CREATIVITY GAME

Domen Kušar:

Roof eaves as an integral part of the identity of the architectural landscape

DOI 10.15292/IU-CG.2025.13.038-043 | UDK 728.6:692.4:551.58(497.4) | SUBMITTED: 08/2025 | REVISED: 09/2025 | PUBLISHED: 12/2025
Author's affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, Slovenia

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ABSTRACT
Roof eaves evolved from the basic need to protect the facade from rain and, to some extent, the sun. Therefore, their development was independent in different parts of the world and today is an integral part of the architectural identity of landscapes. In Slovenia, they played an important identity role in traditional architecture, except in areas with strong winds. With the use of new building materials, the transfer of new construction technologies and also models, eaves are disappearing in many places. In Slovenia, this process has been particularly intense in the last few decades with the emergence of generic houses without eaves. The article shows some examples of eaves in traditional architecture around the world depending on climatic conditions, where we try to prove the eaves with the amount of precipitation, insolation and the absence of wind. We are also looking for similar evidence in Slovenia, where we upgrade it with a time display of the dominant architecture and the consequent reduction in the size of the eaves.

KEYWORDS
roof eaves, architecture, architectural identity

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