Le coperture lignee nella tradizione costruttiva rurale

The paper analyzes the wooden structures used in the coverages of the rural suburbs constructed in Sicily between the ‘20es and the ‘40es. The Sicilian suburbs, similar in urban plant, differ in the used constructive techniques and particularly in the use of wood in horizontal structures and coverages. The paper compares the constructive practice of wooden coverages of suburbs buildings with the techniques of the local constructive tradition. The study besides the retrieval of unpublished sources and the geometric and material relief, deepens the maintenance aspects of wooden elements in state of advanced decay.