Vernacular architecture is a way to use a region's heritage and resources to build strong homes and cities.
, which is especially vulnerable to climate change, have incorporated vernacular design, like large north-facing windows and smaller south-facing windows to bring in natural light while maximizing air flow for natural cooling and ventilation in public buildings like schools.“We wanted to retrieve a sense of heritage, but in a modern way,” Moroccan architect Driss Kettani. “We tried to use the same solutions found in the small earthen towns in the south of Morocco.
These techniques can be used anywhere, even areas of the world with less-obvious climate impacts. Chris Lawson, the managing director at UK-based design firmsays that the firm has worked in the Cotswolds area, which is filled with towns that can source their own building materials. Woods used in the homes can come from local trees that are already adapted for the English weather, which makes them an ideal building material.
“It was incredibly strong, easy to find, a solid insulator from the Great British weather, and environmentally friendly due to no transportation requirements too,” he explains. “This can be done across the whole world too.”
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