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The Connection between Architectural Elements and Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Tropical Vernacular Houses in Mountain and Beach Locations

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Passive thermal comfort has been widely used to test the thermal performance of a building. The science of active thermal comfort is important to be connected with the science of architecture.
Hermawan Hermawan, Jozef Švajlenka
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‘Scrupulous and Timid Conformism’: Ireland and the Reception of the Liturgical Changes of Vatican II

open access: yesReligions, 2021
The Second Vatican Council and, in particular, its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, changed much in the daily life of the Church. In Ireland, a country steeped in the Catholic tradition but largely peripheral to the theological debates that shaped ...
Gary Carville
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A Vision for CIAV. Addressing the challenges facing the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Vernacular Architecture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
[EN] While the debate continues on what exactly is vernacular architecture, what are its values and significance, how could it be conserved and revitalized, Some pressing questions must be addressed without delay.
Mahdy, Hossam
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Pensar la traducción como un contacto cultural: El potencial conceptual de la "Transculturación"

open access: yesMutatis Mutandis, 2008
La noción de "transculturación" ha sido recurrente en el análisis cultural en América Latina, especialmente en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. El término, acuñado por el académico cubano Fernando Ortiz, ha sido retomado por críticos como Ángel Rama y ...
María Constanza Guzmán
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‘Acupuncture of Awareness’: a possible path for vernacular heritage preservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
[EN] The essay describes an approach developed by the author in various international contexts (India, Iran and Brazil) to raise awareness in the community of the importance of documenting and preserving historic areas, comprising mainly vernacular ...
L. ROSSATO, Rossato, Luca
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Terrains of Country: Mapping Co-Design Methods

open access: yesASEAN Journal of Community Engagement
This paper explores the ‘discursive’ as well as the physical terrains of Country as part of a co-design methodology employed with Nukunu. It examines a curatorial and archival perspective in its documenting of Nukunu Country forming part of the Time ...
Julie Nichols   +5 more
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Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group

open access: yes, 2001
This collection comprises the on-line version of the Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group. Data has been collected from 1992 onwards.
Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG)
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Vernacular earthen architectures. Institutionalisation and management models for its conservation in northern Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
[EN] The conservation of vernacular earthen architecture presents specific technical and social challenges, which implies particular reflections in relation to concrete actions for their restoration, but also to the management models implemented in the ...
Tomasi, Jorge, Barada, Julieta
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MEMAHAMI “URBAN” VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Urban vernacular, sebagian pengamat mengartikannya sebagai fenomena yang terjadi sebagai akibat proses vernakularisasi dalam ruang dengan setting urban (perkotaan).
Subadra Abioso, Wanita
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The heritage of light and shade in Cairo

open access: yesOchrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego
Conservation principles and practices were introduced to Islamic historic cities by European orientalists in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. While they played an important role in the conservation of the historic built heritage,
Hossam Mahdy
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