Characterization of a 17th century fort: Case study of the Fort La Planchada, Chile

Autores/as

  • Eric Forcael Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile
  • Luciano Burgos Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile
  • Armando Cartes Department of Historical and Social Sciences Universidad de Concepción Chile
  • Alexander Opazo Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile
  • Angela Salinas Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2017.132.02

Resumen

This article studies the Fort La Planchada, located in southern Chile. Considering the nature of this national monument, the study focuses on the analysis and characterization of its construction aspects: design, geometry, materiality and construction techniques; aspects that are part of the poliorcetics (or military art) perspective. From a methodological point of view, using technical historical resources, reconstruction of the fort under study culminated through a comprehensive literature review and associated fieldwork. The art of poliorcetics and construction techniques, as used by major writers of the 17th century about fortifications and their principles, were applied to the original construction of the fort, considering the difficulties and solutions of its time. The characteristics of the original fort and the analysis of successive reparations revealed the existence of three different designs throughout its history.

Keywords: fort, La Planchada, Chile, 17th century, characterization.

Biografía del autor/a

Eric Forcael, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile

Civil Engineer, Master in Civil Engineering, Doctor in Civil Engineering

Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

Luciano Burgos, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile

Civil Engineer

Research Assistant

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

Armando Cartes, Department of Historical and Social Sciences Universidad de Concepción Chile

Lawyer, Master of Laws, Doctor in History

Associate Professor

Department of Historical and Social Sciences

Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Alexander Opazo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile

Civil Engineer, Master in Civil Engineering

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

Angela Salinas, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Bío-Bío Chile

Civil Engineer, Master in Civil Engineering

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

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Publicado

2017-11-01

Cómo citar

Forcael, E., Burgos, L., Cartes, A., Opazo, A., & Salinas, A. (2017). Characterization of a 17th century fort: Case study of the Fort La Planchada, Chile. Arquitetura Revista, 13(2), 71–85. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2017.132.02

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