TIBET ARCHITECTURE
SHIKHARA STYLE
- Contains Nepalese, Chinese & Indian
Influences
PRINCIPLES OF TIBETAN
- Symmetry in Lay-out & Faade Design
- Slightly trapezoidal form
- Flat roofs w/ parapets
- Intricately carved interior timber frame
- ORGANIC DESIGN (Grow out of
Landscape)
Two main Type of Tibetan Architecture
TEMPLES (GOMPAS) used for Religious
Ceremonies & Worship
STUPAS (CHORTENS) are Reliquary
Symbols
- Small Temples, Roundish walls to
Squares, Four sidewalls
3 Types of STUPAS
1. PAGODA STYLE Multi-roofs structures
w/ wide eaves supported by carved
wooden struts
- Finest Architectural Genius of Nepal
2. STUPA STYLE Hemispherical mound
top by a Square Base (HARMIKA) All
Seeing Eyes
3.
Curvilinear/Pyramidal Tower whose
surface is Broken up Vertically into 5/9
Sections
MATERIALS (Stone, Clay, Wood)
CONSTRUCTION
- Elevated Sunny Sites Facing South
- Flat Roofs (used in Central & Western
Plateau where Rainfall is Slight)
- Sloping Roofs (used in Eastern where
Summer Rains are Heavier
- Roofs are covered either in Slate,
Shingles, and Ceramic Tiles
ROOFS
DURBAR SQUARE generic name for
plaza
CONICAL SPIRES symbolizes 13
Buddhist Heaven w/ Umbrella apex
(JHINGATI) special clay tiles w/ metal
gutters
DWELLING (1000mm)
VIHARA (1500mm)
TEMPLES (4000mm)