New Traditional Architecture with Low Energy Consumption in the Peruvian Amazon

Authors

  • Pierre-Marie Gilles École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
  • Néstor Nevado Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura de Versalles
  • Alberto Ríos Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
  • Sylvain Gilles Universidad de Montpellier

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26439/limaq2021.n008.5554

Keywords:

equatorial climate, wood, natural air conditioner (ventilation), traditional constructions, sustainable architecture

Abstract

In the city of Iquitos, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, the materials used for solid or permanent constructions (sand, cement, bricks) are called noble, implying that other materials, such as wood, for example, are not. Wood, however, is of primary importance in the traditional constructions of local cultures
and for most humble citizens living in urban areas. This natural material presents many advantages, such as a lower ecological impact (carbon footprint), a lower construction costs and better thermal insulation (not passive because it does not accumulate heat). We want to present an architectural work carried out in
Iquitos in 2012-2013, with local construction wood and inspired by the ventilation principles of traditional local constructions, which has responded to the passage of time while maintaining its efficiency in terms of energy performance.

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Author Biographies

  • Pierre-Marie Gilles, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

    Government-certified architect and École-certified urban planner Nationale Ponts et Chaussées (first prize of the A.R.A. for his thesis of end of study). Architect of an agricultural company, he has obtained the first national award of the competition organized by the Fondation de France for farm buildings. Then it installed on its own. Fulfilled projects: the two auditoriums of the Lot department (one was an example for let Yehudi Menuhin make his), the Water Museum in the city of Cahors, buildings in city centers, urban planning documents, bioclimatic habitat, and so on.

  • Néstor Nevado, Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura de Versalles

    Architect graduated from the National School of Architecture of Versailles, France. Bachelor of Architecture from Ricardo Palma University, Lima, Peru. He has worked four years in Lima for the company Arte Express, specialized in the renovation of buildings in historic centers. Since 2015 works in Paris for the company LEA Arquitectos, a specialized architecture studio in health and social sector projects.

  • Alberto Ríos, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería

    Architect by the National University of Engineering of Lima. Life member from the College of Architects of Peru, with fifty years of experience professional. He specializes in architecture and urban planning projects in the cities of Lima, Iquitos and others in Peru as a free exercise of the profession.

  • Sylvain Gilles, Universidad de Montpellier

    Hydrobiologist graduated from the Université de Montpellier and the Université des Antilles (France), specialized in tropical aquaculture. Has worked for the productive sector (Caribbean) and later for a French public institute of scientific research in West Africa. In Peru, he collaborated with the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon.

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Published

2021-12-14

Issue

No. 008 (2021)

Section

Dosier