Alba Soler Estrela

Alba Soler Estrela
Universitat Jaume I | UJI

Architect PhD
Architectural Heritage

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Introduction
Alba Soler-Estrela currently works at the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, area of Graphic Expression in Architecture, Universitat Jaume I.

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The domes studied, widespread in a large area of the Mediterranean, constitute an architectural heritage of great value to the history of architecture and construction. They were all built using brick masonry and ceramic tile roofs. Restoration work has made it possible to define their geometry, including the construction layouts of the buildings....
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In the context of tile vaults, domes are distinguished by its architectural importance and special features. The proposed constructive typology has been made from a series of tile domes where restoration works have been carried out. This fact has made it possible to define its construction detail and geometry. The results obtained situate them as e...
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Europe’s cultural heritage is a rich and diverse legacy that shows evolution through many centuries of history. The Mediterranean landscape is the result of a long process of human activity in the physical environment, which makes the cultural landscape concept remarkable. Despite its growing interest, most cases are still exposed to different type...
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In the western Mediterranean area, castles and fortresses constitute a type of architectural heritage of great value. They are representative of the medieval period, generally with the superimposed work of different phases, and a later moment of abandonment and ruin. The interpretation of their characteristics requires an adequate study from differ...
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La arquitectura valenciana vivió un momento de esplendor durante los siglos XIV, XV y XVI en un tiempo de desarrollo económico, en correspondencia con la expansión por el Mediterráneo de la Corona de Aragón. Personajes nobles construyen casas señoriales y palacios que destacan por su riqueza arquitectónica, y acabados decorativos. Entre ellos cabe...
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La iglesia de las Escuelas Pías destaca por las excepcionales dimensiones de su cúpula, de 24,5 m de diámetro interior. En el momento actual se enfrenta a problemas de conservación, que obligan a determinar las causas de la patología y propongan medidas correctoras. Analizados los documentos y el estudio histórico-arquitectónico, se ha procedido a...
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p>Durante la Guerra Civil, Castelló de la Plana, como otras ciudades de la retaguardia, sufrió repetidos ataques aéreos por tierra y por mar entre los años 1937 y 1939. Estos bombardeos obligaron a tomar medidas para la defensa de la población civil, llevándose a cabo la construcción de refugios antiaéreos. Finalizado el conflicto bélico, generalme...
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existente para la obtención de los materiales necesarios con los que elaborar el hormigón, se terminaría por resolver estas construcciones mediante galerías excavadas, como así lo atestigua la documentación encontrada. En concreto, existe documentación de ciento noventa y nueve de estos refugios, cuarenta y tres de titularidad pública con una capac...
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The City of Castellón de la Plana (Spain) was the target of many air raids during the Spanish Civil War, which caused a large number of victims and damage to property. Since 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃 􀂿􀁕􀁖􀁗􀀃 􀁅􀁒􀁐􀁅􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃 􀁗􀁒􀁒􀁎􀀃 􀁓􀁏􀁄􀁆􀁈􀀃 􀁌􀁑􀀃 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃 􀁖􀁓􀁕􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃 􀁒􀁉􀀃 􀀔􀀜􀀖􀀚􀀏􀀃 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃 main objective of the municipal bodies was to protect its inhabitants. For this reason, the city’s Junta de la...
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The City of Castellón de la Plana (Spain) was the target of many air raids during the Spanish Civil War, which caused a large number of victims and damage to property. Since 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃 􀂿􀁕􀁖􀁗􀀃 􀁅􀁒􀁐􀁅􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃 􀁗􀁒􀁒􀁎􀀃 􀁓􀁏􀁄􀁆􀁈􀀃 􀁌􀁑􀀃 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃 􀁖􀁓􀁕􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃 􀁒􀁉􀀃 􀀔􀀜􀀖􀀚􀀏􀀃 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃 main objective of the municipal bodies was to protect its inhabitants. For this reason, the city’s Junta de la...
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El artículo que se presenta forma parte de un amplio trabajo de investigación, sobre el conjunto de torres de vigilancia y defensa del litoral valenciano, construidas o reconfiguradas en torno al siglo XVI. Este estudio, como todos aquellos relativos al patrimonio arquitectónico, necesita de la utilización de una terminología adecuada, respecto a l...
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The towers of Sant Vicent and Torrenostra are part of the defensive network of watchtowers built along the Valencian coast in the 16th century. Despite the towers' importance and uniqueness they have barely been studied to date. These cases and their historical context are a major contribution to the history of architecture and construction, with t...
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Interest in architectural heritage conservation arises from the need to preserve the cultural memory of the society to which it belongs. However, many examples have been lost over the course of history, and we currently only have brief written summaries of their existence or, at best, a few remains of historic buildings in ruins. Due to the lack of...
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The splendid Gothic-Renaissance palace is almost completely in ruin, except for a few remains. However, thanks to the Hispanic Society of America important graphic and photographic documentation has been preserved, making it possible to evoke its architecture. This was drawn up by Danish architect Egil Fischer and collaborators in the form of surve...
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Se presenta en este artículo el estudio de las dos bóvedas de arcos entrecruzados existentes en la torre del homenaje del castillo de la Atalaya de Villena. La parte inferior de esta torre corresponde, con bastante probabilidad, a una obra almohade de finales del s. XII hecha de tapia de hormigón de cal y cuyas dos salas interiores se cubren con bó...
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Archivo de arte valenciano, ISSN 0211-5808, Nº. 96, 2015, págs. 9-26 https://roderic.uv.es/handle/10550/74334
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The Palace of Centelles in Oliva was an exceptional case of fortified architecture in the transition from Gothic to Renaissance. Although the main floor was destroyed, amongst the current buildings it is still possible to find interesting remains of the lower floor. There is also valuable graphic and photographic documentation of some missing eleme...
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Se expone un estudio de rosetones góticos, que sigue un proceso que abarca desde la selección de casos y la toma de datos in situ, hasta la elaboración de planos y los estudios geométricos. Los rosetones seleccionados pertenecen a la Iglesia Arciprestal de Santa María la Mayor en Morella, Castellón. Es una iglesia destacada dentro del gótico valenc...
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El texto presenta la investigacion y los estudios previos desarrollados en torno a este importante y significativo campanario, su delicado estado de conservacion que amenaza peligro, los criterios asumidos previamente y los trabajos desarrollados durante las obras de restauracion, que han contemplado el conjunto del mismo, incluido el tratamiento d...
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p>Entre 1917 y 1920 el arquitecto danés Egil Fischer con la ayuda de su discípulo Vilhem Lauritzen realizó un importante levantamiento gráfico del Palacio Condal de Oliva con la finalidad de desmontar sus elementos más singulares para trasladarlos a Dinamarca. En 1.920 el Palacio fue declarado Monumento Nacional para preservarlo del expolio al que...
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p>Entre los siglos XIII y XV, la comarca histórica del Maestrazgo, vivió un momento de gran expansión económica que se vio reflejado en el auge de la arquitectura gótica, y de forma destacada en las poblaciones de Morella y Sant Mateu por su situación estratégica entre los reinos de Valencia y Aragón. Estas dos poblaciones albergan algunas de las m...
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The Almohad vaults with intercrossed arches of the keep of the castle of Villena, must be placed in the context of a tradition that began in the 10th century in the mosque of Cordoba. The layout of their nerves materializes the decomposition into pieces of the vault using the geometry inherent to the architectural and artistic creations of Muslim c...
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The fortress of Alcalà de Gallinera is recognised as a monument of great historic and architectural value. The stone tapias (rammed earth walls with stone in-fill) of this Almohad construction, in their current ruinous condition, constitute a material document of exceptional interest. This paper details the restoration methodology, understood as a...
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La tesis realiza el estudio arquitectónico de los núcleos de población de origen islámico y mudéjar, que quedaron abandonados tras la expulsión de los moriscos, en el ámbito geográfico de los Valles de la Marina Alta (Alicante). El método desarrollado se inscribe en la línea de los estudios e investigaciones relacionadas con el conocimiento para la...

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