Iglesia de Rilán: indicios de prefabricación en la Escuela Chilota de arquitectura en madera

During the last comprehensive restoration of Rilán’s Church carried out by the Foundation, we made a historical finding: all the structural pieces of this church -declared Heritage of Humanity-,were marked with roman numbers. This fact

raises a series of hypotheses, which range from the prefabrication as part of the evolution of the constructive system, to the possibility that this Chiloé School of Carpentry reached an advanced technic that featured specialized groups of carpenters. This document is an invitation to conduct research on the topic, since by verifying our theories, it might allow discovering a new stage in the construction of Chiloé´s temples that, so far has only been based on the concept

of “minga”

Keywords:

Church of Rilán , Chiloé , Roman numerals , World Heritage , Constructive System

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How to Cite

Almonacid Burgos, M., & Medina Cerda, O. (2015). Church of Rilán: evidence of prefabrication in the “Chilota School of Architecture” in wood. Revista De Arquitectura, 20(29), Pág. 12–18. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5427.2014.37088