Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice: Wood and People in Early Modern Swedish Society
Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice: Wood and People in Early Modern Swedish Society Wooden buildings housed the majority of Swedish urban populations during the early modern era, but many…
Specifikacia Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice: Wood and People in Early Modern Swedish Society
Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice: Wood and People in Early Modern Swedish Society
Wooden buildings housed the majority of Swedish urban populations during the early modern era, but many of these buildings have disappeared as the result of fire, demolition, and modernisation. This study reveals the fundamental role played by the wooden house in the formation of urban Sweden and Swedish history. They were built during periods of urban transformation; disdained for their rural look and for the fire hazard they represented they were nevertheless valued for being warm, affordable and movable.
Early modern wooden houses feature more as archaeological remains and less as preserved buildings every year, thus examination and comparison of these two distinct datasets combined with historical records is important Wooden buildings were particularly suited to mass production and relocation, which helped to realise the ideal town plan in the transformation of Swedish urban space.
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