Architectural description: Construction techniques From the old El Carmen hacienda
The former El Carmen farm, is a building built from the nineteenth century, whose architectural characteristics are made up of A mixture of colonial elements, both in its aesthetic composition, as in its spatial distribution, thus highlighting elements such as: The main house, coffee drying patio and labor activity related to livestock. The main house is housed on a platform or basement, whose function was to isolate the property of the main surface in case of rains, floods or any type of protection that allowed it to ensure, during the colonial era this type of architectural elements was called "Altillo". The master walls are made up of a constructive system of a reinforced wooden framework with calicanto blocks, consolidated With lime and rock adhesion, whose thickness ranges between 0.25 and 0.50 centimeters. The arches of the doors are covered by A wooden lintel, a very typical element of the colonial and republican times. The roof of the house consists of a wooden beams network And tile, sustained on wooden horcones, is possibly Quebracho.
The hacienda El Carmen has a diversity of architectural elements that make up its aesthetics and evidence considerable sumptuousness, Such attributes can be evidenced in the prostile and wood moldings that decorate the windows. An element of particular interest is the binding of the house, recognized as "Calcáreos floors", which are formed abroad by a checker -shaped bicromo design (board of chess), while inside for geometric designs, polychromes and fitomorphs (forms associated with plants). Its origin dates back at the time of the Renaissance in 16th -century Europe, popularly recognized as “Banchetto. These floors can be found in a series of buildings of great social and historical prestige of the current Salvadoran territory, corresponding to the Republican era (19th century). However, On its exterior, particularly in the coffee drying court and other architectural sets, the presence of tiles can be evidenced of cooked mud, whose production technique is introduced from the process of conquest and European colonization during the 16th century.
