Considerations on Formation and Transformation of House Types in the Old Quarter of Cadiz

Abstract

This paper aims at clarifying the process of formation and transformation of house types in San Francisco area, in the old quarter of Cadiz. Authors did intensive fieldwork in the year 2009 to investigate the current condition of extant buildings, compiling a database for 83 heritage properties registered as architectural heritage by the local authorities. Historical records and planning documents have been used to trace back the origins of these types and their transformation through a time span of 400 years based on the fieldwork on their current situation. As a result, these types can be understood with respect to their main elements pertaining building morphology.

Understanding climatic traditions: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of historic dwellings of Cadiz

“…The raw data were organized and categorized using data mining techniques in order to find the most predominant house typology. In this sense, according to previous research focused on the old quarter of Cadiz, 21 the main morphological features of these heritage properties have been identified as follows: a row house located on a plot with a front width of three spans and a depth of three spans, with a span averaging 5–6 m. The resulting plot has an approximate dimension of 18 m × 18 m and an area of approximately 300 m 2 . Building coverage ratio is very high, around 90%, as is floor-to-area ratio (FAR), at 400%.…”