O încercare de recuperare a unui model arhitectural. Locuinţa tradiţională din zona Ceru Băcăinţi, judeţul Alba
An Attempt to Recover an Architectural Model. Traditional Abode in the Area Ceru Băcăinţi, Alba District

Summary/Abstract: Our research follows the architectural evolution of the house patterns in the remote, mountainous area of Ceru Băcăinţi (county of Alba, Romania) from the point of view of medieval cartographic documents as well as the construction techniques and materials used. The study aims to outline the main characteristics of uni- and bicameral houses in these rural settlements, underlining the particularity of using the wooden-house’s techniques to build in stone. A striking particularity is the usage of sedimentary rock thin slabs for the roofs, replacing the more easy to use wooden tiles and straw roofs, so common in the mountainous areas nearby. In general the entire wooden architecture of the area is here translated into stone, even though wood is also found in abundance. One can also notice the architectural transformations that the stone solution imposed, such as changing from a four slopes roof to a simpler two slopes roof and various small but essential structural changes. The entire area is known in the literature as an exceptional oasis of stone buildings and deserves every effort for further scientific information recovery and adequate preservation and restoration programmes.

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