期刊名称：Journal of Materials and Environmental Science
印刷版ISSN：2028-2508
出版年度：2016
卷号：7
期号：10
页码：3499-3508
出版社：University of Mohammed Premier Oujda
摘要：The Draa valley is located in the south east of Morocco, near the Sahara desert, and houses one of the greatest earthen architecture heritage in the World. The present work shows the results of an investigation carried out on the earthen constructions in the Draa valley, with the aim to know and to document the local building culture and the traditional construction techniques. The built heritage of the Draa valley is worthy of study because it represents an excellent example of how local population was able to meet, in an excellent and sustainable way, the environmental challenges, starting from the environment and climatic features and from the availability of the construction materials. Unfortunately, the change of life style and the "race to progress" is producing a gradual loss of the traditional constructive culture and the related technical know-how, developed over the centuries. Such difficult situation is confirmed also by the lack of master masons and new skilled workers, jointly to the massive diffusion of the concrete construction. Consequently, many of the earthen building of the Draa valley have been abandoned or lack the necessary maintenance. The present work tries also to investigate the main recurrent pathologies of traditional buildings and settlements in order to suggest some intervention guidelines (and related safeguarding criteria) for the conservation, preservation and enhancement of this rich heritage.
关键词：Draa valley; rammed earth; earthen bricks; earthen building techniques; earthen building pathologies
