Sustainable Mediterranean Construction

Sustainable Mediterranean Construction

EARTH ARCHITECTURE IN NORTH OF PORTUGAL – CASE STUDY FROM VERNACULAR TO CONTEMPORARY

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Paulo Mendonça

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1. Introduction
It can be said that sustainable construction means “not to build” as since the Neolithic that Man started to exploit resources more than nature by itself can give. Of course that this scenery got much worst after the Industrial Revolution and especially in the end of the twentieth century, giving rise to a post-industrial environmental consciousness, that lead to three main operative strategies on developed countries, as represented on Figure 1: new techniques with natural materials and traditional techniques with industrialized materials (low-tech approach); and new materials with new techniques using the minimum materials possible (light-tech approach). Nowadays, it can be concluded that a really sustainable use of resources is only still possible in those areas of the planet that were isolated from the consumer society, where the human relationship with nature allowed a simple life in harmony with the natural surroundings, as in a pre industrial revolution scenario, even if we consider that the industrial revolution arrived much later to construction industry. Even in industrialized countries, such as in Portugal, till approximately 50 years ago, heavyweight materials present in construction were still in direct relation with the natural resources available in the subsoil. The heavyweight parts of the building were mostly the structural envelope walls, in stone, earth or brick; that could easily arrive to 1000kg/m2. In comparison, pavements and coverings in structural timber only weight between 50 and 150kg/m2. A typical view of the inner part of this type of building can be seen on Figure2. The lithological map of the Portuguese territory shows that the walls of traditional constructions were in general the same of the surrounding subsoil, as it can be seen on Figure 3. […]

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SMC N.01 2014

SMC MAGAZINE N. ONE/2014

001_ COVER

003_VIEW Constructing for the De-Growth in the Mediterranean Region
Dora Francese

005_INDEX

006_BOARDS AND INFORMATION

FOCUS ON RAMMED EARTH

007_ Earth Architecture in Sardinia. Identity and Design
Antonello Sanna

012_ Mechanical Characterization of Some Roman Adobe Masonries at the Archaeological Site of Suasa
Stefano Lenci, Enrico Quagliarini

018_Mud Brick Architecture and the Case of Korestia Villages in Greece
Nafsika Exintaveloni, Athanassios Balasas, Fani Vavili

023_Earth Architecture in North of Portugal – Case Study From Vernacular to Contemporary
Paulo Mendonça

029_The Walls of Buildings in the Rural Area of Molise. A Bioclimatic Subsystem between Limestone, Brick and Raw Earth
Gigliola Ausiello, Domenico Fornaro

034_Recovering the Mediterranean Cultural Landscape with Rammed Earth
Dora Francese

040_A Possible Innovation in the Traditional Manufacturing of the Galeb Brick in Southern Tunisia
Fouad Ben Ali, Fabio Iucolano, Barbara Liguori, Domenico Caputo, Daniela Piscopo, Marina Fumo

044_Architecture of Earth and Shade
Flaviano Maria Lorusso

050 _ReHAb: a Project for Participative Retrofitting with Earth and Local Materials
Grégoire Paccoud, Roberto Pennacchio

055_Sustainable Development and New “Ancient Opportunities”: the Raw Earth
Maria Cristina Forlani, Luciana Mastrolonardo

063_Environmental Assessment of Products in Raw Earth
Patrizia Milano

070_The Earthen Architecture and Standard Requirements
Paola De Joanna

075_The Stabilization and the Thermal Resistance of the Rammed Earth
Luca Buoninconti

080_Adobe Bricks as a Structural Material. Perspective Applications to Vault
Maurizio Angelillo, Antonio Fortunato

STUDIES AND RESEARCHES

086_Saint Mary’s Abbey and Saint Filadelfo’s Church (Italy). The Mediterranean Architecture
Màrcia Regina Escorteganha, Marina Fumo, Jacqueline Bayon, Essaid Bilal, Franciele Laner

090_Magna Grecia and Mediterraneo. The settlement of Akropolis
Rosa Maria Giusto

096_A Building Technique for Realization of Opening Bearing Walls of Salento
Fabrizio Leccisi, Paola Francesca Nisticò

100_Smart Heritage as Regeneration of Historic Mediterranean Cities
Starlight Vattano

105_City Mood. About (Cultural) State of the City Space
Marina Mihaila

108_Instruments for the Calculation of Energy Performance in Historical Buildings
Marta Calzolari, Pietromaria Davoli

115_Modeling for Project Design: Instruments for Sustainable and Integrated Design
Giacomo Chiesa, Orio De Paoli

120_PHD RESULTS

121_LIST OF AUTHORS

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