A socio-environmental analysis of contemporary modifications to Algerian Mzab traditional houses
Contenu
- Titre
- A socio-environmental analysis of contemporary modifications to Algerian Mzab traditional houses
- Créateur
- Mouna, Hammou Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Drias, Ammar Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2024
- Dans
- African Geographical Review Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
- Algerian Mzab traditional houses, using passive techniques since the eleventh century (from 1012 to 1882), have seen recent modifications. Analysis of 612 questionnaires and interviews with Mzab residents reveals 81.2% of these houses have been modified. Modifications include adding floors, thinning walls, and replacing lime with cement, driven by the need for space, ventilation, and modernisation. However, such modifications often increase energy consumption, with residents requiring more heating in winter and air conditioning in summer. This reliance on fossil fuels exacerbates regional climate insecurity. Planting roof terraces and using high-insulation building materials can reduce energy consumption in modified Mzab houses.
- Sujet
- Architecture -- Mzab Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Langue
- eng
- volume
- 43
- pages
- 1–19
- doi
- 10.1080/19376812.2024.2318747
- issn
- 1937-6812
Mouna, Hammou et Drias, Ammar, “A socio-environmental analysis of contemporary modifications to Algerian Mzab traditional houses”, 2024, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23202
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