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Calle San Pascual nº 4 – 46117 Bétera
ACTIVITY
Building of traditional Catalan timbrel vaults with over 25 years’ experience in restoration and new construction. Salvador is also a specialist in all forms of staircase (straight or helical). He builds rounded domes, sail vaults, groin vaults, ribbed vaults, barrel vaults and domed or irregular… vaulting.
He erects most of his vaults with no falsework, with only guide lines to help maintain the curvature, thereby reducing cost.
Vaults may be built with various masonry styles and custom designs suited to the taste of each client (vaults as garden pergolas, wine cellars, fireplaces, decorative bottle racks, curved shelving, ornamental brickwork, benches, etc.).
TRAINING
Master’s diploma in timbrel vault staircases, with three years of study in Valencia.
Continuing training at the Valencia Polytechnic University. Practical classes on timbrel vault construction.
TEACHING
Salvador has had more than 10 apprentices over 15 years. All have trained with him for more than 5 years.
SELECTED WORK
Timbrel vault with four interlinked hyperbolic paraboloids
Soriano Manzanet Vilareal family mausoleum (dedicated to José Soriano, one of the founders of the Porcelanosa Group)
Participation in the Venice Biennale 2016. Commission by John Ochsendorf (professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Traditional timbrel vault built with solid handmade… brick, and timbrel vault made with compressed earth blocks
Contribution to the thesis of the student Wesam Asali, including the building of a timbrel vault for Cambridge University (UK). Department of Architecture and History of Art
Rounded dome with a diameter of 6 metres, groin vault and three barrel vaults of different sizes built without falsework for Dehesa El Milagro in Toledo
Basket-handle vault built without falsework for the Monastery of Simat de la Valldigna
Two barrel vaults of 12×3.50 m built without falsework for the Catholic University of Valencia
Herringbone barrel vault built with solid handmade brick for a wine cellar in Bétera (Valencia province)
Timbrel vault of solid brick with a hyperbolic paraboloid built for a garden pergola, decorated with brick and blue enamel so as to integrate it with the house, as requested by the client (Castellón)
Timbrel-vault staircase with a pendentive of 7.5×2.1 m built for the Temple Palace central government offices in Valencia
Participation in the documentary El Arquitecto de Nueva York with footage of a course he gave at the Valencia Polytechnic University involving the building of a sail vault. Directed by Eva Vizcarra, the documentary is about the life and work of the Valencian architect Rafael Guastavino
