Learning from local building cultures to improve housing project sustainability / Thierry Joffroy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Joffroy, Thierry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Local Subjects:

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

UN Chronicle Vol. 53, no. 3, p. 27-29 53:3<27 1564-3913

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The history of construction shows that builders have always been creative in adapting and upgrading housing structures by making the best use of locally available resources to meet their needs, while taking into account local economic, social and climatic constraints. Societies worldwide have developed building cultures that result in 'contextual' architecture, corresponding to unique construction methods and specific ways of life. Local building cultures, however, are not static. They evolve as societies do, particularly when exchanges with other countries and cultures take place, introducing new knowledge, building materials and techniques.

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