Recuperation of the Traditional Construction in Contemporary Interventions in Oaxaca, Mexico

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The state of Oaxaca, located in southern Mexico, has an ancestral earth traditional construction, derived from the fusion of Pre-Hispanic civilizations with the Spanish tradition. A part of these traditions have remained due to its vernacular application. Today, as a consequence of the rural migration to the cities, the economy, values and knowledge of rural communities have been changing. They tend to be deceived by the new models imported from the exterior, totally unadapted and decontextualized to the climate or rural landscape of Oaxaca. As a result, an important heritage is being forgotten. The vernacular houses are abandoned, leading to a fixed idea that these structures are unsafe, unhealthy and associated with poorness. The substitution of the natural materials for the industrial ones results in innumerous problems. At first, earth and stone structures have been progressively abandoned or destroyed to construct new but unadapted buildings

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