Vernacular architecture
Subtitle: towards a sustainable future : proceedings of the International Conference on Vernacular Heritage, Sustainability and Earthen Architecture, Valencia, Spain, 11-13 September 2014
By: editors, C. Mileto, F. Vegas, L. García Soriano & V. Cristini, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Contributors: Mileto, Camilla, editor; Vegas López-Manzanares, Fernando, editor; García Soriano, L., editor; Cristini, Valentina, editor
Publisher: CRC Press/Balkema; CRC Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 784
ISBN-13: 9781138026827; 9781315736907
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Vernacular architecture; Congresses; Sustainable development
Other titles: VerSus 2014
Description: Sustainability is a concept that has monopolised a large number of the scientific debates in a wide range of spheres connected not only with architecture, urban planning and construction, but also with the product market, tourism, culture, etc. However, sustainability is indissolubly linked to vernacular architecture and the lessons this architecture of the past can teach us for the future. The concept of sustainability as it is presented is wide-reaching and encompasses not only environmental issues but also sociocultural and socioeconomic questions. The lessons we can learn from studying vernacular architecture in these three broad spheres are manifold, and can help us not only to further the conservation and retrieval of this architecture already in existence but to rethink new architecture in the light of what we have learned.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Plenary lectures; title: Lectures.