ArTUR
Architektúra pre trvalo udržateľný rozvoj
Earth buildings in Slovakia
Earth buildings in Slovakia
Building earthen tradition and heritage In Slovakia there is a central institution for monument protection (Pamiatkový úrad Slovenskej republiky). There are about 150 monuments, built with
different earthen techniques, protected for their earthen building materials or for the typology, origin or other extraordinary features. The biggest area of several protected earthen houses is Hutterite Yard, built in the 17th century in Vel’ke Levare, which is protected for its architecture and typology special to the Hutterites, who moved and settled in West Slovakia1. Other old earthen houses, more typical for Slovak culture, can still be found on the Danube flatland and below the Carpathian Mountains. They are usually very small peasant houses, which had a typical narrow and long floor plan
perpendicular to the roads or rivers and with saddle roof and gable façade. The side façade with entrance from the yard was often protected by overhangs sometimes supported with wooden posts, or later masonry columns. Some earthen houses had special accent at the entrance – an arched wall sticking out of the facade. The oldest houses had only two rooms: entrance and living room. Later a storage area was added and the stove was moved from the room to the entrance. The living room became cleaner, more representative and the clay floor in this room was substituted by a wooden one, placed on wooden beams lying on ash. In this period, the house had three spaces: an access from the entrance with open “black” kitchen to the main room on one side and storage on the other
side. Some areas with wider yards had their summer kitchen and storage opposite the house. Many houses had an outside or inside wooden ladder or steep clay stairs to the attic but with separate entrance. The attic was used for storing hay and straw for animals. Earthen houses in vineyard areas below the Carpathian Mountains had a large stone cellar underneath for wine production.
You can read more in the pdf. text
map of earth building area
map of earth building techniques
Building earthen tradition and heritage In Slovakia there is a central institution for monument protection (Pamiatkový úrad Slovenskej republiky). There are about 150 monuments, built with
different earthen techniques, protected for their earthen building materials or for the typology, origin or other extraordinary features. The biggest area of several protected earthen houses is Hutterite Yard, built in the 17th century in Vel’ke Levare, which is protected for its architecture and typology special to the Hutterites, who moved and settled in West Slovakia1. Other old earthen houses, more typical for Slovak culture, can still be found on the Danube flatland and below the Carpathian Mountains. They are usually very small peasant houses, which had a typical narrow and long floor plan
perpendicular to the roads or rivers and with saddle roof and gable façade. The side façade with entrance from the yard was often protected by overhangs sometimes supported with wooden posts, or later masonry columns. Some earthen houses had special accent at the entrance – an arched wall sticking out of the facade. The oldest houses had only two rooms: entrance and living room. Later a storage area was added and the stove was moved from the room to the entrance. The living room became cleaner, more representative and the clay floor in this room was substituted by a wooden one, placed on wooden beams lying on ash. In this period, the house had three spaces: an access from the entrance with open “black” kitchen to the main room on one side and storage on the other
side. Some areas with wider yards had their summer kitchen and storage opposite the house. Many houses had an outside or inside wooden ladder or steep clay stairs to the attic but with separate entrance. The attic was used for storing hay and straw for animals. Earthen houses in vineyard areas below the Carpathian Mountains had a large stone cellar underneath for wine production.
You can read more in the pdf. text
map of earth building area
map of earth building techniques
International Conference Healthy Houses - Healthy Interior
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events
Conference has its tradition in Brno, but from 2011 it will alternate every second year with Bratislava and will be combined with conference INTERIOR
Date and place: May 16-17, 2011
Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava, Slovakia
Námestie Slobody 19, Aula and room Nr. 117
Organizing institutions:
Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava, Slovakia
ArTUR / NGO for Sustainable Architecture
Faculty of Architecture VUT , Brno, Czech Rep.
Sdružení hliněného stavitelství, o.s.
Heads of organizing team:
Zuzana Kierulfová (ArTUR), Veronika Kotradyová (FA STU)
Organizing team:
Henrich Pifko, Katarína Morávková, Vladimír Bruckner, Silvia Kránerová, Katarína Husárová, Marián Ontkoc
Conference research board:
Prof. Ing, arch, Róbert Špaček, CSc., Ing. arch. Zuzana Kierulfová, Ing. Veronika Kotradyová, PhD., Prof. Ing. arch. akad. arch. Ivan Petelen, PhD., Ing. arch. Henrich Pifko, PhD., doc. Ing. Josef Chybík, CSc., doc. Ing. Miloslav Meixner, CSc., doc. Ing. Ivana Žabičková, CSc., doc. Ing.arch. Hana Urbášková, Ph.D.
Conference topics:
○ Green and sustainable architecture in relation to healthy micro environment and protection of resources
○ Creating healthy environment in newly built and renovated buildings
○ Traditional natural materials & alternative building materials and technologies
○ Wood and its potential for creating healthy micro – and macro environment
○ Building biology (focus on electro smog, air conditioning and heating influence on health)
○ Innovations in the field of material engineering with the main focus on environment and user protection
○ Environmental design
○ Body conscious design/ Design as a therapy
○ Human sciences and their penetration into design and architecture
Conference program:
May 16, 2011, Monday
9:00-12:30 and 13:30 -17:00 Presentations, each 20 minutes long and following discussion (ca.16 presentations)
May 17, 2011, Tuesday
9:00-12:00 Presentations (ca. 8 Presentations), including commercial presentations with research character
Accompanying program:
○ Exhibition in foyer of the Faculty of Architecture / Poster presentations
○ Social and discussion evening
○ Press meeting for invited journalists
○ Excursion on the topic: Healthy living in new buildings and renovated old houses – May 17 , 13:00- 17:00.
Planned trip: new passive house build from natural materials in Bratislava, renovated house and straw bale dome in Hrubý Šúr.
Publishing of papers
○ CD with full version of the papers and presentations will be published in original language for participants
○ all abstracts of the presented papers will be available in printed version (in Slovak or Czech and English language)
○ full version of the papers and presentations will be published at web page of FA STU and ArTUR after conference
○ a special edition of scientific journal ALFA will focus on conference and selected papers will be published in complete version.
Important deadlines:
○January 15, 2011 deadline for sending topics and abstracts (presenters)
○January 31, 2011 deadline for choosing presenters, approving their topics and sending a sample layout (research board)
○ March 30, 2011 deadline for sending complete version of the papers (presenters)
Contact: healthyhouses2011@gmail.com
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ArTUR - Architecture for Sustainable Development (since 2001)
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Our members change the ideas of
sustainable developmen into reality.
ArTUR gathers specialists on building from natural materials. Our members design, produce environmentaly friendly building or build houses, gardens or bigger settlements.
ArTUR-’Architecture for Sustainable Development’ is The non-governmental organization, was founded in 2001 and its goal is to support protection, restoration and design of the environment in accordance with the requirements of sustainable development mainly from the point of view of environmentally friendly construction.
Our interests are:
We cooperate also with partner organizations from neighboring countries.
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ArTUR gathers specialists on building from natural materials. Our members design, produce environmentaly friendly building or build houses, gardens or bigger settlements.
ArTUR-’Architecture for Sustainable Development’ is The non-governmental organization, was founded in 2001 and its goal is to support protection, restoration and design of the environment in accordance with the requirements of sustainable development mainly from the point of view of environmentally friendly construction.
Our interests are:
- architecture
- urban settlements
- craftsmanship
- informations
- education
- permaculture
- clay
- straw
- natural materials
- energy
We cooperate also with partner organizations from neighboring countries.
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