Indigenous African building techniques and the prospects for sustainable housing and environmental development

Atolagbe, A. M. O.; Fadamiro, Joseph Akinlabi

doi:10.1007/s10668-013-9510-9

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“…While reuse contributes to sustainability in construction (Atolagbe and Fadamiro, 2014;Sfakianaki, 2015), Akanbi et al (2018) argued that materials components should be appraised to encourage the adoption of recoverable materials that are mostly reusable. This is because appropriate management of materials components contribute to sustainable development (de Freitas et al, 2018).…”

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A systematic review of circular economy research in the construction industry

Osobajo

Oke

Omotayo

et al. 2020

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PurposeWhile circular economy (CE) is fast becoming a political and economic agenda for global urban development, there are still substantial knowledge gaps in possible strategies to speed up such transition, especially in the construction industry. This study analyses literature surrounding CE to unpack current trends possible future research directions to foster CE implementation in the construction industry.Design/methodology/approachThe study undertakes a systematic review of CE literature published between 1990 and 2019. It adopts a five-stage procedure as a methodological approach for the review: formulation of the research question(s), locating and identifying relevant studies, selection and evaluation of studies, analysis or synthesis and results reporting.FindingsThe findings on CE research in the construction industry show extensive focus on resource use and waste management. There are limited investigations in other areas of construction such as supply chain integration, building designs, policy, energy efficiency, land use, offsite manufacturing, whole life costing, and risk, cost reduction, cost management, health and safety management. The study findings provide evidence that current CE practice fails to incorporate other areas that would facilitate the network of true circular construction industry.Originality/valueThis research provides a comprehensive overview of research efforts on CE in the construction context, identifying areas of extensive and limited coverage over three decades. Besides, it identifies possible pathways for future research directions on CE implementation, towards the accelerated transition to a true circular construction industry for the benefit of funding bodies and researchers.

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A systematic review of circular economy research in the construction industry

Osobajo

Oke

Omotayo

et al. 2020

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“…This comparison clarifies that there is an average thickness of 300 and 420cm for the two materials used in the walls of the house of Medinois (solid brick, limestone). Both materials (solid brick, limestone) are also non-polluting (according to Table 03) and can be prepared locally on-site, unlike the other two (cinder block and granite) (Atolagbe & Fadamiro, 2014). That will require machining production and release air pollution with dust.…”

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Medina’s Habitation as a Sustainable Investment Factors: Thermal Experience

Hadjala

Mazouz

2021

Present Environment and Sustainable Development

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The study examined significant summer heat effects on a traditional habitation cluster within a compact fabric of the Medina of Constantine, based on building materials and spatial functional architecture. As climate relates to energy effects, the study raises the importance of possible heat gains in the approach of thermal comfort through building materials without using other energy sources. The study employed both empirical and comparative methods to undertake the research work. The empirical method consisted of taking thermal and metric measurements of the habitation cluster and comparing them with current normative requirements in sustainable architecture. The comparative method consisted of comparing results of performance assessment of studied building materials with results of similar materials. The current study adds to researchers' claims about the importance of the Medina's habitation in the face of climatic aggression at times with its architecture and building materials. Medina’s habitat did not have the technological means to preserve some physical comfort and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet its architecture used soft means to accomplish the physical comfort. Additionally, the site's well-chosen materials, which are formed by the natural typology, match well with the site’s climate and provide better resistance to material overflow, not to mention their availability and inexpensive cost.

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“…The early man originally made due with treetops, caves (like today's lower animals) and then tents. Further evolution, time, and increase in technology led to increased sophistication of procuring shelter [1]. The use of natural materials for the construction of shelters is as old as humanity itself, some of the research carried out confirm that one third of humanity still lives in constructions made with this type of materials, with earth being the predominant material.…”

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“…Vernacular architecture is a type of architecture which is not found on advanced methods of architecture, in contrast, it is based on empirical methods that are aimed at providing requirements of local residents and reflecting local traditions [5], due to the fact that earth buildings not only are economical and energy efficient, but also are sustainable and eco-friendly [6], former builders mainly used animal energy and unprocessed local materials for construction purpose [7], mixing sufficient material can be a back breaking process unless assistance can be given by animals or machinery [8]. These factors and attributes are espoused as criteria for the choice of these building materials for building operations, especially in the housing sector, not only in Third-World countries, but globally [1]. Earth is the material of construction used with greater antiquity by humanity, and is the base of one of the technologies that better adapt to the environment and to contemporary forms to conceive the sustainable construction [9].…”

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The architecture on land and its construction techniques, millenary tradition that is reborn

Hurtado-Figueroa¹,

Gutiérrez²,

Peñaloza³

2018

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In the context of sustainable development, the use of materials of low environmental impact in the activities inherent to the construction of houses plays an important role when it comes to reducing waste pollution. The alternative materials to be used in the various construction processes, besides being totally renewable, they must be reusable, available locally and have little or no energy expenditure in its extraction, preparation and application. The Bio resources or Eco materials meet these requirements, of which land as ancestral material used in millenary construction techniques, it becomes the most feasible alternative for its use as a construction material to replace the conventional ones. The main objective is the literary review of articles published in reliable databases, whose research topic was based on the analysis and use of land and natural materials for application in housing construction. The articles were categorized, analyzed and integrated into a synthesized structure to extract the important aspects in the thematic introduction, the constructive techniques, the results of the processes carried out and finally, the conclusions on the constructive implementation of the elements studied. In this way it offers information of interest to people who want to delve into the subject investigated.

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Indigenous African building techniques and the prospects for sustainable housing and environmental development

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

A systematic review of circular economy research in the construction industry

A systematic review of circular economy research in the construction industry

Medina’s Habitation as a Sustainable Investment Factors: Thermal Experience

The architecture on land and its construction techniques, millenary tradition that is reborn

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