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It could be said that its birth coincided with human development itself.
Man's first shelters were caves, inside which the external conditions were tempered producing a high level of internal stability. Nowadays this can be achieved by burying houses and when current technology - glass, waterproofing etc. - is used, they can be surprisingly comfortable.
Right back as far as prehistoric times, prehistoric man used his intuition to position his dwelling. As far as we can tell, he even seemed to use these dwellings to regulate some of the adverse effects of Nature.
The Egyptians, experts in tellurian radiation, tried to use this knowledge to position their constructions.
The Romans found the most favourable surroundings for their cities by consciously looking for signs in plants and animals.
Like animals, plants or minerals, as human beings we are immersed in a sea of radiation which constantly washes over us and on whose energy our balance and physical and mental health depend.
A large majority of traditional architecture responds to bioclimatic principles, developing in a specific place and covering the needs and possibilities of that particular area.
In fact every culture, every civilisation made use of the observation of nature in order to establish what was healthy or harmful in each area.
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