Studies on vernacular architecture in Italy: The experience of G. Ciribini (1913–1990)

Since the 1930s, the growing interest in the traditional constructed heritage in Italy has promoted a systematic study and constructive analysis of vernacular buildings. Such work is still of great interest today in connection to sustainable development and strategies focused on enhancing the territory and landscape. The paper aims to present in particular the method of study on the vernacular architecture developed by Giuseppe Ciribini and his experimentations on various mountain territories. Ciribini’s study highlights how the environmental conditions can strongly influence the building typologies of the mountain houses also within a same valley, anticipating the actual guidelines of research in the field of the built architecture.