“…The increase of earth construction in the past decades, due to its recognized low environmental impact and good hygrothermal and acoustic performance, therefore eco-efficiency, must be seen as an opportunity to preserve and retrofit vernacular earthen buildings. In fact, with the regained interest in earth construction, several authors have been producing research in the last years in topics related with vernacular earthen architecture and their pathology after a long aging period, thus contributing to relearn the construction techniques, so that compatible interventions can be performed (Aubert et al, 2015;Silveira et al, 2012;Silveira et al, 2013;Fratini et al, 2011;Daoudi et al, 2017;Hamard et al, 2017;Costa et al, 2019;Bamogo et al, 2020;Luo et al, 2020). Some examples are given below.…”