Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Project | reVer |
Title | Portuguese vernacular architecture: the contribution of vernacular materials and design approaches for sustainable construction |
Publication Type | Papers in International Journals |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Fernandes J., Mateus, R., Bragança, L., and Correia da Silva J. |
Abstract | Vernacular architecture is characterized by a type of formal expression, which has been developed in response to a number of factors – geographic, climatic and economic – characterizing the local area or region. Despite the fact that Portugal is a small country, there are many different architectural approaches and a range of techniques have been employed in different regions to mitigate the effects of climate. These vernacular approaches have the potential for further development and could be adapted in response to contemporary needs. In this paper, a range of different passive solar techniques used in Portuguese |
Journal | Architectural Science Review |
Volume | 58 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 324-336 |
Date Published | 2014-11-10 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 0003-8628 |
DOI | 10.1080/00038628.2014.974019 |
URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00038628.2014.974019#.VGSiUpOsUag |
Keywords | Bioclimatic Buildings Strategies, Passive cooling, Sustainable Construction, Thermal performance, vernacular architecture |
Citation | Jorge Fernandes, Ricardo Mateus, Luís Bragança & José Júlio Correia da Silva (2014): Portuguese vernacular architecture: the contribution of vernacular materials and design approaches for sustainable construction, Architectural Science Review, DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2014.974019 |
Rights | restrictedAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt