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FULL PAPER: Earth for social housing in Palestine: an alternative for a sustainable refurbishment of building’s envelopes

2016

The suitable climates in the cities of Jericho and Gaza boosted the emergence of new attempts to revive earthen architecture on organizational and individual levels. These attempts produced a number of earthen buildings in the last few years following the crucial need to find alternative low cost material instead of natural stone, which is used in a large scale in Palestine. Similar attempts had a certain response to the social needs and economic situation there. This paper focuses on the possibility of using earth as an alternative material to refurbish the envelopes of existing housing units including two categories; firstly, refurbishing envelopes of housing units those were partially de…

Enveloppes de terre rénovation matériaux de construction aspects sociaux et économiquesEarthen envelopes refurbishment sustainability building materials social and economic aspectsSettore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'Architettura
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EARTH FOR SOCIAL HOUSING IN PALESTINE: AN ALTERNATIVE FOR A SUSTAINABLE REFURBISHMENT OF BUILDINGS’ ENVELOPES

2015

The suitable climates in the cities of Jericho and Gaza boosted the emergence of new attempts to revive earthen architecture on organizational and individual levels. These attempts produced a number of earthen buildings in the last few years following the crucial need to find alternative low cost material instead of natural stone, which is used in a large scale in Palestine. Similar attempts had a certain response to the social needs and economic situation there. This paper focuses on the possibility of using earth as an alternative material to refurbish the envelopes of existing housing units including two categories; firstly, refurbishing envelopes of housing units those were partially de…

refurbishmentsocial and economic aspects.building materialEarthen envelopesustainabilitySettore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'Architettura
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