Evaluation of a sustainable Greek vernacular settlement and its landscape Architectural typology and building physics.pdf

BuildingandEnvironment44(2009)1095–1106ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectBuildingandEnvironmentjournalhomepage:ate/buildenvEvaluationofasustainableGreekvernacularsettlementanditslandscape:ArchitecturaltypologyandbuildingphysicsVissiliaAnna-Maria*Architect-LandscapeArchitect,AdjunctLecturer,DepartmentofStructuralEngineering,NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens,CivilEngineering,Kodrou13,10558Athens,GreecearticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:eofReceived17September2007centuriesofoptimizationofmaterialuse,,epted15May2008thanotherareasinPhokida,inmainlandGreece,anditcan,thus,providerichmaterialfortheunder-,varioustypesofadobedwellingsareKeywords:surveyedandtheirresponsetoclimate,intermsofsiteandbuildingdesign,,onditionsbyincorporatingtheexistingenvironmentalparametersAdobe(mudbrick)(orientationinrelationtosunandwind,aspectratio),thespacing(siteplanning),theairmovement,theLandscapeopenings(size–position,protection),andthebuildingenvelope(walls:constructionmaterials-thickness,roofconstructiondetailing).Thispaperevaluatesspecificvernaculardwellingtypesandtheirresponsetoclimate,basedonpassivedesignprinciplesthatcouldbeadaptedtocurrentarchitecturalpracticeinthearea,inordertooptimizetherelationshipbetweensite,buildingandclimate.Ó,therefore,canbestudiedasmodelsofenvironmentallyresponsiveandsustainablearchitec-ThearchitectureofvernacularsettlementsreflectsGreeklife-,