the house looking nice"-exerpt from here.
Bahareque is the South American and Latin American example of a mud and woven lattice work architecture. The above examples demonstrate the woven lattice work, mud filled lattice, and finished exterior of a typical bahareque process.

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