VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE VILLAGE DWELLINGS, BIRABALABHADRAPUR, ORISSA ‘The settiment of Birabalabhadrapur, 8 km north of Puri, is a set- tlement built in the 1650s comprising of around 120 households is a good example of climate responsive architecture that emphasizes the use of local materials. The village is formed along an east-west running tree lined path connecting two tem- ples. Either side of the straight road, two parallel rows of one-sto- rey courtyard houses face one another, about 25 metres apart. ‘Their frontyards are surrounded by clusters of tall coconut palms. MATERIAL USAGE & CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM ‘Courtyard houses attached to each other with courtyards in | coo “imbor and eared bamboo Faming encased Ta mus. Bamboo is cured fn water fr two weeks Inthe sun fortwo weeks and then smcked indoors as protection again! insee!s ROU hewn laterte posts ae sometimes used Shoping roois wi neoden loge members and purins run between cross walls covered with amat of bamboo and thatch is of ree sta, Celings are unfinished bamboo. Double root constucton © used in storage areas with Mud roof some 300-400 mm below the thatched roof (Ucvatie "0.23 Wire) Extemal walle are generally 200-200 mn Wick, We mud held in place by loose bamboo mesh thats densely woven using 2 Sree 8 ye ana, ro et wattle and daub technique (U-value : 2Wim"K). The wall eat af framing anc the ill mesh can be entrely of bamboo wih timber forthe main posts, beams and rafters. Dison walls Standing alone are thatched. Over tine, mud walls have begun fo ive way to brickwork o tet Bockwerk Deoriaye end window grils are wooden. The windowa are often rehly eatved. Alloofed pars ofthe house are raised above Te ground Te cpento-sky part ofthe courvard remaning at ground evel tater bricks are used instead of mud ih 2.600 mm high plinth The Moor inside the house Is of swept earth, In some [aces there fe suspended floor, with a pk undemealh for even Cooler storage. The swept earth ofthe Roor modulates nto rma fre pi with an a hole font, and ie moulded fo hold 3 pot ‘A narow open t sy courtyard’ each Pouse with a arge covered space around that acts asthe ng room. Generally tne side of he couryar is covered by afoot the wall on the citer side's shetered by the overnang ofthe nlghbour’s oteenoonnan | nen Too, tts foot, the neighbour platorm pecs plith en te sete Pre oacal omer ese to protect base ofthe wall 2s wel as forming a useful set ‘area and shelf. The fronts of the houses form a continuous LCCR FEATURES Ton, aed ona high pints, proecting tthe ont of the house tofiom a shaded sting place beneath thatched eavesCYCLONE RESISTANT HOUSING DANGOR PARA, TEKNAF, BANGLADES! During the cyclone of 1994 the house belonging to Abdul Motaleb became a shelter for hundreds of women and children of the Dangorpara area. The local people felt confident that the house would withstand the cyclone as it had withstood previous ones. This case study shows how indigenous housing can be modified to withstand harsh climatic conditions. MOTALE®'| HOUSE MATERIAL USAGE & CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM ROOFING. ‘A hp foot. The siucture consiste of wooden joists and ‘SYSTEM. putts with a roofing material of tr sheets supported by wooden pillars. (U-value: 0.9 Wim?) WALLING The internal walls are mostly bamboo mat and wooden ‘SYSTEM. plank The external walls are brick and plaster. ( U-value 0.31 Wink). FLOOR Tinted Concrete Fleor [BOORSMINDOWS _| Wooden planks wih wooden frames BUFFERSPACES | The vradtional houses in hase areas consist of a pashichall GATOR TRNGOREARA MAP OF CASE STUDY + a verandah type space enclosed wih a parapetwal ee AREA LCCR FEATURES FUNCTIONAL ZONES ps Mlkitchen and eating [oy MllLiving and Sleeping isleeping Paschati (open) Al GROUND FLOOR PLAN ROOF PLANPOST-CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION WORK ASHRAYA CORE HOUSE PROGRAM, ORISSA ‘The Ashraya Core House Construction Program, in partnership with CARE India designed to respond to the reconstruction needs LIN > after the Super Cyclone in October 1999. It addresses the a immediate shelter needs of about 1400 families by providing a = fast response to construct Core Shelter. At the same time a process has been initiated to ensure long term habitat Details offerrocement channel ofing used improvement in the region. The project aimed to construct 1400 dwelling units in 100 villages and set up building material based enterprises. MATERIAL USAGE & CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM [TXPOLOGYIEIIIN Detached incividual core houses" Precast RCC members. ROOFING SYSTEM | Flat roo! win precast er7ocament channels WALLING SYSTEM _| Hcrafoam masonry blocks manufactured local DOORMINDOWS _| Precast ROC frames and shading device FLOOR Laterite masonry rock foundation, LCCR FEATURES POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION WORK RIDIYAGAMA HOUSING SCHEME , AMBALANTOTA , SRI LANKA This housing scheme is for 30 families near the coast in Sri Lanka. The Samadhi Foundation provided these houses for tsunami victims, most of them belonging to a low-income community of fishermen from Ambalantota. Similarly oritented ii single-storey houses of about 46 m: floor area are built in a row. MATERIAL USAGE & CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM TYPOLOGY Detached individual houses. ‘STRUCTURE (Compressed earth brick columns. ROOFING SYSTEM | A sloping roo! that uses local cured timber for lnderstructure ofthe clay tie clading, [RWALLINGSYSTEMT| The armed carr vole which are ada wih Goment = tabled sar are sonscied wih sta sip orton Pt" DOORWINDOWS | Vier dos and wow fares LCCR FEATURESPOST FLOOD RECONSTRUCTION WORK ORLAHA & PURAINI OF SUPAUL DISTRICT, BIHAR After the devastating Kosi floods of 2008 the people of Orlaha and Puraini of Supaul district, Bihar, reconstructed 45 and 69 houses respectively. Indigenous labour intensive construction techniques and materials were used to build bamboo houses that incorporated flood, earthquake and cyclone resistant features. MATERIAL USAGE & CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM TYPOLOGY. Detached individual houses of 25-30 m= ‘STRUCTURE Precast RCC pile foundations Supersiructure of well-conmected bamboo frame. The Gifferent types of joins in the house were secured with three types of lashings (tying with rope) with @ bamboo pin ta provide rigelty wherever necessary. ROOFING SYSTEM | Bamboo rafters were used in the (Gof WALLING SYSTEM |®Gamboo mesh was used in the walls thal were constructed in wattle and daub technique. SEMIOUTDOOR | Some of the unis have shaded vorandahs. SPACES. LCCR FEATURES a: