Vernacular earthen architecture and its restoration in the region of La Manchuela in Albacete (Spain)

Fernandes, Jorge Emanuel Pereira; Dabaieh, Marwa; Mateus, Ricardo; Silva, Sandra Monteiro; Bragança, L.; Gervásio, Helena

doi:10.1201/9781315267739-19

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“…The results of this study are in line with the results of previous studies that focused on the application of passive design elements in buildings in different parts of the world [10,11,21,22,28,29]. Thus, we concluded that the current study contributes to the knowledge in this field by evaluating the building performance in the city of Bushehr in Iran, where master builders have used passive architectural elements through in older architecture in order to attain thermal comfort.…”

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“…Further studies in this field have indicated their effectiveness at keeping indoor temperature in an acceptable range. In a study by Fernandes et al [22], thermal performance of older buildings was examined in Egypt and Portugal. The results showed that there is a correlation between the thermal performance of older buildings and human comfort perception in two different locations in the Mediterranean climate.…”

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Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Traditional Houses in a Tropical Climate

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A considerable amount of energy is being consumed for heating and cooling indoor environments in order to provide thermal comfort. For older buildings located in the southern parts of Iran, particularly in Bushehr, many climatic and passive design strategies are being used to provide indoor thermal comfort. This architecture and these elements have been developed in response to unfavorable weather conditions. The current study aimed to identify those passive elements and evaluate indoor thermal comfort in older houses. To achieve these objectives, passive elements in main houses located in the ancient urban structure were first identified. Then, a house in the coastal belt, Tabib’s house, and another house inside the ancient urban structure, Nozari’s house, were selected for the purpose of field measurement. The results revealed that the passive techniques used in these older houses significantly provide sufficient indoor thermal conditions. The mean measured predicted mean vote (PMV) of Tabib’s rooms was 0.88 and the mean measured PMV of Nozari’s rooms was 0.91, which were in an acceptable range. The measured predicted percentage of dissatisfied of rooms in both houses were lower than 10%. The main factor in creating indoor thermal comfort in these houses was the natural ventilation and its availability in the selected houses.

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Energy Efficiency of a Vernacular Building Design and Materials in Hot Arid Climate: Experimental and Numerical Approach

Azhary

Ouakarrouch

Laaroussi

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Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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Morocco faces tremendous climate constraints; the climate is hot and dry in most parts of the country, and when selecting an energy-saving approach, the architectural landscape becomes essential.Designer and building professionals seem to have neglected this large-scale integration. Sustainable development programs in terms of sustainable architecture are ongoing in countries around the world. One part of this trend is the growing concern shown in the high environmental efficiency of vernacular architecture. It is within this prescriptive framework that this research study is being conducted, which reveals novel architectural style integrating thermal comfort, energy efficient characteristics, passive solar elements architecture, and construction techniques inspired from the vernacular Ksourian architectural configurations. The goal of the present research study is to identify features of energy efficient vernacular architecture and thermal performances that affect indoor thermal comfort conditions for adaptation to current lifestyles in modern architecture. The key characteristics developed are; built mass structure, building orientation, space planning, availability of s, building techniques, and new coating materials for manufacturing and roofing. The suggested methodology enables to analyze the thermal performance analysis, applying an experimental research using experimental testing measurement and comparative optimization processes for thermal efficiency and comfort evaluation of a traditional vernacular earthen house.Series of experimental thermophysical characterization measurements have been carried out in order to quantify on a real scale the thermophysical properties that characterize the Rissani earth. Thusthermophysical characterization results are operated as input data for the thermal dynamic simulation for the purpose to evaluate thermal performances and comfort under the weather conditions and control natural comfort in both summer and winter, without using heating or cooling systems. Ultimately, the simulations carried out make it possible to identify the optimal orientation, revealing an effective decrease in interior temperatures during summer and providing good thermal comfort in winter.

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Vernomimicry: Bridging the Gap between Nature and Sustainable Architecture

Khoja¹,

Waheeb²

2020

JSD

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Biomimicry or learning from nature in architecture is a method that aims to develop a sustainable design solution for modern world challenges by mimicking models, systems, and elements of nature. However, developing biomimetic solutions is not a problem-free approach due to the fact that both, biology and architecture are different. Therefore, the vernacular architecture being the human form of natural construction can be used to help bridge the gap between nature and architecture. There are certain potentials and limitations of using both, biomimicry and vernacular architecture in modern day architecture. However, several methods and the process can be used to develop solutions for these issues. A fusion between both approaches in the form of “Vernomimicry” be used to apply nature based and nature like solutions in architecture successfully.

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Vernacular earthen architecture and its restoration in the region of La Manchuela in Albacete (Spain)

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Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Traditional Houses in a Tropical Climate

Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Traditional Houses in a Tropical Climate

Energy Efficiency of a Vernacular Building Design and Materials in Hot Arid Climate: Experimental and Numerical Approach

Vernomimicry: Bridging the Gap between Nature and Sustainable Architecture

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