Resilience: Insights from Vernacular Architecture
Analysis of Inca, Sherpa, and Black Sea Vernacular Architecture for Landslide-prone Precipitous Terrain in Bogota's Informal Settlements
L.D. Diaz Avila (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
M.J. Smit – Mentor (TU Delft - Building Design & Technology)
Y.A. Warmerdam – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
P.L. Tomesen – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
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Abstract
This paper examines the causes of landslides and the resilient architectural strategies employed in three vernacular case studies from the Inca Empire, Sherpa communities in Nepal, and the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. It explores how their architecture integrated climate-responsive techniques, local materials, and structural systems to withstand natural disasters such as earthquakes and landslides. The analysis highlights the significance of settlement layouts, passive design strategies, structural foundations, wall systems, and roofing methods that harmonize with the steep terrain and minimal environmental impacts, offering valuable insights for current sustainable and resilient design approaches for social housing in Bogota’s periphery in steep terrain.