Zekate House, Albania

In Gjirokastra, three buildings have been identified as case studies. They are located in the Palorto district and they differ in their period of construction, state of conservation and current usage.The first case study is the Zeko family’s house, a building included in the national list of first-class monuments, actually used as a museum house. It started to be built in 1811, it underwent the first restoration from 1968 to 1975 (Riza, 2015), and a second one in 2004. The conservative restorations did not alter the planimetry and the construction systems. The house is located in a dominant position towards the south-western part of Gjirokastra. The two-wing planimetric scheme is composed of two rectangular blocks and a central connection element, with two large arches (kemer) on the facade, which sup- port the top floor terrace with a pergola (çardak), a privileged point of view towards the city and valley of the Drino. [Learn More](http://esg.pt/3dpast/platform)