Publicación: UNDERSTANDING CLIMATIC TRADITIONS: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF HISTORIC DWELLINGS OF CADIZ
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2018
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INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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MANY HISTORICAL EUROPEAN CITIES ARE HOME TO HOUSES OF GREAT HERITAGE VALUE. THESE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE COMFORT THROUGHOUT HISTORY WITHOUT THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. EVEN THOUGH SUCH DWELLINGS WERE INFLUENCED BY ACADEMIC STYLES, BY CONTRADICTING VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE, THEIR ADAPTATION TO LOCAL CLIMATE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THERMAL COMFORT IS COMMONPLACE. THEY WERE MOSTLY BUILT WITHIN COMPACT URBAN TISSUES, MAKING USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS, WORKFORCE AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. LEARNING FROM THE PAST KNOWLEDGE OF THESE DESIGN STRATEGIES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ADAPTED TO SPECIFIC CLIMATES CAN PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN REDUCING THE ENERGY DEMAND OF EXTANT BUILDINGS (...)
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Bioclimatic design, Traditional building techniques, Simulation and software, Historic architecture, Climate responsive design
