The Alijares Palace (Qaṣr al-Dishār) at the Alhambra: a bioclimatic analysis

• Autores: Luis José García-Pulido
• Localización: Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1754-6567, ISSN 1754-6559, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 46-71
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper discusses the main bioclimatic features of three of the most representative palaces in the Alhambra: Comares, Lions and, in particular, the Alijares Palace (Qaṣr al-Dishār). Bioclimatic features in medieval architecture were often shaped through contact with earlier models – in the case of Naṣrid architecture (thirteenth to fifteenth centuries), through the Andalusi tradition. Control of climatic factors in a building, and the provision of additional protection to its inhabitants, might be achieved by means of walls of rammed earth, adobe, bricks or stone; other important features include orientation, the size of rooms, the use of shade, distribution of air from the exterior to the courtyard, ventilation and natural cooling