Earthen Architecture: Past, Present and Future

Preface
Organization and committees
Conference support

Plenary lectures

Continuity of French rammed earth architecture
H. Guillaud, S. Moriset & D. Gandreau

Lectures

A web map for Italian earthen architecture
M. Achenza & C. Cocco

The documentation and analysis of the earthen architecture in Saudi Arabia
A.A. Alaidarous

Earth-based architecture linked to charcoal making in north Aragon mountain ranges
Q. Angulo, E. Monesma & A. Quiterio

A pentagonal block home
G. Barbeta & E. Navarrete

Thermal improvement of rammed earth buildings by the inclusion of natural cork
G. Barbeta & F.X. Massó Ros

36 Thankas to promote the conservation of the Ladakhi earthen heritage
M. Bertagnin, D.D. Antoni, A. Skedzuhn-Safir, M. Oeter & H. Vets

The first Italian Rammed earth restoration guidelines
G. Bollini & I. Parodi

Jute fabric to improve the mechanical properties of rammed earth constructions
S. Briccoli, M. Fagone, F. Loccarini & G. Ranocchiai

Practices and demands in retrofitting of vernacular rammed earth houses
A. Buzo, H.J. Cho, L. Genis & G. Paccoud

Latest trends in rammed earth restoration in western Andalucía
J. Canivell & A. Graciani

Albacete fairground: Conservation of a singular rammed earth building
C. Caro

Restoration of the Rojano Tower in Lorca (Murcia, Spain)
P.E. Collado

Saint Anthony hermitage: An example of earth rammed wall in a reconquest church
L. Cortés, S. Tormo, R. Marín & J. Pardo

Ceramic connectors & culture connection
V. Cristini & J.R. Ruiz-Checa

A parameterization of brick-reinforced rammed earth in Valencian Region (Spain)
V. Cristini, F. Martella, C. Mileto & F. Vegas

Transdisciplinarity in rammed earth construction for contemporary practice
M. Dabaieh & M. Sakr

From refined to popular architecture. Mixed rammed earth walls with adobe reinforcements
M. del Río & F. Jové

C.A.S.A.—Central American Sustainable Architecture
L. Di Virgilio & S. Parlato

Stratigraphic analysis of earthen architecture: The mosque of M’Hamid El Ghizlane
O. Domínguez, A. García & C. Moreno

Air lime-earth blended mortars—assessment on fresh state and workability
P. Faria, I. Dias, N. Jamú & V. Silva

Earthen construction in Alto Arnoia river valley, Galicia
A. Fernández

The vernacular earthen architecture near Turin (Piedmont, Italy)
F. Fratini, S. Rescic, C. Riminesi, M. Mattone, L. Rovero & U. Tonietti

Evaluation of seismic behaviour of rammed earth structures
R. Gallego & I. Arto

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 & V. La Spina

Early modern period adobe in Sicily: Recent finds
M.L. Germanà

The Ksar Sidi Bou Abdellah in Mdagra Oasis, Morocco
T. Gil & P. Rodríguez-Navarro

Puzzolanic materials for restoration of earthen architecture
L.F. Guerrero, F.J. Soria & R.S. Roux

The presaharian settlements of the Ziban: The persistence of Roman elements
in native Islamic dwelling
S. Haoui

Earthen architecture’s on seismic areas: Costa Rica’s case
I. Hernández

Rammed earth consolidation techniques: Restoration of Talamanca del Jarama city wall
E. Herrero

From stone to rammed earth: The open plan architecture in Sinyent Farm (Valencia, Spain)
F. Iborra & I. Matoses

Contemporary rammed earth construction. Alexandre Bastos—creativity and maturity
F. Jorge

The fitness of earthen architecture
C. Kraus

Compressive strength of blood stabilized earthen architecture
C. Kraus, D. Hirmas & J. Roberts

Location and conservation of rammed earth in Chelva (Spain)
M.Á. Lloría, J.A. Cantó & S.D. Lozano

The walls construction system in Muza Tower (Benifaio, Spain)
V. López, S. Tormo & T.M. Pellicer

Design in Jericho: Contemporary earthen architecture and local cultural landscape
F.M. Lorusso & S. Mecca

The karsheef: Problems of cultural and environmental conservation
G. Martines

Characterization of external renderings of rammed earth constructions in the Algarve
L. Mateus, J. de Brito & M.R. Veiga

Masked defensive architecture. El portal de Massalavés
I. Matoses

Sequential organization for self-built earthen construction site
S. Mecca & M. Achilli

Restoration of rammed-earth monumental buildings 1980–2011, the Valencian Community (Spain)
M. Mestre, L. García Soriano, M. Diodato & V. La Spina

Conservation of earthen architecture in the United States of America: Some case studies
C. Mileto & F. Vegas

Innovation through a public construction using rammed earth in Alsace
L. Piccon & A. Mesbah

The other architecture: From natural caves to excavated housing
B.P. García & J.C. Pérez Sánchez

First considerations for an adobes mensio-chronology 287
D. Pittaluga & R. Pagella

T.E.R.R.E.—Technological Experiments and Research on Earth buildings
S. Pollak & A. Fasoli

An itinerary through Sardinian earth built villages
E. Pusceddu

Light Earth Designs: Natural material, natural structure
M.H. Ramage, T. Hall & P. Rich

Experimental rammed earth prototypes in Mediterranean climate
L. Rincón, S. Serrano, L.F. Cabeza, B. González, A. Navarro & M. Bosch

Inventory of Outat valley ksour in Morocco
P. Rodríguez-Navarro & T. Gil

Knowledge exchange for innovation in the vernacular rammed earth technique, Peru
S. Rodríguez-Larraín, J. Vargas-Neumann, S. Onnis & R. Correa

The Jiayuguan Fortress: Structural consistency and safeguarding programs
L. Rovero & U. Tonietti

Guidelines elaboration for a self-building manual with earth in Chiapas State, Mexico
K. Sánchez

Clay boards and panels—an innovative earth building product for drywall construction
H. Schroeder

Earth as a construction material conserving Addiriyah of Saudi Arabia
M.S. Zami

Architecture and landscape in Sharq al-Andalus. The conservation of an Islamic qarya
A. Soler, R. Soler & E. Paredes

Study of the Pre-Hispanic Road located in the PUCP Campus, Lima, Peru
J. Vargas-Neumann, F. Jonnard, S.G. Zacarias & J.M. Robles

Rammed earth and prestige in Rincón’s region, the Abbey House in Castielfabib, Spain
À. Vázquez-Esparza

Contributions of traditional façades to the thermal comfort
J. Vercher, F. Cubel, C. Lerma, Á. Mas & E. Gil

Author index

Biography

C. Mileto, F. Vegas, L. García Soriano, V. Cristini