Challenges and Current Research Trends for Vernacular Architecture in a Global World: A Literature Review

Vernacular architecture can be defined as a type of regional construction influenced by geography, available materials, climate, traditions, and culture that is produced non-experts through knowledge transmitted enriched from one generation to the next. In addition their heritage value, traditional buildings are usually considered model sustainability in use resources, with minimal negative environmental impact, minimization costs, reduction energy demand. current context globalization techniques high requirements comfortable dwellings, preservation vernacular means major challenge, given this kind represents more than 75% world’s existing buildings. Based on study selected peer-reviewed literature indexed Web Science for period between 2000 2022, paper qualitatively analyzes areas research architecture, particular attention scope studies, building materials techniques, problems solutions, climate adaptation, reuse abandoned order achieve goal preserving coming centuries, should continue interdisciplinary teams promoting fieldwork under-studied regions incorporating modern solutions old satisfy comfort standards without excessively changing essential features.