scholarly journals ADOBE VERNACULAR HOUSING TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS IN CALIMAYA DE DÍAZ GONZALEZ, STATE OF MEXICO

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-M-1-2020 ◽  
pp. 1005-1010
Author(s):  
D. S. Romero Olguín ◽  
L. F. Guerrero Baca
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Architectural Analysis ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
Spatial Shape ◽  
A Site ◽  
Local Materials

Abstract. Climate, topography, hydrology, and all the factors of the natural environment affecting a population, as well as accessibility to materials and its ease of transport have constituted the variables determining the vernacular housing characteristics. In the territory which now covers Calimaya various cultural groups settled, making evident the syncretism of various building traditions. Since its formation the place was a site of passage, which communicated various goods transport, generating a peculiar urban physiognomy and cultural exchange, leading to the introduction of buildings, typical of this place. The town’s current situation is characterized by a rapid process of urbanization and social transformation, generating new needs of usage and habitability. This growth transforms the architecture of the place, replacing it with buildings with physiognomic features that do not correspond to the original context, causing loss of local construction techniques. Assuming that typology is a theoretical and creative activity allowing the definition and structuring of a system of conceptual relations, within certain limits, in order to determine the representative elements of vernacular architecture of the site, a typological analysis is being carried out to identify local materials and buildings systems, its characteristics, and spatial shape. Likewise, a constructive and architectural analysis, identifying traditional building techniques, which will favour the development of solutions facing the problem of conservation, maintenance and sustainability in the locality, is being carried out.

‘Vernacular’ accommodations: wordplay in contemporary-traditional architecture theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Richards
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Sheet Glass ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Tropical Waters ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Architecture Theory ◽  
Local Materials ◽  
Contemporary Approach

One might be forgiven for thinking that the concept of ‘vernacular’ architecture is straightforward. First, it suggests a contemporary approach to building that uses local materials and crafts, as well as the indigenous architecture of tribal peoples, such as piledwellings over tropical waters, mud houses in the desert, or animal-hide teepees on the savannah. These buildings can be distinguished easily from other types of buildings that use industrialised construction techniques and materials, such as concrete, sheet glass, plastics and steel. Second, it might suggest an alternative and more wholesome set of values towards life, the environment and aesthetics, than that represented by the out-of-town retail park or the inner-city office tower. Why bother with the word ‘vernacular’, though, let alone ‘indigenous’ or the more problematic ‘primitive’, when ‘traditional’ works well enough? Nothing could be simpler.

Cultural Components of Well-Being and Vernacular Examples

2020 ◽  
pp. 223-247
Keyword(s):  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Living Environments ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Cultural Components ◽  
Local Materials

Vernacular architecture expresses a highly sustainable approach to living as a result of strong connection to cultural and environmental context. On the other hand, today's architecture attempts to create artificial solutions that consume the environment and lack the authenticity of vernacular solutions. In this sense, vernacular living environments need to be conserved, appreciated, and studied carefully because of their great potential to inspire the new generation of living environments. Previous research on the topic has mostly focused on the use of local materials and inherited construction techniques, which are extremely beneficial. Starting from a short survey on international declarations and charters, and discussing the strong connectedness between vernacular design principles and human well-being as an outcome, this chapter will lead the discussion deeper on interiors. Interiors from selected cultural contexts will be examined in order to attract attention to the cultural components of well-being and their meaningful reflections on the creation of interior space.

Tectonic Research of Sustainable Building Materials Based on Regional Perspective - Taking Wuyishan City for Example

2013 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Hui Chen ◽  
Li Ma ◽  
Qiu Hua Guo
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Construction Design ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Selection Principles ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
Local Materials ◽  
Sustainable Building Materials

Currently, in pursuit of sustainable construction techniques and materials properties, the construction design of Wuyishan neglects the problem of its local materials and tectonic of material.Through sampling and analyzing, the sustainable building material selection principles have been given in this paper. Moreover, we also consider the geographical characteristics and natural ecological elements of Wuyishan. Meanwhile, some sustainable building materials with local characteristics of Wuyishan are selected. New tectonic methods for local construction building materials are explored.

scholarly journals A Sustainable Approach for the Refurbishment Process of Vernacular Heritage: The Sesga House Case Study (Valencia, Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9800
Author(s):  
Camilla Mileto ◽  
Fernando Vegas ◽  
Carmen Llatas ◽  
Bernardette Soust-Verdaguer
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
Industrial Materials

The refurbishment of traditional vernacular architecture is currently of interest for the conservation of heritage, historic landscape and cultural landscape, as well as for its potential benefits in the field of environmental sustainability. The carefully selected materials and techniques used in the refurbishment of a traditional dwelling in Sesga (Valencia, Spain) maintain the local construction techniques while causing the least possible environmental impact, saving on transport and transformation and construction energy. This article uses LCA to showcase this contribution, examining three scenarios: the first option is the refurbishment of the case study using natural traditional materials and techniques; the second presents a hypothetical refurbishment using widely used industrial materials; and a third option looks at the demolition of the existing building and the addition of a new construction with widely used industrial materials. This comparison has shown where and why the first option is, broadly speaking, the most sustainable option in environmental, sociocultural and socioeconomic terms.

Late Woodland Period Settlement Patterns in the Piedmont Uplands of Pennsylvania: The Evidence from 36CH161

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-285
Author(s):  
Paul A. Raber
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Late Woodland ◽  
Woodland Period ◽  
Late Woodland Period ◽  
Chester County ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
A Site ◽  
Local Materials ◽  
Early Late

Investigations at 36Ch161, a site in the Piedmont Uplands of Chester County, Pennsylvania, have revealed a series of early Late Woodland Period camps associated with the Minguannan Complex. The use of local quartz seems to have been a primary focus of settlement at the site. Quartz, which formed an overwhelming majority of the assemblage, was used in ways that contrast strongly with that of non-local materials like jasper, a minority component of the assemblage obtained from quarries in the Hardyston Formation. The selection of raw materials suggests restrictions on access to certain materials perhaps imposed by territorial constraints. The combined evidence of artifact assemblage and cultural features indicates that 36Ch161 was inhabited seasonally by small, mobile groups of non-horticulturalists, a reconstruction consistent with that of Custer and others regarding the economy of the Minguannan Complex and related cultures of the Piedmont Uplands.

Risk, propriety, and sexual assault

2009 ◽  
pp. 93-111
Author(s):  
Diana Young
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Closed System ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Risk Theory ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Canadian Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
A Site ◽  
Traditional Norms

- Legal theorists often conceive of the law as a closed system of reasoning, and as the central mechanism through which the uses of power are conferred and circumscribed. However, social theory challenges this conception of law by telling us that a great deal of power is non-juridical in nature, operating through discursive practices that define and normalize conduct. This raises doubts as to whether juridical power can be used to achieve social transformation. Risk theory uncovers discursive practices that operate as non-juridical sites of power, by showing how risk analyses normalize contingent values through the use of value-neutral terms of statistical probabilities. For example, feminist criminologists, drawing on risk theory, have shown us how risk discourses can be used to reinforce traditional norms of femininity, particularly by responsibilizing women for minimizing the risk of sexual assault. Using an example from the Canadian law of sexual assault, this paper considers whether the law inevitably reproduces the very discourses of femininity that many law reformers are trying to disrupt, or whether it might act as a site wherein these discourses may be challenged.

scholarly journals Producing Sacred Space in Secular Kitchens: South Asian Immigrant Women’s Hindu Shrines in American Domestic Architecture

2021 ◽  
Vol 90-91 ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
Puja Sahney
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Space ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Domestic Architecture ◽  
Asian Immigrant ◽  
Architectural Analysis ◽  
Spatial Production ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Worship Practices ◽  
Fluid Process ◽  
Permanent Residents

This paper demonstrates the processes of spatial production achieved through the setup of a home shrine by newly arrived Hindu immigrant women inside American houses, particularly the kitchens.  By focusing on the home shrine, the paper uses a gendered lens through which to understand vernacular architecture, since women often garner greater control over domestic objects and interiors than they do over construction of buildings. I propose that production of sacred space, achieved through domestic objects like home shrines, is a fluid process. Its location in the house can be more easily changed from one place to another. Compared to the permanent construction of buildings, this compliancy of form may appear less concrete for providing objective architectural analysis. However, I suggest that it is the opposite. The flexibility involved in women’s production process makes room for greater spatial negotiation and demonstrates the diversity of ways concrete domestic architecture is maneuvered to satisfy women’s religious needs over time. Further, the paper demonstrates the wide array of complex decisions that women have to make regarding body movements in the house and worship practices, achieved through material intervention, that speak of domestic architecture in less static and more dynamic ways. By tracing women’s experiences with domestic architecture as new arrivals in the country, and later, as permanent residents, the paper foregrounds women’s strong architectural contributions through the use of domestic objects that enable a gendered and consequently a more inclusive approach to the study of architectural space.

scholarly journals Marx, Vygotsky and Freire: methodological discussions on the role of language in social transformation

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter E Jones ◽  
Maria Cecília C Magalhães
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
A Site ◽  
Transformative Activist Stance

ABSTRACT This paper offers a Marxist grounding for a liberatory, critical-collaboratory dialogic praxis in educational contexts and examines the implications of such praxis for an understanding of the potential role of the school as a site of critical thinking. Aligning with Stetsenko’s ‘Transformative-Activist Stance’, the discussion centres on clarifying the methodological rationale for approaching language as a means of cultural action and social transformation based on Marx’s materialist conception of history and the educationally based dialogical approaches of Vygotsky and Freire.

Urban Transformation in Ancient Molise

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Global Movements ◽  
Social War ◽  
A Site ◽  
Cultural Choices

This book uses all the available evidence to create a site biography of Larinum from 400 bce to 100 ce, with a focus on the urban transformation that occurs there during the Roman conquest. Larinum, a pre-Roman town in the modern region of Molise, undergoes a unique transition from independence to municipal status when it receives Roman citizenship in the 80s bce shortly after the Social War. Its trajectory illuminates complex processes of cultural, social, and political change associated with the Roman conquest throughout the Italian peninsula in the first millennium bce. This work highlights the importance of local isolated variability in studies of the Roman conquest and provides a narrative that supplements larger works on this theme. Through a focus on local-level agency, it demonstrates strong local continuity in Larinum and its surrounding territory. This continuity is the key to Larinum’s transition into the Roman state, which is spearheaded by the local elites. They participate in the broader cultural choices of the Hellenistic koiné and strive to be part of a Mediterranean-wide dialog that, over time, will come to be dominated by Rome. The case is made for advancing the field of Roman conquest studies under a new paradigm of social transformation that focuses on a history of gradual change, continuity, connectivity, and local isolated variability that is contingent on highly specific issues rather than global movements.

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