Evaluation of a sustainable Greek vernacular settlement and its landscape: Architectural typology and building physics

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1095-1106

  Anna Maria, Vissilia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adobe (mud brick); Bioclimatic design; Building physics; Landscape; Sustainable; Vernacular architecture

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; ASPECT RATIO; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; DESIGN; HOUSING;

ADOBE (MUD BRICK); BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN; BUILDING PHYSICS; LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

BUILDINGS;

AIRFLOW; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDOOR AIR; MICROCLIMATE; OPTIMIZATION; SITE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 60249098148     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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