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Vernacular architecture serves as inspiration and learning material to create more impactful and meaningful contemporary building solutions. However, most research in this area focuses on the technical aspects of sustainability. There remains a gap in the sociocultural aspects of both contemporary and vernacular architecture. A coherent understanding of the indicators that inform this vernacular-inspired sustainable architecture is also still lacking. This study aimed to propose and categorize indicators of a theoretical eco-cultural sustainability framework and indicators. This was underpinned by a literature review of existing sustainability assessment frameworks and tools. A qualitative approach was used comprising 81 semi-structured interviews from two case study areas - historical and contemporary development, in Jordan. Framework and thematic analysis guided the analysis stage. Factors related to cultural appropriation were the most prioritised by participants and linked to sustainability. It was also found that due to its intangibility and complexity, most sustainability frameworks in the built environment only focus on the environmental criteria and have failed to integrate cultural indicators. Therefore, this study makes a significant theoretical and practical contribution in that it bridges this gap by proposing tangible metrics relating to intangible cultural factors so that this can be effectively incorporated into existing design assessment methods and tools.
This paper aims to critically review recent research on the integration of sustainability,
vernacularism, and regionalism. It has become necessary to better understand regional architecture
and the integration of complex and sensitive aspects of both the natural environment
and human-cultural context as situated within the built environment. This study considers this
rare integration of these tangible and intangible parameters and issues. With a view in aid in the
renaissance of regional architecture as a dynamic physical and socio-cultural product. It also explores
the integration of modern design and technological indicators infusion with traditional
and ancient structures and elements; including the incorporation of modern technology and materials
that take the users, of the local human culture into account. The paper concludes with a
conceptual framework which integrates the different approach of vernacular and modern regional
architecture with eco-cultural paradigms. The initial conclusions and findings provide
valuable insights into an ongoing doctoral study; to bridge the gap between theoretical studies
and current practice.
