Omer Dabanli

Kerpic'20 Omer Dabanli

We are pleased to publish the Proceedings Book for the 8th International Conference on "Healthy Buildings: The Role of Earthen Materials on Providing Healthy and Sustainable Indoor Environment" and the workshop on earthen building production. The Conference held on 26-27 November 2020 organized by Kerpic Akademi, Kerpic Network, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University - Research Center for Conservation of Cultural Heritage - KURAM.

The aim of the conference is to gather the findings and knowledge from the researches on "Healthy Buildings: The Role of Earthen Materials on Providing Healthy and Sustainable Indoor Environment" and to transfer them to the new generation.

The scope of the Kerpıc conferences focus on using earth as building material. The event range from the graduate programs, together with the academics and professionals to exchange results and experience. It is an opportunity to understand the strategy, advantages and the advances of the contemporary construction technology of earth-based material.

For more than thirty years, Kerpic Network has been conducting researches on durability, seismic response and production techniques of earthen construction material. Durability researches are based on stabilized earth (alker); seismic response researches are based on horizontal energy dissipating surfaces on the load bearing walls and researches on production techniques of earthen materials and walls.

International Conference on Kerpic 2005, "Living in Earthen Cities", was hosted by Istanbul Technical University; International Conference on Kerpic 2008, "Learning from Earthen Architecture in Climate Change", was hosted by Cyprus International University; International Conference on Kerpic 2013, "New Generation Earthen Architecture: Learning from Heritage" and International Conference on Kerpic 2015, "Built Environment on Silk Road" and International Conference on Kerpic 2016, "Cultural Landscape, Rebuilding After Decay", were hosted by Istanbul Aydin University; International Conference on Kerpic 2018, "Back to Earthen Architecture: Industrialized, Injected, Rammed, Stabilized", was hosted by Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep; International Conference on Kerpic 2019, "Earthen Heritage, New Technology, Management" took place in Koycegiz, Mugla, Turkey. Our recent conference of 8th International Conference on Kerpic "Healthy Buildings: The Role of Earthen Materials On Providing Healthy and Sustainable Indoor Environment" took place with the hosting of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University in Istanbul, Turkey.