Design Fundamentals for Low-Voltage Distribution and Control

1: Plenary lectures; 1: Markers of earthen construction modern revival; 2: The geography of earth building; 2: Vernacular earthen architecture; 3: A sustainable repair process for heritage buildings in historic Jeddah; 4: Santal mud dwellings: Materials, construction and space typology; 5: The study and analysis of the adaptation of earthen constructions in Hadhramaut (Yemen); 6: Vernacular houses of Stratonikeia: Architectural typology, materials and techniques; 7: Ksar Taghit: Earthen architecture between authenticity and changes; 8: Supplemented rammed earth in the northwestern regions of Valencia; 9: Earth construction in prehistoric settlements of southern Portugal; 10: Vernacular construction techniques and earth employ in Arg-e-Bam (Iran); 11: Vernacular heritage in Mendoza (Cuyo region, Argentina); 12: Comparative evolution of vernacular mudbrick houses in the Nile Delta and Qurna (Luxor); 13: Tapiabrick : A digital platform on brick-supplemented rammed earth walls; 14: The ancient caves from El Alguacilejo. Vernacular habitat and landscape of Gran Canaria, Spain; 15: Interpretation of sustainable desert architecture in Ghadames city, Libya; 16: Thermal performance and comfort of vernacular earthen buildings in Egypt and Portugal; 17: Earthen construction in Ourense, Galicia (Spain); 18: Earthen vernacular architecture in Cuneo’s territories (Piedmont, Italy); 19: Vernacular earthen architecture and its restoration in the region of La Manchuela in Albacete (Spain); 20: Earthen elements in the Iberian Peninsula: Cataloging and preliminary study; 21: Vernacular architecture in El Khorbat, Morocco. Evolution of the Igrems; 22: Examination of structural decay processes in adobe vernacular architecture in Spain; 23: Mid-century earthen architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand—a new vernacular?; 24: Stone, clay and turf in architectural construction; 25: Transforming Kasena houses and indigenous building technology in Burkina Faso; 26: Earth and gypsum: From theory to practice in Spanish vernacular architecture; 27: Earthen roofs in the region of Murcia, Spain: La Azohía; 28: Material and typological characterization of the tighremt n’Aït Makhat (Morocco); 29: Mud architecture: Sustaining communities in cold desert regions of Northern India; 30: Earthen heritage in the USA: Approximation to constructive techniques; 31: SOSTierra Project. Initial results; 32: A method of cataloguing for the earthen architectural heritage in Santo Domingo neighborhood in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico; 33: Study and appreciation of earthen architecture in Valencia’s southern farmland; 34: Mestizo and hybrid typologies. Vernacular rural housing in Colombia; 35: Mexico’s central area earthen architecture. Rammed earth construction: Use and technique; 36: Domestic wineries in the Urz-Vidriales countryside (Spain); 37: Scottish earth building materials; 38: Thinking about historic resources: A proposed guidance document; 39: Historic cob structures in Moravia; 40: A study of pit houses with soil-covered roofs in a humid climate in Japan; 41: Traditional earthen architecture in Aragon, Spain; 42: The use of natural materials and ancient building techniques: The case for rammed earth construction; 43: Wind and dwellings in the villages of Rincón de Ademuz, Valencia (Spain); 3: Rehabilitation of vernacular earthen architecture; 44: Thermal insulation for a sustainable rehabilitation of traditional buildings; 45: Thermal assessment of the behavior of retrofitted rammed earth in central Catalonia; 46: Using machine-dismantled cotton seed hulls in the making of light earth blocks; 47: The systemic approach in the intervention on earthen architecture; 48: Kasbah Taourirt: Conserving earthen heritage in Morocco; 49: Consumption study and energy optimization of a typical Valencian house; 50: Maps, actors & local policies around earth buildings in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes; 51: Rammed earth buildings to meet Italian thermal regulation: Monitoring and sample tests; 52: A pilot project, a tool for conserving the historic city of Cuenca, Ecuador; 53: Vernacular change in Brazil southeast region; 54: Investigating the preservation of vernacular earthen buildings of Louroujina (Akincilar) in North Cyprus; 55: Campiña Segoviana’s earthen heritage and conservation clues from Isère; 56: Transformation in the Kasena’s large earthen compound houses in Burkina Faso; 4: Contemporary earthen architecture; 57: Hassan Fathy’s humane considerations in design and the significance of New Gourna; 58: A temporary pavilion as a way to experiment with mud. The case of Roly Poly; 59: A home with roots. Construction process of an adobe contemporanean house; 60: A minus carbon eco-cycle earthen refugee shelter: A feasibility study; 61: Net Zero Energy straw bale & rammed earth design; cold climate case study; 62: Natural clay plasters: Checking regulations to characterization tests; 63: Terra nova—earthen architecture and modernity; 64: The school of Baasneere, the process of international cooperation; 65: CEB Factory for seismic resistant earthen architecture design in Nepal; 66: CEB production in social insertion workshops. An experience in Algemesí (Spain); 67: A case-study project of reinterpretation of local traditional techniques; 5: Restoration of monumental earthen architecture; 68: Restoration method on the southern wall of the Medieval access road to the Generalife; 69: The keep of the Alcázar of Carmona (Sevilla, Spain). Materials for the restoration of rammed earth walls; 70: Rammed earth and formworks in Medieval fortifications in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; 71: The Islamic wall of Mula (Spain): 3D reconstruction, restoration and musealization; 72: The use of lime, an example of good practices in the conservation of cultural heritage built on earth; 73: Earth in historical fortifications. Pedro de Lucuze’s method; 74: PREFORTI project: The preventive conservation of historic rammed-earth; 75: 3D modelling for the interpretation of watchtowers between capes of San Antonio and La Nao (Alicante, Spain); 76: Earthen architecture, appreciation and landscape: The oasis of Ferkla (Morocco); 77: New technology for analysis of the chapel of Santa María, Coahuila, Mexico; 78: Implementing a GIS for cataloguing Medieval defensive earth architecture; 79: The defense of the technique of rammed earth made by Giovanni Battista Antonelli in 1560; 80: An approach to earthen fortifications in villages of La Serranía (Valencia, Spain); 81: The first rammed earth wall in America. Earth in 16th-century Dominican architecture; 82: The preservation of the Nubian earthen architecture; 83: Constructive analysis of the rammed earth walls in the Petrés Castle (Valencia, Spain); 84: Seismic Retrofitting Project: On-site retrofitting techniques workshops; 6: Lessons from vernacular heritage for a sustainable contemporary architecture; 85: Conservation of vernacular architecture, the case of the old town of Nablus/Palestine; 86: The habitat of the nomadic shepherds in the Jbel Saghro, Morocco; 87: Vernacular nomadic architecture in the Mgoun Valley, High Atlas (Morocco); 88: Casa de los Cinteros : Constructive analysis of a traditional house in northern Valencia; 89: S. Jerónimo de Cotalba. Strategies for the preservation of the monastic complex; 90: Life cycle assessment for the earthen heritage center (Pabillonis, Sardinia); 91: The Tiburtino II district in Rome (Italy). Proposals for preserving the modern architecture; 92: Vernacular tradition and modernity. New scenarios in urban living; 93: Sustainable proposal for the conservation of Castillejo of Monteagudo (Murcia, Spain); 94: Perceptions of earth in the age of global architecture; 95: Is it useless rubble or recyclable building material?; 96: Understanding the vernacular heritage to design sustainable habitats in Asni, Morocco; 97: A survey of Danish earthen heritage for sustainable building; 98: Lessons of sustainability from the survey of the Valencian barraca; 99: Restoration of the church of the Immaculate Conception in El Llano, Alajuela, Costa Rica; 100: When the neo-vernacular architecture inspires the contemporary conception; 101: Characteristics of earthen architecture in A?lasun; 102: The painted facades and the urban landscape of Bisceglie, Italy. Notes of history and restoration; 103: Set of nine cave houses in La Algueña, Alicante (Spain). Renewal proposal; 104: The influence of rice cultivation in the architecture of Sueca’s village (Valencia, Spain); 105: In situ monitoring and characterisation of earthen envelopes: A review; 106: Study of the situation of traditional constructive techniques and materials in Spain; 107: Vernacular housing and transformations at the Cordillera de Sama (Bolivia); 108: Built heritage as catalysts of environmental sustainability: A pragmatic paradigm for Anthropocene; 109: Adobe vernacular heritage in Mexicali, Mexico; 110: Balconies in traditional urban architecture through typology and solar radiation; 111: The Chilean adobe as a seismic vernacular technology, the study of the “Norte Chico” area; 112: Tracking down constructive techniques: Farmhouses preliminary studies; 113: Water-related built heritage in Campania, Italy. Knowledge for conservation of a sustainable vernacular architecture; 114: From vernacular to contemporary: Kilwa (Tanzania) and Albreda (The Gambia) tourist information centres; 115: Passive design principles in vernacular architecture of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; 116: Local pre-industrial communities in Tuscany and the exploitation of water; 117: Contemporary earthen architecture in the northern temperate climate; 118: Sustainability of rammed earth building tradition in Tepeyahualco, Mexico; VII: Structural analysis of vernacular architecture; 119: Structural assessment of earthen walls using damage tests and models; 120: Planning for acceptable contemporary earth construction in South Africa; 121: Main church of the Cartuja de Vall de Christ, Altura (Spain). Analysis of the interventions; 122: Thermal orthophotos and vernacular architecture: Surveying half-timber walls in Béjar, Spain; 123: The influence of ambient conditions into rammed earth compressive strength; 124: Acoustic test on adobe and rammed earth walls; 125: Experimental study of adobe walls with geogrid reinforced mud plaster; 126: A preliminary study of CIPS as a consolidant for earthen cultural materials; 127: Low-cost adobe structures with bamboo additives and bamboo frames. Strength tests; 128: Experimental analysis of compressive mechanical behavior of adobe masonry; 129: Stabilisation of earthen surfaces using carob ( Ceratonia siliqua L .); 130: Advanced study of the mechanical properties of compressed earth block; 131: Seismic analysis of Portuguese adobe buildings; 132: Improved 2nd order holder. Method for heat transfer calculation for walls; 133: Schematic analysis of traditional Vietnamese houses under the influence of Han culture

Biography

Frank Kussy