THE VERNACULAR IN THE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING OF CAMAGUEY

Camaguey, declared a World Heritage City in 2008, has an important base of vernacular buildings, to which is connected a peculiar urban layout, the use of traditional building techniques, and adaptation to climate and context, where tradition, praxis, pragmatism and cultural roots are combined. The objective of this paper is to delve into the characteristics of vernacular architecture and urban planning present in Camaguey. To this end, a quantitative approach, observation and intratextual analysis were used. The main conclusions confirmed the existence of a strong imprint of the vernacular in the city, which is inherited up to the present and that encompasses its urban and architectural responses, particularly in the domestic repertoire, but that extends even to its cemetery.