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: Received: 2 May 2023 / Approved: 2 May 2023 / Online: 2 May 2023 (10:53:56 CEST)
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Aguilar-Sanchez, M.; Almodovar-Melendo, J.; Cabeza-Lainez, J. Transformation Process and Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies. Preprints2023, 2023050081. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0081.v1
Aguilar-Sanchez, M.; Almodovar-Melendo, J.; Cabeza-Lainez, J. Transformation Process and Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies. Preprints 2023, 2023050081. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0081.v1
Aguilar-Sanchez, M.; Almodovar-Melendo, J.; Cabeza-Lainez, J. Transformation Process and Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies. Preprints2023, 2023050081. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0081.v1
APA Style
Aguilar-Sanchez, M., Almodovar-Melendo, J., & Cabeza-Lainez, J. (2023). Transformation Process and Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0081.v1
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Aguilar-Sanchez, M., Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo and Joseph Cabeza-Lainez. 2023 "Transformation Process and Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Housing Typologies" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0081.v1
Abstract
Burkina Faso is a sub-Saharan African country with a high poverty rate that has quadruplicated its population in the last half fifty 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 and a complete ther-mo-hygrometric evaluation is carried out by processing significant data from on-site measure-ments to shed new light on the response of the said dwellings to the environmental and local cultural values. 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, threatening their subsistence. Consequently, we can prove that the new building typologies are not in the least suitable 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 to-wards a more sustainable architecture.
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