Buildings P - PRAHA

Buildings P

Description

Side-façade of a house built on stilts in the town of Luquillo. The house is wooden with a zinc, gabled roof. On the first level of the house, there is a clothesline. On the right side, the house has concrete stairs without railings. The house has a balcony in the front surrounded by a wooden railing. In addition, it is decorated with plants in decorative pots, same as the stairs. It can also be seen that the door is a screen door, the windows are lattice-style, and are surrounded by wooden moldings. Lastly, in the surroundings, there are more houses with similar characteristics.
Origin Name
CAJ_1014_N0005
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 2 - Pruebas de contacto y negativos
Geographical Coverage
Luquillo
Date
1979
Descriptive Notes
The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). In the file provided by the archive, the following information is clarified: "Fotógrafo: Carol F. Jopling, estudiantes de arquitectura o Earth Watch Volunteers". Some of the photos found in the archives of this collection are repeated and show the same houses because they document other formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling and were taken on different occasions (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photos, photos that were brightened or with contrast).
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Houses
  • Stilts (structural elements)
  • Plank construction
  • Balconies
  • Awnings
  • Straight stairs
  • Windows
  • Persiennes
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Swinging doors (doors)
  • Screen doors
  • Flowerpots
Decolonial Subject
Rights
English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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