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- Title
Design of Sustainable Agricultural Buildings. A Case Study of a Wine Cellar in Tuscany, Italy.
- Authors
Conti, Leonardo; Barbari, Matteo; Monti, Massimo
- Abstract
This research concerns the design of an agricultural building with a high degree of sustainability, located in a farm in the south of the Tuscany region, Italy. The building, intended mainly as a wine cellar, offers innovative construction solutions of high deconstructability and has features of low environmental impact, economic competitiveness and constructive simplicity. In particular, the design of the basement cellar involves the use of gabions and stones for the realization of the foundations, the ground retaining walls and all other bearing walls. A different solution is adopted for the external wall which remains entirely above ground. It is also made by gabions, but it is externally covered with a coat of straw bales and is plastered with clay or lime. The roof-bearing structure is made of steel beams and galvanized steel sheets. A layer of fertile soil is arranged on the roof to form a green roof system. This research aims to spread the design criteria of deconstructable buildings, based on the use of natural materials with low environmental and economic impact. Where it is not possible to employ natural materials, reusable or recyclable materials are used.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABLE building design &; construction; GABIONS; DECONSTRUCTION
- Publication
Buildings (2075-5309), 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2, p17
- ISSN
2075-5309
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/buildings6020017