Figure 1.
Direct research area: a – selected rural regions in coastal Cassubia with the places marked where direct research which consisted of evaluating the existing buildings was carried out, b – the characteristic landscape with wind power plants in the surroundings of Gnieżdżewo in Cassubia (photo by M. Górecka)
Figure 2.
Characteristic forms of rural dwelling houses in coastal Cassubia: a – Ostrowo, b – Swarzewo, c – Dębki, d – Nadole, e – Kluki, f – Smolno, g – Karwieńskie Błota (photos by M. Górecka)
Figure 3.
Room layout in the hut in Nadole: a – general plan of the basement (1 – entrance hall, 2 – main chamber, 3 – corner annex, 4 – larder, 5 – black kitchen), b – section through the chimney facilities, c – view of the entrance hall from the main chamber belonging to the building’s warm zone, d – the main chamber in the building’s warm zone, view of the “holy corner”, e – the room occupied by grandparents in the building’s warm zone, f – corner annex with a small window in the building’s cool zone (photos and drawings by M. Górecka)
Figure 4.
Selected material and constructive solutions: a – a timber-framed wall filled with clay on perches in the Cassubian hut in Nadole, b – a detail of the timber-framed wall filled with ceramic brick in a farming building in Darżlubie, c – a detail of a reed-covered, halfhip, rafter-type roof with squint window under a ridge and with decorative finial (“pazdur”, “śparogi”) – the hut in Nadole, d – a detail of a small window (nowadays coupled), with wooden shutters, in Karwieńskie Błota (photos by M. Górecka)
Figure 5.
Localization of buildings: a – plan of a wealthy farmer’s farmstead in the “skansen” in Nadole (1 – dwelling house, 2 – barn, 3 – cowshed, 4 – another dwelling house, built later, 5 – coach house, 6 – cellar, 7 – building of the museum administration, 8 – bread oven, 9 – flower garden, 10 – vegetable garden, 11 – horse gear, 12 – well, 13 – pigeon loft), b – today’s Cassubian villages with street systems, developed in history, enabling to maximally expose the dwelling houses to the sun (1 – Karwieńskie Błota, 2 – Strzelno, 3 – Mechowo) (drawings by M. Górecka)
Table 1.
Characteristic selected architectural elements affecting the building’s thermal protection – folk architecture from the 19th century, coastal Cassubia (drawings by M. Górecka)
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Figure 6.
Selected examples of contemporary buildings referring to the traditional solutions in Cassubian huts – dwelling houses, Karwieńskie Błota (photos by M. Górecka)