La vivienda vernácula en Burkina Faso: transformaciones de los modos de habitar de las culturas del Sahel

Sánchez, M.A. Alfonso; Melendo, José Manuel Almodóvar

doi:10.24201/eaa.v56i1.2591

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“…For example, the traditional straw roof is being replaced by fiber-cement layers. Although this material has a higher initial cost, most families prefer this option to avoid having to refurbish the roof every few years due to the progressive lack of availability and cost increase of traditional materials [35].…”

Section: New Materialsmentioning

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Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies

Aguilar-Sanchez,

Almodovar-Melendo,

Cabeza-Lainez

2023

Buildings

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Burkina Faso is a sub-Saharan African country suffering from a high poverty rate. It has quadruplicated its population over the last twenty years, that is, from 4.5 to 18 million inhabitants. Such demographic changes, together with an intense migration process from rural areas to large cities, among other issues, are contributing to a rapid process of socio-cultural transformation. In this context, changes in both traditional and contemporary housing are analyzed for this article. To this aim, a thorough thermo-hygrometric evaluation is carried out by processing significant data from on-site measurements to shed new light on the adaptation of the said dwellings to the environmental and local cultural values. Preliminary results show that the introduction of land ownership linked to climate change and the increasing scarcity of natural resources are forcing native ethnic groups to modify their traditional ways of life, even threatening their subsistence. Consequently, we can prove that the new building typologies are not suitable in the least for the climatic conditions nor the rich cultural heritage of Burkina Faso. This fact negatively affects the possibility of revitalizing vernacular and environmentally oriented solutions for the contemporary world and the necessary advance towards a more sustainable architecture. With this research, we intent to start a reversal of such a deterioration process.

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Section: New Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies

Aguilar-Sanchez,

Almodovar-Melendo,

Cabeza-Lainez

2023

Buildings

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Architecture trends and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa's construction industry: A theoretical guideline of a bioclimatic architecture evolution based on the multi-scale approach and circular economy

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Zoure

2023

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Burkina Faso through Its Traditional Architecture: A Century of Research on Built Vernacular Heritage

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The study of traditional habitats aims to recognise their values and preserve them within the necessary transformations of societies. In the context of Burkina Faso, the great variety of issues related to habitat together with the cultural richness of the country, resulted in a complex nucleus of knowledge, the unity of which had not been fully considered. With the objective of providing an integrated overview and identifying thematic trends of current relevance, the literature review involved the collection, comparison, and synthesis of works of different origin, scale, discipline, theme, and intention. As well as offering an orderly compilation, the analysis traces the history of the existing literature, revealing how its evolution mirrored the progress in vernacular architecture studies in international terms and adopted an increasingly practical approach. Furthermore, the review demonstrates the widespread academic and institutional interest in linking the development of the country to its cultural heritage, and the valuable documentation work resulting from this interest. Finally, a reflection is raised on the evolution of knowledge, its aspirations, potential impact, and usefulness, which could be of use also in other contexts.

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La vivienda vernácula en Burkina Faso: transformaciones de los modos de habitar de las culturas del Sahel

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies

Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies

Architecture trends and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa's construction industry: A theoretical guideline of a bioclimatic architecture evolution based on the multi-scale approach and circular economy

Burkina Faso through Its Traditional Architecture: A Century of Research on Built Vernacular Heritage

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