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Bioclimatic Architecture in Warm Climates

A Guide for Best Practices in Africa

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Editors:
  1. Manuel Correia Guedes

    1. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. Gustavo Cantuaria

    1. Stricto Sensu Post-Graduate Program in Architecture, University Center of Brasilia – UniCEUB, Brasilia, Brazil

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  • Encompasses all climatic regions in Africa

  • Integrates bioclimatic design strategies with other sustainability issues

  • Discusses new design to refurbishment, from urban to rural, including office buildings, residential, tourism, social housing and self building

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Gustavo Cantuaria
    Pages 1-8

  3. Climate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Climatic Contexts

      • Ana Monteiro, Helena Madureira
      Pages 11-22

  4. Bioclimatic Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Bioclimatic Project: General Guidelines

      • Manuel Correia Guedes, Leão Lopes, Bruno Marques
      Pages 25-118

    3. Vernacular Architecture in Arid Climates: Adaptation to Climate Change

      • Nadia Samia Daoudi, Djamel Mestoul, Samia Lamraoui, Aicha Boussoualim, Luc Adolphe, Rafik Bensalem
      Pages 119-154

    4. Vegetation and Environmental Comfort

      • Gustavo Cantuaria
      Pages 155-191

    5. Shading in Architecture and its Relation with Natural Cooling: Learning from Maputo, Mozambique

      • Rui Nogueira Simões, Pedro Ressano Garcia
      Pages 193-228

    6. Software Tools

      • Gonçalo Araújo
      Pages 229-247

  5. Urban Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Slums in African Cities

      • José Forjaz, Jéssica Lage
      Pages 251-284

    3. Sustainability Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa: Vulnerability, Justice and Human Capabilities

      • Carla Gomes
      Pages 285-297

    4. Toward Sustainable and Smart Cities in Africa: A Review and Challenges

      • Maria Lampreia Dos Santos, Manuel Mota
      Pages 299-309

    5. Urban Management: The Building Permit in an Urban Land Development Context

      • Klas Ernald Borges
      Pages 311-332

  6. Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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    2. Energy for Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Luis Alves
      Pages 335-348

  7. Building Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 349-349
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    2. Masonry

      • João Gomes Ferreira
      Pages 351-369

    3. Timber

      • Helena Cruz, José Saporiti
      Pages 371-396
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to bioclimatic building design in Africa. Bioclimatic design is at the core of urban sustainability, and is a critical issue in Africa, where “imported” building typologies are being used at an increasing pace, disregarding the local context and consequently causing damage to the environment, to the economy, and to the culture itself. This book provides a concise set of sustainable design guidelines to be applied in both new buildings and the refurbishment of old buildings, and integrates bioclimatic design strategies with other sustainability issues such as: cultural aspects, affordability, and urban planning. Chapters are fully illustrated with photographs and drawings and include best-practice examples and strategies making it accessible to engineers, architects, students and a broad range of professionals in the building industry.  

  • Encompasses all climatic regions in Africa;
  • Integrates bioclimatic design strategies with other sustainability issues;
  • Discusses new design to refurbishment, from urban to rural, including office buildings, residential, tourism, social housing and self building.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

    Manuel Correia Guedes

  • Stricto Sensu Post-Graduate Program in Architecture, University Center of Brasilia – UniCEUB, Brasilia, Brazil

    Gustavo Cantuaria

About the editors

Professor Manuel Correia Guedes is an Architect, Ph.D. (Univ. Cambridge), and Associate Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). He is the former Head of the Architectural Research Centre of the IST (ICIST-G1), and former Director of the Course of Architecture. Dr. Guedes specializes in Sustainable Architecture, and is responsible for the disciplines of Environmental Design and Sustainable Architecture of the Master and Ph.D. courses. He is an active participant in national and international research projects in the area, and is the Coordinator of E.U. cooperation projects with Africa and Asia.

Professor Gustavo Cantuária holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of Brasilia, and a Masters and a PhD in Sustainable and Environmental Studies from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, in London, England. He completed postdoctoral studies as a visiting professor at the Martin Centre of the Department of Archictecture,  at the University of Cambridge, England.  He is a full professor and researcher of the post-graduate program in architecture at UniCeub Department of Architecture and Urbanism, in Brasilia, and an evaluator of INEP (National Institute of Studies and Research) from the Ministry of Education of Brazil.  He maintains lines of research with international collaborations in all continents,  with emphasis on sustainability and bioclimatic design, working mainly on the following topics:  environmental comfort, sustainable architecture and urban transformation, passive cooling, urban landscaping and integration of the natural and built environments.  


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bioclimatic Architecture in Warm Climates

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide for Best Practices in Africa

  • Editors: Manuel Correia Guedes, Gustavo Cantuaria

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12036-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12035-1Published: 13 May 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12038-2Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12036-8Published: 30 April 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 491

  • Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 318 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Building Construction and Design, Building Physics, HVAC, Sustainable Development

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