Vernacular architecture in Brazilian semiarid region: survey and memory inthe state of Sergipe

• Autores: Dayane Felix Andrade, Marco Antonio Penido de Rezende, Sofia Araújo Lima
• Localización: Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability: Heritage 2022 International Conference / coord. por Camilla Mileto, Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares, Valentina Cristini, Lidia García Soriano, 2022, ISBN 978-84-1396-020-3, págs. 31-38
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Buildings with earth in their composition have been common since the beginning of the Brazilian territory’ssettlement. Until this day, wattle-and-daub homes are frequent in the Northeast region of the country. Thistechnique uses a structural cage made of the weft of woods whose interlocking voids are covered withthrown wet clay. Due to the current association of these buildings as shelters for insects that may containTrypanosoma cruzi (which transmits the Chagas disease) numerous public policies guide eradication andreplacement of these buildings by others built with masonry. Due to the destruction of these buildings, builtwith vernacular earthen techniques, this research aims to survey buildings that still resist in the semiaridregion of Sergipe state. Therefore, literature review was carried out on architecture in the semiarid regionand building investigation techniques using digital tools. Considering Sars-Cov-2 pandemic as a prohibi-tive condition that caused difficulties in collecting data in the field, it was necessary to seek out methodsthat could be used for a remote survey. Furthermore, an exploratory analysis was carried out with digitallyavailable tools in which it was possible to observe popular buildings built with earth in the legal semi-aridregion. Initially, data was collected from the latest demographic censuses carried out by the BrazilianInstitute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), as well as the socioeconomic data of Brazilian families inpoverty situations registered with the government. This initial data, however, did not present informationon geographic positioning of the dwellings, making it necessary to conduct a survey through Google StreetView software, allowing the visualization of images at ground level, being effective on searching for wattle-and-daub residences. From these data, a catalog of the constructions found was generated and, by georef-erencing these dwellings, the documentation produced may contribute to the preservation of vernacularconstructive memory of this study’s location object