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Garban, Marines
Perez, Rogmary
Soler, Wini
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Definition
Wall History
5 Mesopotamia
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Egypt
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Ancient Greece
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Ancient Rome
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Medieval Age
10 Renaissance and Baroque
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Modern Age
12 Types of Walls
14 The Wall: Architectonical point of view
16 The Wall: Urbanistic point of view
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Conclusion
Masonry rising from the floor to a height, generally
taller than people. Wall is used to divide rooms, to
protect an area of a house or to hold a roof.
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•The walls were made of fragile mud bricks, so they
were thicker. To cover the walls, inhabitants of
Mesopotamia used tiles that gave color to them.
•The walls were covered with colored reliefs following
very simple patterns, including repetition and
symmetry.
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•Materials used for wall construction were adobe
and stone.
•The stone for the walls was used in tombs and
temples, while bricks were used in homes, even in
the royal palaces, forts, of the enclosures walls to
the temples and cities.
• The walls were covered with hieroglyphics and
carvings painted in brilliant colors.
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Ancient Greece
•The walls were made by wood,
unfired bricks or mortar.
•Inside the house, the walls were
whitewashed.
•The exterior walls were fragile.
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Ancient Rome
•The materials used for the walls
were cement and brick. As for the
brick, the Romans realized that
baked brick was more resistant and
therefore lasted longer.
•The Romans placed fresh on the
walls.
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Medieval Age
•Many walls were constructed with stone
for protect to medieval cities. Although,
brick was a material used.
•The walls were covered with mosaics,
many of them made with enamel glass, cut
into small pieces.
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Renaissance and
Baroque
•There were alternating between
concave and convex walls with
corrugated surfaces, which gave
an impression of movement.
•Amount of details on the walls,
sometimes were exaggerated.
•Also, in these stages were made
great stone walls that withstand
the strong vaults.
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Modern Age
•The external walls could be made by
adobe, brick, stone, wood, glass, steel
and cement.
•The internal walls were tending to be
of brick, plaster, wood, among others.
•They could be covered with fine
painted plaster, wood, plastic or
ceramic.
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TYPES OF WALL
Standard wall (5.9 – 7.8 inches thick)
Structural wall (11.8 – 15.7 inches thick)
Masonry wall (3.9 – 5.9 inches thick)
Retaining wall (Depends on the case)
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Openwork wall (5.9 – 7.8 inches thick)
Defensive wall (depends on the case)
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The Wall: Architectonical point of view
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They create and define spaces.
Indicate the difference between inside and outside.
Create privacy.
They can be built with almost any material, from
stones to concrete or steel.
• Since they found the way to build using inclinations
or even curves, walls have served to shape the more
daring designs (Guggenheim Museums in New York
and Bilbao, Swiss Re Building in London, Valleacerón
Chapel in Spain.)
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Guggenheim Museums in New York (left) and Bilbao (right)
Swiss Re Building in London
Valleacerón Chapel in Spain
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The Wall: Urbanistic point of view
• Fortification for defense
• Mark territory
• Represent status and independence
• Enclose settlements
• Delimitation for unconstructed
areas
• Delimitation of green zones
• Functional delimitation
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Conclusion
Wall is a basic element, needed in any city and
construction, it has a lot of uses, it can work as a
separation or union structure.
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