TY - JOUR AU - Sansen, Marjan AU - Martínez, Andrés AU - Devillers, Philippe PY - 2021/01/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Mediterranean Morphologies in Hot Summer Conditions: Learning from France’s “Glorious Thirty” Holiday Housing: JF - Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs JA - JCUA VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Urban Transformations DO - 10.25034/ijcua.2021.v5n1-2 UR - https://ijcua.com/index.php/ijcua/article/view/198 SP - 19-34 AB - <p><em>Climate change and rising temperatures lead to an air-conditioning proliferation in summertime of the Mediterranean regions. This study links urban morphology to the microclimate. It claims that a lesson can be drawn from holiday housing morphologies designed with an additive approach during the “Glorious Thirty” French coastal development (1946-75).  It is based on a morphological analysis of four case studies, with on the one hand re-drawing and site visiting, on the other hand, assessment of environmental performance through key parameters: Absolute Rugosity, Compactness Ratio, Building Density, Mineralization, Sky View Factor (SVF) and Height/Width (H/W) Ratio. Compared to literature reference values of a traditional courtyard morphology, the case studies are less compact and with a lower H/W Ratio (higher SVF), but they are less mineral than a historic medieval city centre. This research contributes to the search for semi-collective alternatives (for example additive morphologies) to individual housing in peri-urban areas, with high environmental performance in the summertime. </em></p> ER -