This thesis was conducted in Santana city, that composes, with Macapa (the capitalstate), the Macapa metropolitan area. In order to analyze the multifaceted reality that circumscribes its vernacular architecture, and in ...

The Historic Centre of Cuenca, recognized as World Heritage Site since 1999, is characterized by the relevant presence of traditional buildings which load-bearing structural elements are made of unbaked earth. Despite ...

Vernacular architecture constitutes a rich source of information and ancestral knowledge and could become a key resource for sustainable development. Its passive design strategies effectively respond to local climatic and ...

This dissertation research has as main objective to investigate how traditions in the act of building, present in vernacular architecture, are expressed in architectural works of the contemporary period, associating formal ...

Over the last decade, the University of Cuenca (UC), located in southern Ecuador, through its Faculty of Architecture and its City Preservation Management (CPM) project, has progressively become a key player in addressing ...

Como es universalmente aceptado el concepto de arquitectura vernácula implica la consideración de ciertos aspectos tales como: a) las prácticas edificatorias están relacionadas con la sabiduría popular, y se transmiten a ...

The richness of the historical landscape environments of the popular architecture which is often built with vernacular systems whose technology and knowledge are transmitted from generation to generation through practice, ...