In areas with a humid tropical Colombian climate, the control of temperature and relative humidity is essential to achieve thermal comfort inside the houses, the temperature and relative humidity must be controlled by bioclimatic strategies that include the materiality of the facades used. In this context there are still areas of the humid Colombian tropics that preserve ancestral customs to build their homes adapted to these thermal conditions. This research addressed the study of autochthonous techniques and materials used by the inhabitants of Afro-descendant and indigenous cultures of the Colombian Pacific for the elaboration of their envelopes or enclosures of their houses: The indigenous use fibers from Iraca Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav and the Afro-descendant peoples use banana or platanillo fiber Musa Balbisiana Musacea as a sun protection curtain and in both cultures use ...

In areas with a humid tropical Colombian climate, the control of temperature and relative humidity is essential to achieve thermal comfort inside the houses, the temperature and relative humidity must be controlled by bioclimatic strategies that include the materiality of the facades used. In this context there are still areas of the humid Colombian tropics that preserve ancestral customs to build their homes adapted to these thermal conditions. This research addressed the study of autochthonous techniques and materials used by the inhabitants of Afro-descendant and indigenous cultures of the Colombian Pacific for the elaboration of their envelopes or enclosures of their houses: The indigenous use fibers from Iraca Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav and the Afro-descendant peoples use banana or platanillo fiber Musa Balbisiana Musacea as a sun protection curtain and in both cultures use ...

In areas with a humid tropical Colombian climate, the control of temperature and relative humidity is essential to achieve thermal comfort inside the houses, the temperature and relative humidity must be controlled by bioclimatic strategies that include the materiality of the facades used. In this context there are still areas of the humid Colombian tropics that preserve ancestral customs to build their homes adapted to these thermal conditions. This research addressed the study of autochthonous techniques and materials used by the inhabitants of Afro-descendant and indigenous cultures of the Colombian Pacific for the elaboration of their envelopes or enclosures of their houses: The indigenous use fibers from Iraca Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav and the Afro-descendant peoples use banana or platanillo fiber Musa Balbisiana Musacea as a sun protection curtain and in both cultures use ...