ABSTRACT
Earthen architecture is widespread all over the world and demonstrates a significant richness of varieties both in application and in materials used. This book discusses and debates the lessons that can be learned from earthen architecture to create sustainable architecture today, both for the conservation of traditional existing buildings and the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Plenary lectures
part |2 pages
Lectures
chapter |8 pages
Earth-based architecture linked to charcoal making in north Aragon mountain ranges
Q. Angulo Ibáñez E. Monesma Moliner
chapter 36|6 pages
Thankas to promote the conservation of the Ladakhi earthen heritage
M. Bertagnin & D. De Antoni A. Skedzuhn-Safir
chapter |8 pages
Albacete fairground: Conservation of a singular rammed earth building
C. Caro Gallego
chapter |6 pages
Saint Anthony hermitage: An example of earth rammed wall in a reconquest church
L. Cortés Meseguer, S. Tormo Esteve, R. Marín Sánchez & J. Pardo Conejero
chapter |6 pages
Stratigraphic analysis of earthen architecture: The mosque of M’Hamid El Ghizlane
O. Domínguez Martínez, A. García Hermida & C. Moreno Adán
chapter |6 pages
Restoration of monumental rammed earth buildings in Spain in the last decade according to the 1% Cultural Program
L. García Soriano, C. Mileto & F. Vegas López-Manzanares V. La Spina
chapter |6 pages
The Ksar Sidi Bou Abdellah in Mdagra Oasis, Morocco
T. Gil Piqueras & P. Rodríguez-Navarro
chapter |6 pages
Rammed earth consolidation techniques: Restoration of Talamanca del Jarama city wall
E. Herrero García
chapter |6 pages
From stone to rammed earth: The open plan architecture in Sinyent Farm (Valencia, Spain)
F. Iborra Bernad I. Matoses Ortells
chapter |6 pages
Location and conservation of rammed earth in Chelva (Spain)
M.Á. Lloría Cosín J.A. Cantó Vañó S.D. Lozano Esteban
chapter |6 pages
The walls construction system in Muza Tower (Benifaio, Spain)
V. López-Mateu & S. Tormo-Esteve T.M. Pellicer
chapter |4 pages
The other architecture: From natural caves to excavated housing
B. Piedecausa García & J.C. Pérez Sánchez
chapter |6 pages
Guidelines elaboration for a self-building manual with earth in Chiapas State, Mexico
K. Sánchez Torres
chapter |6 pages
Earth as a construction material conserving Addiriyah of Saudi Arabia
M. Sharif Zami
chapter |6 pages
Architecture and landscape in Sharq al-Andalus. The conservation of an Islamic qarya
A. Soler Estrela R. Soler Verdú
