Earthen architecture shows that heritage conservation cannot be reduced to the physical survival of buildings, but depends on the continuity of the knowledge that makes them constructible, maintainable and transmissible. Drawing on the Venice Charter, the Nara Document and the Faro Convention, this paper interprets construction techniques as heritage entities in which material and intangible dimensions are inseparable. Comparing New Mexico, Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Italy, it identifies trajectories of continuity, weakening and reactivation of technical knowledge, arguing that raw earth remains living heritage only when regulations, education, research, supply chains and design experimentation translate inherited practices into verifiable forms within contemporary architecture
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-0629-3719
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3961-7721
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0009-6396-9840
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0008-1629-7407
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0004-3647-2728
Titolo del capitolo
Earthen Architecture As Living Heritage: Material Continuity, Technical Knowledge And Contemporary Reactivation
Autori
Nicola Parisi, Angelo Vito Graziano, Daniele Colapinto, Vincenzo Berardi, Federica Fiorio
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.12
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1112-3
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ReUso