the windows of the Madiswil house
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
the windows of the Madiswil house
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
the windows of the Madiswil house
Farmhouse
from Madiswil, Berne, 1709
The Madiswil house was planned from the first to be a two-family house. Bedrooms, living rooms and cattle stalls are twinned left and right along the ridgepole of this multipurpose building of 1709. Both households shared a kitchen, a threshing floor and a feeding passage in the middle of the building.
The threshing floor affords a view into the massive skeleton of the building: the massive roof is carried by tall posts visible in their full height from floor to ridge. The roof rafters rest on the ridgepole, extend down to the eaves and thus support the roof load. The roofing laths rest on the rafters and today carry shingles which form the outer skin of the roof.
When the roof was redone in 2009, a huge quantity of shingles was required: 160,000 of them! Until the 19th century the roof was thatched in straw. The hipped form of the roof remained unchanged: on the long sides of the house a full hipped roof slope extends like a helmet over the entire length of the building and lends it a defensive aspect.
A very grateful thank you to the following groups for featuring this picture
Only Doors And Windows Photography
07/01/2018
REFLECTIONS RAINBOWS
12/22/2019
Uploaded
November 3rd, 2017
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