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Vernacular architecture refers to construction methods that use locally available resources to meet local needs. It evolves over time based on the environmental, cultural, and historical context. While sometimes viewed as crude, it is important to current design. Vernacular architecture is indigenous to a place rather than imported. Examples include thatched huts, igloos, log cabins, and terraced housing. It is based more on local traditions and trial and error rather than formal architectural training.
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- 4. Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources to address local needs. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it exists. It has often been dismissed as crude and unrefined, but also has proponents who highlight its importance in current design. It is architecture which is indigenous to a specific time or place (not imported or copied from elsewhere). It is most often used to apply to residential buildings
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- 10. STREET OF TERRACEDHOUSING
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- 14. In contrast toplanned architecture by architects, the building knowledge in vernacular architecture is often transported by local traditions and is thus more - but not only - based on knowledge achieved by trial and error and often handed down through the generations rather than calculated on knowledge of geometry and physics. This of course does not exclude architects from using vernacular architecture in their designs or being firmly based in their regional vernacular architecture.
- 15. An early workin the defense of vernacular was Bernard Rudofsky's 1964 book Architecture Without Architects: a short introduction to non-pedigreed architecture , based on his MoMA exhibition. The book was a reminder of the legitimacy and "hard-won knowledge" inherent in vernacular buildings, from Polish salt-caves to gigantic Syrian water wheels to Moroccan desert fortresses, and was considered iconoclastic at the time. Rudofsky was, however, very much a Romantic who viewed native populations in a historical bubble of contentment. Rudofsky's book was also based largely on photographs and not on on-site study.
- 16. A more seriouswork is the Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World published in 1997 by Paul Oliver of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. Oliver has argued that vernacular architecture, given the insights it gives into issue of environmental adaptation, will be necessary in the future to "ensure sustainability in both cultural and economic terms beyond the short term." Christopher Alexander, in his book A Pattern Language , attempted to identify adaptive features of traditional architecture that apply across cultures. Howard Davis's book The Culture of Building details the culture that enabled several vernacular traditions.
- 17. Robert venturi- Lasvegas -commercial vernacular Industrial vernacular-shops, garages, factories. A lot of social aspects linked to this type of architecture An architect whose work that exemplifies the modern take on vernacular architecture would be Samuel Mockbee , whose pioneering work with Rural Studio is well-regarded and widely discussed amongst practicing architects and academics alike.
- 18. INDIAN VERNACULAR Reflectsthe rich diversity of India's climate, locally available building materials, and the intricate variations in local social customs and craftsmanship
- 19. Despite the diversity,this architecture can be broadly divided into three categories. Kuchcha Semi Pukka Pukka
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