Wall



A wall is a permanent upright construction which length is much greater than its thickness. This is a main idea but we have defined walls in two separated concepts because walls are constructed in different forms and with various materials to satisfy several functions.

There are two types of walls, the load bearing walls and the non load bearing walls. The first one is the one that its main purpose is to support its own weight and the building weight, in other words, it use as the structure of a building, and also can be used to separate spaces. The second one is the one that only supports its own weight, this type of wall it is basically used to separate spaces and as a surface veneer.

A very important aspect is that the use of materials depends in the type of wall.

The uses of walls in architecture are to divide spaces and to protect from environmental effects (facade) and the uses in urban planning are to separate land and exterior spaces and there were created mainly as a defensive wall.