This paper presents a study about bioclimatic characteristics of vernacular earthen building heritage in Sardinia. The main purpose of this study, according to Project VerSus’ main aim, was to understand the logic beneath climate control elements in vernacular architecture, and earthen architecture in particular, in order to eventually apply them in contemporary architecture. The research method was a deductive process based on reviewing some reports written by Italian and foreign travellers that visited Sardinia in the XIX° and XX° century. The useful information, including vernacular buildings characteristics and occupancy when this heritage was intact, had been analysed through bioclimatic knowledge. Furthermore, in order to highlight bioclimatic features of vernacular earthen heritage, a comparative analysis with the vernacular stone building heritage, expression of a different climate context, had been done. Interesting elements in order to achieve thermal comfort conditions have emerged, especially regarding the strict relationship between vernacular buildings physical configuration and their inhabitants occupancy.
Strategies for climate control in Sardinian vernacular building heritage in the reports of travellers of the XIX and XX Centuries
ACHENZA, MARIA MADDALENA;CANNAS, LEONARDO GIUSEPPE FELICE;GIOVAGNORIO, ILARIA
2013-01-01
Abstract
This paper presents a study about bioclimatic characteristics of vernacular earthen building heritage in Sardinia. The main purpose of this study, according to Project VerSus’ main aim, was to understand the logic beneath climate control elements in vernacular architecture, and earthen architecture in particular, in order to eventually apply them in contemporary architecture. The research method was a deductive process based on reviewing some reports written by Italian and foreign travellers that visited Sardinia in the XIX° and XX° century. The useful information, including vernacular buildings characteristics and occupancy when this heritage was intact, had been analysed through bioclimatic knowledge. Furthermore, in order to highlight bioclimatic features of vernacular earthen heritage, a comparative analysis with the vernacular stone building heritage, expression of a different climate context, had been done. Interesting elements in order to achieve thermal comfort conditions have emerged, especially regarding the strict relationship between vernacular buildings physical configuration and their inhabitants occupancy.
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