ABSTRACT
From the conception, constructive evolution and vernacular environment of the Valencian barraca (traditional Valencian rural cottage), a series of features may be noticed which are not identified by the current legislation for the creation of strategies for the conservation of rural heritage. In this paper the typology of this building and its habitat from environmental, socio-cultural and socio-economic bases is analysed by verifying the compliance of the 15 parameters which are defined in the Versus Project, an important international research endeavour that aims to obtain knowledge from the study of the principles of sustainability in the vernacular built heritage. According to these parameters, the possession or lack of values of sustainability of this particular type of architecture can be recognised, and consequently, its usefulness as a model from.
