STUDIES ON

Significance of Vernacular Architecture in terms of

Tradition, Modernity & Cultural Sustainability
INTRODUCTION

Presenter:
Saurav Koirala
 INTRODUCTION
Sign if ica nce o f Vern a cu la r Architecture in terms of
Tradition, Modernity & Cultural Sustainability
SERIES - I
1. D e f i n i t i o n o f Ve r n a c u l a r
2. P e o p l e , C u l t u r e a n d t h e Ve r n a c u l a r
3. C l i m a t e a n d t h e Ve r n a c u l a r
4. M a t e r i a l s , C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d t h e Ve r n a c u l a r
5. T h e Ve r n a c u l a r L a n d s c a p e s
SERIES - II
1. R u r a l Ve r n a c u l a r
2. U r b a n Ve r n a c u l a r
3. I n f o r m a l S e t t l e m e n t s a n d t h e Ve r n a c u l a r
4. C o n s e r v a t i o n o f t h e B u i l t Ve r n a c u l a r
5. T h e f u t u r e o f Ve r n a c u l a r A r c h i t e c t u r e i n N e p a l
EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
• Deepen appreciation of the values and meanings of vernacular
architecture in local environment

• Establish perspectives on the more complex issues in vernacular

architecture such as self-conscious or un -self-conscious, way of
building , informality in settlement and cultural sustainability

• Generate ideas of how to protect, preserve and further explore our

local vernacular-built environment .
L E T S H AV E D I S C U S S I O N !