Search Results - subject:"Earth architecture"

Transformation and resilience processes in mountain oases at the High Atlas (Morocco) – the case of Aït Mrau, Mgoun Valley

Asencio Juncal, Jorge; López-Osorio, José Manuel; … - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 12 (2021) 2, pp. 126-149

Purpose This study aims to present the uniqueness of the mountain oasis at the High Atlas (Morocco) and is part of a more extensive study about the landscape, the architecture and the tourist development in the Mgoun Valley. Several natural and anthropogenic factors, such as new environmental...

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Thermal Performance of Traditional and New Concept Houses in the Ancient Village of San Pedro De Atacama and Surroundings

Palme, Massimo; Guerra, José; Alfaro, Sergio - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3321-3337

Earth, wood and others traditional materials are still used in house constructions in many regions of the world, especially in the Andes. San Pedro de Atacama, for example, is a small town where earth blocks (adobes) and rammed earth (tapial) are important ways to construct, an art passed on...

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Cob Construction in Italy: Some Lessons from the Past

Quagliarini, Enrico; Stazi, Alessandro; Pasqualini, Erio; … - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 10, pp. 3291-3308

Raw earth is a construction material unknown to most people. Nowadays, raw-earth constructions are an area of growing interest, both for rescuing the heritage and for a rediscovered environmentally friendly building and eco-sustainability material. However, because raw-earth constructions are a...

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A guideline for assessing of critical parameters on Earth architecture and Earth buildings as a sustainable architecture in various countries

Niroumand, Hamed; Zain, M.F.M; Jamil, Maslina - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 28 (2013) C, pp. 130-165

shift toward more Earth architecture development. Around 32% of the respondents feel that a single factor, an integrated … process where responsibility is shared, could be responsible for driving the Earth architecture in all countries. The main … environmental reasons cited for Earth architecture by an average of 58% of the respondents included protection of the environment …

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