Panama vernacular: a tropical house
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1977
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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The criteria for design and construction of a single family dwelling in a tropical oceanside environment will be investigated.
Tropical vernacular architecture will be studied. Concepts established will be integrated in a modern architectural language, preserving the time tested truths of the local architecture.
The position of tropical vernacular architecture and contraposition of modern architecture will then be synthesized into a single family tropical dwelling based on established criteria.