Lessons from Sukur Vernacular Architecture: A Building Material Perspective

Abstract:

This study presents the lessons from the vernaculars Architecture of sukur kingdom with a focus on the use of building materials as a sustainable means for solving problems facing present-day architecture in issue of sustainability; in particular the critical housing situation in the developing countries. Through a case study of the ancient vernacular Architecture of sukur the result shows that stakeholders in the construction industry could reflect on how this building materials and the techniques in operation in their region by translating it in a modern way to address those striking design problems through solving them from the masters builders.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 935)
• Pages: 207-210
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.935.207
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Yakubu Aminu Dodo*, Mohd Hamdan Ahmad, Mansir Dodo, Faizah Mohammed Bashir, Suleiman Aliyu Shika
• Keywords: Building Material, Sukur, Sustainable Architecture, Vernacular Architecture

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