Towards Sustainable Construction Practices: How to Reinvigorate Vernacular Buildings in the Digital Era?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Shifting towards Sustainability in Building Construction
2.1. Sustainability in Conventional Construction Practices
2.2. Introducing the Design Global, Manufacture Local Configuration
2.3. A Conviviality-Based Sustainability
3. Open Construction Systems as a Convivial Framework for Building Construction
3.1. Conceptual Framework of Open Construction Systems
3.2. Three Interlocked Elements for Conviviality
3.2.1. Modularity
3.2.2. Sharing
3.2.3. Adaptability
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Priavolou, C.; Tsiouris, N.; Niaros, V.; Kostakis, V. Towards Sustainable Construction Practices: How to Reinvigorate Vernacular Buildings in the Digital Era? Buildings 2021, 11, 297. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070297
Priavolou C, Tsiouris N, Niaros V, Kostakis V. Towards Sustainable Construction Practices: How to Reinvigorate Vernacular Buildings in the Digital Era? Buildings. 2021; 11(7):297. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070297
Chicago/Turabian StylePriavolou, Christina, Nikiforos Tsiouris, Vasilis Niaros, and Vasilis Kostakis. 2021. "Towards Sustainable Construction Practices: How to Reinvigorate Vernacular Buildings in the Digital Era?" Buildings 11, no. 7: 297. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070297