Abstract
Although a growing body of research has debated the array of sustainability lessons of vernacular architecture, social sustainability discussions remain less advanced in comparison to the other pillars of sustainability. This has narrowed the plural lessons of vernacular architecture and limited the broad concept of sustainability to a partial one. Against this research gap, this study aims to conduct an assessment of the social sustainability of residential vernacular architecture through the application of a proposed Social Criteria of Green Building Assessment Tool (SCGBAT) assessment method. The SCGBAT proposes eight sets of social criteria categories namely; health and safety; participation and control; education; equity, accessibility and satisfaction; social cohesion; cultural values; physical resilience and also, 37 indicators for the evaluation of social sustainability. To empirically operationalize the proposed SCGBAT, this study utilizes the vernacular architecture typologies in the vernacular landscape of Louroujina village in Cyprus as a case study. Methods for data collection are desk review for secondary data while 135 close-ended questionnaires were used for primary data. The data are statistically presented based on Linkert scale and interpreted using both quantitative and descriptive analysis. The results demonstrated that the investigated vernacular architecture ranked lowly in Physical Resilience Indicator (PRI), Environmental Education Indicator (EEI), Accessibility and Satisfaction Indicator (ASI) but demonstrated sufficient lessons in the context of Health and Safety Indicator (HSI); Participation and Control Indicator (PCI); Social Equity Indicator (SEI); Social Cohesion Indicator (SCI); and Cultural Value Indicator (CVI). To this end, this paper contribute to the advancement of knowledge on the assessment of the social sustainability of vernacular architecture by innovatively applying a green building assessment approach and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of such approach in a vernacular setting.
Highlights
Owing to the recent growing array of environmental challenges, researchers and practitioners began to suggest and debate the sustainable character of vernacular architecture in relation to contemporary buildings which in many cases, are associated with a range of environment depleting characterization such as carbon footprints, uncontrollable energy consumption, wasteful use of resources and pollution [1]
Even while a large continuing body of scholar has demonstrated the importance of the social pillar of sustainability in sustainable development [6,7,8,9] and with vernacular architecture being conceptualized as the objectification of social relations [10], studies that treat this pillar in relation to lessons of sustainability in vernacular architecture remain less advanced. Given this identified research lacuna, this study aims to conduct the assessment of social sustainability indicators in vernacular architecture
CategoriesTable 7 is the final result of the questionnaire, based on the Social Criteria of Green Building Assessment Tool (SCGBAT) working
Summary
Owing to the recent growing array of environmental challenges, researchers and practitioners began to suggest and debate the sustainable character of vernacular architecture in relation to contemporary buildings which in many cases, are associated with a range of environment depleting characterization such as carbon footprints, uncontrollable energy consumption, wasteful use of resources and pollution [1]. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily and Sardinia Cyprus is the thirdwhich largest island the Mediterranean after Sicily and Sardinia. It of is Louroujina village is the caseinstudy of this researchSea is situated in the Northern part geographically located onthe thevillage 35 N meridian. It is geographically located on the 35 N meridian. The village is located at longitude 350°00′42′′ North and latitude 330°27′51′′
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