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Vernacular Tradition in Built Environments of Different Regions of India By: Miki Desai

The lecture introduces the concepts of regionalism and vernacular architecture in India by examining the built environments of different regions. It focuses on the architecture of folk and vernacular traditions, providing examples from tribal, rural, and urban settlements in selected regions like Gujarat and Rajasthan. The lecture analyzes how sociocultural preferences are manifested in the physical layouts, materials, and craftsmanship of dwellings and settlements, and how they have been influenced by factors like geography, climate, religion, and colonial dominance over time.

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Vernacular Tradition in Built Environments of Different Regions of India By: Miki Desai

The lecture introduces the concepts of regionalism and vernacular architecture in India by examining the built environments of different regions. It focuses on the architecture of folk and vernacular traditions, providing examples from tribal, rural, and urban settlements in selected regions like Gujarat and Rajasthan. The lecture analyzes how sociocultural preferences are manifested in the physical layouts, materials, and craftsmanship of dwellings and settlements, and how they have been influenced by factors like geography, climate, religion, and colonial dominance over time.

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Lecture Abstract

VERNACULAR TRADITION IN BUILT ENVIRONMENTS


OF DIFFERENT REGIONS OF INDIA

By: Miki Desai


School of Architecture
Centre for Environment Planning and Technology
Ahmedabad, INDIA.

Fulbright Fellow

The lecture introduces Regionalism in India, notions and ideas


related to the built environment, the variables: geography, climate,
language, food, dress, belief systems, arts and crafts, resultant
traits-behavioral patterns and sociocultural norms, regional
influences of colonial dominance (15th to 19th centuries), regional
expressions due to modern architecture (1920-1980), focuses on
architecture of folk and vernacular traditions.
Settlement patterns of indigenous rural and urban nature, a closer
analytical look at the settlements of selected regions (Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Kerala) to understand the general manifestations of
sociocultural preferences in the physicality of settlement layouts.
Tribal and nomadic architecture, typological examples from
selected regions of India, plan organization, materiality,
craftsmanship and sociocultural nuances, occupation, belief
system, symbolism, arts and crafts, etc. as expressed in the built
form, daily life rituals and activities.
Rural dwellings, types and variations of a selected region
(Gujarat), plan organization, materiality, craftsmanship, structure
and sociocultural aspects, neighborhood concepts, relationship to
surrounding landscape, implications of the type in terms of growth,
development, variations and plausible connections with the urban
counterparts.
Urban examples in selected regions, plan organization, materiality,
craftsmanship, structure, etc. of some types of dwellings,
modification and adoption of the basic type by different religious
communities in a region (Gujarat), neighborhood concepts and
resulting physical environment as seen through plans, street
sections, facades, etc., characteristics of the neighborhood
resulting from sociocultural aspects such as social spaces,
institutions, festivals, etc., overall urban complexity, variety in urban
character of a single settlement due to different cultural and
temporal overlays seen as micro-regionalism.
Colonial influence in the context of regional dwelling types, major
transformations: institutions and settlement patterns-an analytical
look at the shift from the indigenous to the emulative or imposed
preferences for organizational layout-long lasting effect on people’s
life-style and culture-understanding the aspect of a continuous
theme of adaptation and retention.
Architectural elements and details, the ideas of articulation and
embellishment as important aspects of vernacular architecture,
expression and materials, the sense of dimension and scale as
seen in various regions and the plausible logic of the same.

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