Assessing of Critical Parametrs on Earth Architecture and Earth Buildings as a Vernacular and Sustainable Architecture in Various Countries

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• 作者：Hamed Niroum ; M.F.M. Zain ; Maslina Jamil
• 关键词：Earth architecture ; earth building ; sustainable architecture ; critical parameters ; questionnaire
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：10 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：89
• 期：Complete
• 页码：248-260
• 全文大小：215 K

文摘

Earth construction has received in the last decade an increased attention by the scientific community illustrated by a tenfold increase of the published research articles when compared to the previous decade. An assessment guideline is for implementing earth architecture as sustainable and vernacular architecture for various countries such as Malaysia, Iran, USA, UK, Australia and Yemen is presented. The literature is first searched in order to investigate the earth architecture from ancient until today. This literature search forms the rationale for the relevant stages of the assessment guideline. Each stage is discussed and possible methods of application are presented.