1st Edition
Vernacular and Earthen Architecture: Conservation and Sustainability Proceedings of SosTierra 2017 (Valencia, Spain, 14-16 September 2017)
Vernacular architecture in general and earthen architecture in particular, with their rich variety of forms worldwide, are custodians of the material culture and identity of the peoples who built them. In addition, they are widely recognized as ancestral examples of sustainability in all their variants and interpretations, and the architecture of the present ought to learn from these when designing the sustainable architecture of the future. The conservation of these architectures – seemingly simple yet full of wisdom – is to be undertaken now given their intrinsic value and their status as genuine examples of sustainability to be learnt from and interpreted in contemporary architecture.
Vernacular and earthen architecture: Conservation and Sustainability will be a valuable source of information for academics and professionals in the fields of Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Engineering and Architecture.
Plenary lectures
Markers of earthen construction modern revival
H. Guillaud
The geography of earth building
M. Lewis
Vernacular earthen architecture
A sustainable repair process for heritage buildings in historic Jeddah
A.A. Adas & M.Y. Alaidaroos
Santal mud dwellings: Materials, construction and space typology
I. Ahmed
The study and analysis of the adaptation of earthen constructions in Hadhramaut (Yemen)
A.A. Alaidarous
Vernacular houses of Stratonikeia: Architectural typology, materials and techniques
O.B. Avsar & U.D. Genc
Ksar Taghit: Earthen architecture between authenticity and changes
T. Bachir Cherif & M. Aiche
Supplemented rammed earth in the northwestern regions of Valencia
L. Balaguer Garzón, L. García-Soriano & L. Villacampa Crespo
Earth construction in prehistoric settlements of southern Portugal
P. Bruno
Vernacular construction techniques and earth employ in Arg-e-Bam (Iran)
C. Cacciavillani, S. Rinaldi & M. Severini
Vernacular heritage in Mendoza (Cuyo region, Argentina)
S.A. Cirvini
Comparative evolution of vernacular mudbrick houses in the Nile Delta and Qurna (Luxor)
M. Correas Amador & C. Simpson
Tapiabrick: A digital platform on brick-supplemented rammed earth walls
V. Cristini & J.R. Ruiz Checa
The ancient caves from El Alguacilejo. Vernacular habitat and landscape of Gran Canaria, Spain
I. Díaz-Ramos & J. Manzano-Cabrera
Interpretation of sustainable desert architecture in Ghadames city, Libya
A. Eltrapolsi & H. Altan
Thermal performance and comfort of vernacular earthen buildings in Egypt and Portugal
J. Fernandes, M. Dabaieh, R. Mateus, S.M. Silva, L. Bragança & H. Gervásio
Earthen construction in Ourense, Galicia (Spain)
A. Fernández Palicio
Earthen vernacular architecture in Cuneo’s territories (Piedmont, Italy)
F. Fratini, S. Rescic, M. Mattone & L. Rovero
Vernacular earthen architecture and its restoration in the region of La Manchuela in Albacete (Spain)
L. García-Soriano
Earthen elements in the Iberian Peninsula: Cataloging and preliminary study
L. García-Soriano, L. Villacampa Crespo & F.J. Gómez-Patrocinio
Vernacular architecture in El Khorbat, Morocco. Evolution of the Igrems
T. Gil Piqueras, P. Rodríguez-Navarro & A. Pérez Vila
Examination of structural decay processes in adobe vernacular architecture in Spain
F.J. Gómez-Patrocinio, L. García-Soriano & L. Balaguer Garzón
Mid-century earthen architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand—a new vernacular?
M. Hall
Stone, clay and turf in architectural construction
B. Juvanec
Transforming Kasena houses and indigenous building technology in Burkina Faso
H. Kobayashi, T. Shimizu, M. Ito & S. Nakao
Earth and gypsum: From theory to practice in Spanish vernacular architecture
V. La Spina
Earthen roofs in the region of Murcia, Spain: La Azohía
F.J. López Martínez & V. La Spina
Material and typological characterization of the tighremt n’Aït Makhat (Morocco)
J.M. López-Osorio, S. Batani Sembak & L. Martínez Bernal
Mud architecture: Sustaining communities in cold desert regions of Northern India
A.K. Meel & G. Nanda
Earthen heritage in the USA: Approximation to constructive techniques
C. Mileto & F. Vegas López-Manzanares
SOSTierra Project. Initial results
C. Mileto, F. Vegas López-Manzanares, L. García-Soriano & V. Cristini
A method of cataloguing for the earthen architectural heritage in Santo Domingo neighborhood in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
A. Parra Zebadúa & M. Genís Vinyals
Study and appreciation of earthen architecture in Valencia’s southern farmland
A. Pérez Vila
Mestizo and hybrid typologies. Vernacular rural housing in Colombia
Y. Pulgarín
Mexico’s central area earthen architecture. Rammed earth construction: Use and technique
D. Romero Olguín
Domestic wineries in the Urz-Vidriales countryside (Spain)
M. Ruiz-Bedia & A. Herrera Peral
Scottish earth building materials
M. Saez-Martinez & A. Leslie
Thinking about historic resources: A proposed guidance document
I.R. Stiegler, R. McManus, M. Achenza, M. al-Aidaroos, M. Beas, J. Bell, L. Cooke, M. Costi de Castrillo, A. Crosby, B. Esquivel, J. Hurd, B. Işik, P. Jerome, M. Lambert, T. Leiermann, C. Mileto, G. Shemdin, J. Vargas & F. Vegas
Historic cob structures in Moravia
Z. Syrová & J. Syrový
A study of pit houses with soil-covered roofs in a humid climate in Japan
T. Tsukidate
Traditional earthen architecture in Aragon, Spain
L. Villacampa Crespo, J.M. Sanz Zaragoza & L. García-Soriano
The use of natural materials and ancient building techniques: The case for rammed earth construction
E.L. Wagner
Wind and dwellings in the villages of Rincón de Ademuz, Valencia (Spain)
W. Ji
Rehabilitation of vernacular earthen architecture
Thermal insulation for a sustainable rehabilitation of traditional buildings
M. Achenza
Thermal assessment of the behavior of retrofitted rammed earth in central Catalonia
G. Barbeta, M.M. Pareta, M.A. Chamorro & M. Sabata
Using machine-dismantled cotton seed hulls in the making of light earth blocks
A. González & S. Cabrera
The systemic approach in the intervention on earthen architecture
J.L. González Moreno-Navarro, M. Genís Vinyals, B. Onecha Pérez & A. Casals Balagué
Kasbah Taourirt: Conserving earthen heritage in Morocco
B. Marcus, C. Cancino & M. Boussalh
Consumption study and energy optimization of a typical Valencian house
A. Martínez, R. Royo & S. Tormo
Maps, actors & local policies around earth buildings in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
G. Paccoud, M. Chamodot, L. Génis, F. Gutiérrez, E. Mille, B. Rakotomamonjy, J. Avons-Bariot & D. Studer
Rammed earth buildings to meet Italian thermal regulation: Monitoring and sample tests
R. Pennacchio & G. Piccablotto
A pilot project, a tool for conserving the historic city of Cuenca, Ecuador
B. Rakotomamonjy, E. Sevillano Gutiérrez & E. Carnevale
Vernacular change in Brazil southeast region
M.A.P. Rezende, S.L.A. Braga, J.L.R. Vale & M.V.S. Peixoto
Investigating the preservation of vernacular earthen buildings of Louroujina (Akincilar) in North Cyprus
R. Sabri & H. Altan
Campiña Segoviana’s earthen heritage and conservation clues from Isère
E. Sevillano Gutiérrez & E. Camarasaltas Pérez
Transformation in the Kasena’s large earthen compound houses in Burkina Faso
T. Shimizu, S. Nakao, H. Kobayashi & M. Ito
Contemporary earthen architecture
Hassan Fathy’s humane considerations in design and the significance of New Gourna
A.G. Abdel Tawab
A temporary pavilion as a way to experiment with mud. The case of Roly Poly
L. Balboa Quesada & A.J. Jiménez Quesada
A home with roots. Construction process of an adobe contemporanean house
P. Bel-Anzué
A minus carbon eco-cycle earthen refugee shelter: A feasibility study
M. Dabaieh
Net Zero Energy straw bale & rammed earth design; cold climate case study
R. Davidson
Natural clay plasters: Checking regulations to characterization tests
A. González-Serrano, R. Rodríguez-García, L. Molina & M. Ponce
Terra nova—earthen architecture and modernity
F.M. Lorusso & S. Mecca
The school of Baasneere, the process of international cooperation
J.V. Maravilla Moreno & X. Ferragud Adam
CEB Factory for seismic resistant earthen architecture design in Nepal
F. Masso Ros
CEB production in social insertion workshops. An experience in Algemesí (Spain)
J. Nácher Martínez, J.V. Maravilla Moreno, X. Ferragud Adam & F.J. Gómez-Patrocinio
A case-study project of reinterpretation of local traditional techniques
J.R. Ruiz Checa & V. Cristini
Restoration of monumental earthen architecture
Restoration method on the southern wall of the Medieval access road to the Generalife
I. Bestué Cardiel, F.J. López Martínez & J.C. Molina Gaitán
The keep of the Alcázar of Carmona (Sevilla, Spain). Materials for the restoration of rammed earth walls
F.J. Blasco-López, J. Canivell, A. Graciani, J.J. Martín-del-Río & F.J. Alejandre
Rammed earth and formworks in Medieval fortifications in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
F.J. Castilla, D. Gallego, J. Molero, C. Peña & D. Sanz
The Islamic wall of Mula (Spain): 3D reconstruction, restoration and musealization
P.E. Collado Espejo, J. García León, V. La Spina & J. Fernández Del Toro
The use of lime, an example of good practices in the conservation of cultural heritage built on earth
R. Fernández Baca Casares, M. García de Casasola Gómez, E. Ontiveros Ortega, B. Castellano Bravo & P. Santana Martín
Earth in historical fortifications. Pedro de Lucuze’s method
L. Gimeno Romero, L. Cortés Meseguer & S. Tormo Esteve
PREFORTI project: The preventive conservation of historic rammed-earth
M.L. Gutiérrez-Carrillo, I. Bestué Cardiel, J.C. Molina Gaitán & J.A. Martínez López
3D modelling for the interpretation of watchtowers between capes of San Antonio and La Nao (Alicante, Spain)
F. Juan-Vidal & P. Rodríguez-Navarro
Earthen architecture, appreciation and landscape: The oasis of Ferkla (Morocco)
F. Juan-Vidal & T. Gil Piqueras
New technology for analysis of the chapel of Santa María, Coahuila, Mexico
R. López de Juambelz, A.S. Rodríguez Cepeda & M.Á. Sorroche Cuerva
Implementing a GIS for cataloguing Medieval defensive earth architecture
E. Molero, M.L. Gutiérrez-Carrillo & J. Garrido
The defense of the technique of rammed earth made by Giovanni Battista Antonelli in 1560
P. Rodríguez-Navarro
An approach to earthen fortifications in villages of La Serranía (Valencia, Spain)
F. Roger
The first rammed earth wall in America. Earth in 16th-century Dominican architecture
M.Á. Sorroche Cuerva
The preservation of the Nubian earthen architecture
G. Torra i Campos, I. García Alonso, M. Cressent & O. Hasabelrasoul Ahmed
Constructive analysis of the rammed earth walls in the Petrés Castle (Valencia, Spain)
F. Vegas López-Manzanares, C. Mileto, F.J. Gómez-Patrocinio & A. Pérez Vila
Seismic Retrofitting Project: On-site retrofitting techniques workshops
K.H. Wong, C. Cancino, J.C. Menendez & L. Villacorta Santamato
Lessons from vernacular heritage for a sustainable contemporary architecture
Conservation of vernacular architecture, the case of the old town of Nablus/Palestine
E.M. Amad
The habitat of the nomadic shepherds in the Jbel Saghro, Morocco
J. Asencio Juncal, G. Cudeiro Baiguera, P. Iranzo Navas, M.A. Porras Díaz & S. Pino Martín
Vernacular nomadic architecture in the Mgoun Valley, High Atlas (Morocco)
J. Asencio Juncal, J. Ingelmo Moyano & J. Ramírez Bandera
Casa de los Cinteros: Constructive analysis of a traditional house in northern Valencia
L. Balaguer Garzón & S. Traver
S. Jerónimo de Cotalba. Strategies for the preservation of the monastic complex
J.M. Barrera Puigdollers & N. Matarredona Desantes
Life cycle assessment for the earthen heritage center (Pabillonis, Sardinia)
A. Bonoli, S. Rizzo, M. Tomasi & A. Vado
The Tiburtino II district in Rome (Italy). Proposals for preserving the modern architecture
C. Careccia, T. De Gennaro & M.G. Rizzi
Vernacular tradition and modernity. New scenarios in urban living
R. Chimirri
Sustainable proposal for the conservation of Castillejo of Monteagudo (Murcia, Spain)
P.E. Collado Espejo & M.J. Serrano Latorre
Perceptions of earth in the age of global architecture
J. Dahmen
Is it useless rubble or recyclable building material?
B. del Cueto
Understanding the vernacular heritage to design sustainable habitats in Asni, Morocco
L. Dipasquale & D. Giorgi
A survey of Danish earthen heritage for sustainable building
B.T. Eybye & I. Vestergaard
Lessons of sustainability from the survey of the Valencian barraca
Y. Hernández Navarro & P. de Dato
Restoration of the church of the Immaculate Conception in El Llano, Alajuela, Costa Rica
I. Hernández Salazar
When the neo-vernacular architecture inspires the contemporary conception
S. Kersenna & S. Chaouche
Characteristics of earthen architecture in Ağlasun
V.B. Kurtulus, E.Ç. Asrav, N. Şahin Güçhan & G. Bilgin Altınöz
The painted facades and the urban landscape of Bisceglie, Italy. Notes of history and restoration
A. La Notte
Set of nine cave houses in La Algueña, Alicante (Spain). Renewal proposal
A. Martínez Antón, G. López Patiño, V. Blanca Giménez & F. Aranda Navarro
The influence of rice cultivation in the architecture of Sueca’s village (Valencia, Spain)
C. Masó Vendrell
In situ monitoring and characterisation of earthen envelopes: A review
M.A. Mellado Mascaraque, F.J. Castilla Pascual, I. Oteiza & F. Martín-Consuegra
Study of the situation of traditional constructive techniques and materials in Spain
C. Mileto, F. Vegas López-Manzanares, V. Cristini & M.S. García Sáez
Vernacular housing and transformations at the Cordillera de Sama (Bolivia)
F. Moreno, C. Pérez de Guzmán & S. Santiago
Built heritage as catalysts of environmental sustainability: A pragmatic paradigm for Anthropocene
A.P. Olukoya Obafemi
Adobe vernacular heritage in Mexicali, Mexico
D. Olvera, L. Mendoza & L. Guerrero
Balconies in traditional urban architecture through typology and solar radiation
P. Privitera
The Chilean adobe as a seismic vernacular technology, the study of the “Norte Chico” area
A. Rivera Vidal
Tracking down constructive techniques: Farmhouses preliminary studies
F. Romero Iglesias, M. Martínez Lledó & V. Cristini
Water-related built heritage in Campania, Italy. Knowledge for conservation of a sustainable vernacular architecture
V. Russo, S. Pollone, G. Ceniccola & L. Romano
From vernacular to contemporary: Kilwa (Tanzania) and Albreda (The Gambia) tourist information centres
N. Sánchez Muñoz & S. Moriset
Passive design principles in vernacular architecture of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
A.B. Serrano Lanzarote, M. Navarro Escudero, L. Ramírez Pareja & C. Mateo Cecilia
Local pre-industrial communities in Tuscany and the exploitation of water
D. Ulivieri
Contemporary earthen architecture in the northern temperate climate
I. Vestergaard & B.T. Eybye
Sustainability of rammed earth building tradition in Tepeyahualco, Mexico
M.A. Vizcarra & L.F. Guerrero
Structural analysis of vernacular architecture
Structural assessment of earthen walls using damage tests and models
A. Alonso Durá, A. Martínez Boquera & F.J. Gómez-Patrocinio
Planning for acceptable contemporary earth construction in South Africa
G. Bosman
Main church of the Cartuja de Vall de Christ, Altura (Spain). Analysis of the interventions
A. Carballal García
Thermal orthophotos and vernacular architecture: Surveying half-timber walls in Béjar, Spain
M. Diodato, S. Tormo Esteve & L. Balaguer Garzón
The influence of ambient conditions into rammed earth compressive strength
B. González-Sánchez, J.R. Rosell Amigó & A. Navarro Ezquerra
Acoustic test on adobe and rammed earth walls
P. Guillén Marzal
Experimental study of adobe walls with geogrid reinforced mud plaster
S. Invernizzi, M. Mattone, P. Vachey & M. Gentile
A preliminary study of CIPS as a consolidant for earthen cultural materials
I. Loo, C. Kyi, S. Collis, A. Jamieson & G. Price
Low-cost adobe structures with bamboo additives and bamboo frames. Strength tests
M. Paradiso, F. Bizzeti, E. Perria, A. Farigu & O. Lotti
Experimental analysis of compressive mechanical behavior of adobe masonry
J.D. Rodríguez Mariscal & M. Solís Muñiz
Stabilisation of earthen surfaces using carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
J. Romero & G. Barbeta
Advanced study of the mechanical properties of compressed earth block
G. Ruiz, X.X. Zhang, L. Garijo, I. Cañas & W.A. Fouad
Seismic analysis of Portuguese adobe buildings
L. Sarchi, R. Monteiro & H. Varum
Improved 2nd order holder. Method for heat transfer calculation for walls
L. Soto Francés, B. Serrano Lanzarote, L. Ortega Madrigal & J.M. Pinazo Ojer
Schematic analysis of traditional Vietnamese houses under the influence of Han culture
W.J. Wang
Biography
Camilla Mileto is architect (IUAV, Venice, Italy) and professor at the Universitat Politècnica of València - UPV (Spain), where she teaches architectural conservation both in graduate and postgraduate courses. She is presently director of the Master of Architectural Conservation at the UPV. She has been guest lecturer in the universities of Venice, Milano, Firenze and Palermo (Italy), Cordoba (Argentina) and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA). She is codirector of the journal Loggia and has extensively published on architectural heritage. She has received several international awards for her research, projects and built work.
Fernando Vegas is architect (UPV, Valencia, Spain) and professor at the Universitat Politècnica of València (Spain), where he teaches architectural conservation and composition both in graduate and postgraduate courses. Together with Camilla Mileto, he coordinates de Unitwin UNESCO Chair for Earthen Architecture, Constructive Cultures and Sustainable Development in Spain. He has been guest lecturer in several international universities. He is codirector of the journal Loggia and has extensively published on architectural heritage. He has received several international awards for their research, projects and built work.
Lidia García-Soriano is architect by ETSA -UPV (2010), Master in Conservation of Architectural Heritage (2013) and PhD in architecture from the UPV (2015). Currently, she is researcher at the Instituto de Restauración del Patrimonio in the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). Her activity has focused on the scientific field of architectural heritage and its conservation, especially in the earthen architectural heritage and rammed earth architecture in particular, with several publications in these matters.
Valentina Cristini (PhD. Architect) is assistant professor at Faculty of Architecture of the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) where she has been working since 2005, starting as granted student researcher. She has been visiting professor in several European and Extra-European Universities and Institutions from the beginning of her career. Currently she teaches both in graduate and postgraduate courses (MSc. Pedagogy). She has extensively published papers and texts on architectural conservation and she has joined several studies, projects and interventions for the preservation of monuments and vernacular architecture as in Spain as abroad.