How other cultures influence Caribbean building styles

1. INFLUENCE OF OTHER
CULTURES ON CARIBBEAN
BUILDING STYLES
Prepared By:
Mr. B. Elliott

2. HISTORY OF BUILDINGS
FACTORS INFLUENCING BUILDING DESIGNS
• history
• Financing/cost
• materials
• culture
• climate

3. EXPLANATIONS
• History of site – history of the site, is it
prone to flooding or land slide? Is it built-
up? What was its previous use?
• Material – choice, availability and cost of
suitable materials.
• Financing – ability to access funds for the
project. Is it affordable? (affordability).

4. EXPLANATIONS
• Climate – wet, hot, cold, windy, would
determine where windows or balconies
are placed in a building and the design
of windows)
• Culture – influences the shape and
style of the structure. Family custom.

5. BRITISH/FRENCH
• Staircase with
balusters
• Bricks/brickwork
• Arches
• MDF
• Steep roof
• Dormers
• Wooden
Casement
windows
INFLUENCE OF OTHER CULTURES (ARCHITECTURE)
ON LOCAL BUILDING STYLES

6. ILLUSTRATIONS
Staircase with balusters
Brick WORK

7. ILLUSTRATIONS
Wooden Casement windows Arches

8. ILLUSTRATIONS
MDF
DORMERS

9. ILLUSTRATIONS
STEEP ROOF

10. INFLUENCE OF OTHER CULTURES ON LOCAL
BUILDING STYLES - AMERICAN
• High rise building
• Dry wall
• Steel frame
building
• Split level building
with separate roofs
for each
• Panel construction
• Glass framing
• Curtain walls
• Column and beams

11. ILLUSTRATIONS
•High rise building
•Panel construction

12. ILLUSTRATIONS
•Glass framing
•Curtain walls

13. DEFINITIONS
• Curtain wall systems are constructed out of glass
and aluminum. Curtain walls essentially look like
all-glass walls,
• split-level homes, there’s usually a one-story
section that is connected to a two-story section
instead of being right on top of each other.

14. DEFINITION
• Steel frame is a building technique with a
"skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and
horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular
grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a
building which are all attached to the frame. The
development of this technique made the
construction of the skyscraper possible.

15. ILLUSTRATIONS
Dry wall

16. ILLUSTRATIONS
Steel frame building