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Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya: An Analysis of construction methods.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya: An Analysis of construction methods.
Fort was built in the year. 1593 by Portuguesse AD.
At the main entrance you'll see the curve of the open wall. [Door] are used to provide structure. Support the wall above.
Class has been suspended steel I cut suported beam
Doors made from hardwood and curve to the specific. The door is decorated with designs using steel
Walls made of coral. To stabilize the structure as a wall. 600mm thick at the top and m more 1 page in the resulting shape bottom.This tappering. This helps in increasing the wall thickness stabilty. 600 mm is also very stable because it is quite thick.
Thickness can be activated to open a small booth on the Indian Ocean, facing the cannon is installed. Thickness of the invaders to form the necessary security.
The average African tradidional a wall. 1 / 8 times smaller since Africans do not face similar security threats faced by Poertuguese wall was for privacy and insulation only. Fullfilled it's purpose.
Fort was captured by the Arabs in Omani 1698.
Resulted in Islamic architecture. In addition, elements such as the pigeon hole at the top of the walls and houses in the picture.
Arab architecture.
Arabian Omani in the reconstruction Methods.
Their walls are very narrow and hold their ground supported by the hardwood. These spaced apart. 300 mm and be placed on the coral. top.This then plastered with clay floor flat in a block.
Open the door for hardwood planks were placed above.
Portuguese experts. Art of masonry arch in the form of support structure is as follows.
Tutorial LEARNT.
In order to present a concrete block, we use concrete. Kenya Bulding Code is the standard of English. When conrete be poured into the support. Formwork, rebar, it hardens and holds together.
Arabs use the hardwood planks for their support and put a plaster on top of rocks in the soil.
Similar to the native Africans, traditional construction can be seen in Clay infill African traditional use for the wall of his ground. Adobe infill like that Arabs used to hold class
From a Africans do not want to create a vertical up [Lots of land to build a cross.] They did not develop. This technology further.
In addition, African traditional enemies, the complex is not as Arabs, Portuguese, and this is why they do not need to develop and fort. In addition to any building structure. These raids from time to time by other arrows,. Bow and spear no other enemies. That will change the way nessesitated construction will have more. Security structure.
Gichuhi Frank.
Architect
www.a4architect.com.
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Frank Gichuhi
Architect.
www.a4architect.com
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