Vernacular constructions in earth: historical, technical and contemporary perspective of hand taipa

• Autor(a) principal: Cordeiro, Carol Cardoso Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Brandão, Douglas Queiroz, Durante, Luciane Cleonice, Callejas, Ivan Júlio Apolonio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: PARC (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/parc/article/view/8651212
• topic: Pau-a-pique. Construções sustentáveis. Arquitetura vernacular.; Pau-a-pique. Sustainable Constructions. Vernacular Architecture.

Widely used in civilizations of the past, vernacular land constructions have been replaced by industrialized techniques and materials as a result of the technological advances of the construction industry to meet the requirements of modern users. Given the environmental impacts resulting from this substitution, we have sought constructive alternatives inspired by these old constructions, since the material is available locally and does not incorporate burning processes in its production. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to highlight the potential of hand-made mud constructions from the perspective of history, technique, and contemporaneity. The methodology of systematic literature review was used, considering publications of Portuguese and English language, in a temporal window of 20 years. The results present a classification of the construction systems with earth in the world panorama and a highlight for the historical record and mapping of the hand-made mud constructions in the Northeast, Center-West, and Southeast of Brazil, as well as its potentialities in the current scenario. As a contribution, the advantages and disadvantages of this construction type are discussed, pointing out technical aspects that need to be incorporated to become a viable alternative for sustainable constructions.