Architecture serves to create safe, comfortable spaces while protecting from environmental elements. Modern building technologies have enabled layered impermeability, unlike historical methods that allowed permeability, which sometimes enhances indoor comfort but poses risks such as moisture buildup. The article contrasts these approaches, highlighting how both contemporary and vernacular architecture can achieve balance with natural ventilation techniques. Rehabilitation of older buildings requires careful consideration of their original permeable characteristics to prevent water damage from modern impermeable materials that could trap moisture.
The main role of architecture is to create structures that protect us from the environment and create spaces that are safe and comfortable for all types of needs and activities.
Modern technologies now allow for almost completely impermeable building envelopes, allowing for complete separation between indoors and outdoors, thus relying on engineered systems to regulate temperature, airflow, or humidity.
Passive strategies like natural ventilation leverage winds and cross-ventilation to bring fresh outdoor air inside, effectively regulating indoor temperature and air movement.
Adding modern impermeable layers to historical structures can alter their original balance, risking water trapped within substructures and accelerating degradation.
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