The vernacular architecture of southern Italy is characterized by barrel-vaulted houses, highlighted by Roberto Pane in Capri in 1922 for their townscape value, which is also emphasized in Escher's drawings of the Amalfi Coast. Such dwellings can also be found in S. Maria a Vico (CE) and attempts are being made to protect them. This distinctive roof has proven its resilience, even finding its way into 1950s social housing, and thus offers food for thought on a form of progress that can draw on the lessons of tradition.
Modern and Vernacular in Southern Italy. The “barrel house”: townscape, sustainability and resilience of form
Carolina De Falco
2025
Abstract
The vernacular architecture of southern Italy is characterized by barrel-vaulted houses, highlighted by Roberto Pane in Capri in 1922 for their townscape value, which is also emphasized in Escher's drawings of the Amalfi Coast. Such dwellings can also be found in S. Maria a Vico (CE) and attempts are being made to protect them. This distinctive roof has proven its resilience, even finding its way into 1950s social housing, and thus offers food for thought on a form of progress that can draw on the lessons of tradition.File in questo prodotto:
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