Resilience of Raw-Earth Technology in the Climate of Middle Europe Based on Analysis of Experimental Building in Pasłęk in Poland

Jerzy Górski, Anna Patrycja Nowak and Marek Kołłątaj
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Jerzy Górski: Independent Subdepartment of Building Elements Design, Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Patrycja Nowak: Independent Subdepartment of Building Elements Design, Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland
Marek Kołłątaj: Independent Subdepartment of Building Elements Design, Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-19

Abstract: The article concerns the experimental building in raw-earth technologies situated in Ecological Park in Pasłęk, in the northeast part of Poland with rather severe climate characteristics for middle and east Europe. The purpose of the designing and realization of the building was to demonstrate the methods of construction in traditional raw-earth technologies with current modifications and then to create the possibility for long-term research and observations at the site visits during the buildings’ exploitation. The building was designed as energy efficient with a passive solar system, green roof, and space arrangement. Construction effects of exploitation were checked. Also, physical aspects were analyzed and thermal-humidity environmental parameters were measured with specialized equipment. Examples of such measurements with appropriate conclusion are presented. Based on the analyses, the authors evaluate the resilience of the applied technology under the given climate conditions, as one of the possible sustainability technologies that can be used in Poland under given restrictions.

Keywords: resilience; raw-earth; construction technology; interdisciplinary research; rammed earth; architecture; sustainability; low-tech (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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