Contents
1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ali Sayigh
2 Contested Legacies: Vernacular Architecture Between
Sustainability and the Exotic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Neveen Hamza
3 Vernacular Architecture in the MENA Region: Review
of Bioclimatic Strategies and Analysis of Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Khaled A. Al-Sallal and Meriem Rahmani
4 Vernacular Architecture in Portugal: Regional Variations. . . . . . . . . 55
Rui Nogueira Simões, Inês Cabral, Fernando Cerqueira Barros,
Gilberto Carlos, Mariana Correia, Bruno Marques, and Manuel
Correia Guedes
5 Seeking Contemporary Urban Comfort Through Vernacular
Architectural Principles in Hot Arid Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Mona Azarbayjani
6 The Gödöllő Palace as a Typical Example of Vernacular
Architecture in Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Marta Szabo
7 Typological Analysis of Vernacular Residential Buildings
in Moderate-Humid Climate of North Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Seyedehmamak Salavatian and Farzaneh Asadi Malekjahan
8 From Genius Loci to Sustainability: Conciliating Between
the Spirit of Place and the Spirit of Time—A Case Study
on the Old City of Al-Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Shaden Abusafieh
9 Urban Planning Enriched by Its Representations,
from Perspective to Thermography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Benoit Beckers and Elena Garcia-Nevado
10 Vernacular Architecture as Model to Design a Prototype
for Affordable Housing in Mosul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Antonella Trombadore and Filomena Visone
11 Hausa Traditional Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Amina Batagarawa and Rukayyatu Bashiru Tukur
12 The Intangible Resources of Vernacular Architecture
for the Development of a Green and Circular Economy. . . . . . . . . . . 229
Marco Sala, Antonella Trombadore, and Laura Fantacci
13 Enhancing Environmental Performance of Vernacular
Architecture. A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Luca Finocchiaro
14 Climatic Adaptations of Colonial School Buildings
in Malaysia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Aliyah Nur Zafirah Sanusi, Aida Kesuma Azmin, Fadzidah
Abdullah, and Mohd Hisyamuddin Kassim
15 Sustainability Principles and Features Learned
from Vernacular Architecture: Guidelines for Future
Developments Globally and in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Mohsen Aboulnaga and Mona Mostafa
16 Contemporary Roof Design Concepts: Learning
from Vernacular Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Judit Lopez-Besora, Helena Coch, and Cristina Pardal
17 Early Design Strategies for Passive Cooling of Buildings:
Lessons Learned from Italian Archetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Giacomo Chiesa
18 Traditional Buildings Back to the Future. Adaptive Energy
Efficiency in Reuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Michele Morganti, Emanuele Habib, Edoardo Currà, and Carlo
Cecere
19 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Ali Sayigh
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
