Sustainable Mediterranean Construction

Sustainable Mediterranean Construction

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND NEW “ANCIENT OPPORTUNITIES”: THE RAW EARTH

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Maria Cristina Forlani, Luciana Mastrolonardo

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Presentation of the work carried out by the research group of Pescara
The researches concerning “raw earth” started (1979) thanks to recent surveys related to the knowledge of local technologies for the establishment of an archive of the techniques, fundamental for each recovery and maintenance intervention of the “rediscovered” existing heritage.
A subsequent aspect of the research, related to the construction in raw earth, has been dedicated to the insights about the “quality”, with the purpose of pressing on a new “request”. The current debate on sustainability, referring also to the planning and construction of the artifacts, has identified a topic able to connect studies concerning raw heritage to researches related to more sustainable materials and structural-constructive models.
Therefore the first step is to recognize – and to demonstrate – the sustainability level of the buildings in raw earth, i.e. through an LCA of a building (Patrizia Milano), in relation to the performances of other everyday products.
This aspect is strictly related to the one of the “production” of materials and elements used to realize constructions in a sustainability field (Luciana Mastrolonardo). The reflection of the type of industry to refer to is fundamental; in fact, the introduction of an industrial ecology model is desirable, together with its widespread dissemination to pull down the heavy “environmental load” deriving from transportation, both in terms of energy consumption and pollution. The first proper step would be the promotion of the inclusion of “raw lines” by industries producing bricks in their productive chain. […]

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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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