Culture, History, Natural Materials in Angola: Vernacular Architecture and the Possibilities for More Sustainable Construction

This article focuses on the Angolan vernacular architecture and is part of a master's dissertation. As a culturalheritage, understanding vernacular architecture also helps us search for more sustainable constructionalternatives. To this end, this article aims to characterize the Angolan vernacular architecture by carrying outa theoretical literature review and a case study in the province of Huíla (Mupalala), Angola, for the cubatas ofthe Nyaneka-Humbi ethnic group. For this case study, it was imperative to interview local residents in orderto understand the cultural aspects of construction, building techniques and materials used. In the end, it waspossible to characterize this type of construction and understand possible contributions to propose moresustainable construction.