UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,

Taxila

ASSIGNMENT# 4

SUBMITTED BY:

Name Arslan Ashraf

Reg. NO 20 -IE-13

SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. ZAHEER AHMAD
 Indigenous material
Indigenous materials are materials that are naturally and locally found in a specific place such as
timbers, canes, grass, palms, and rattan. Other indigenous raw materials are commonly known and
used creatively in crafts and decoration are capiz, pearls, corals, and seashells, being an archipelago
naturally abundant in beaches and marine resources. The coconut tree is also a favorite indigenous
material for its flexibility and overall usability from the root to the leaves.

Indigenous materials also do not require costly processing, which consume energy and other
resources, and can be used even in their raw, untreated forms. The indigenous building
construction materials very effectively maintain indoor thermal comfort environment and
ultimately reduces the consumption of external energy through various measures like heating and
cooling equipment which are also called active measures of energy. Various types of indigenous
materials that could be tapped or improved for possible housing materials like bamboo, nipa,
cogon, pandan, coconut wood, twigs, rice stalks and rice hulls, timber, rubber, clay, sulfur,
volcanic ash and pebbles, adobe stones and asphalt rock

Advantages of using indigenous materials

1. Renewable and abundant, coming from diverse natural sources and whose production has
low impact on the environment
2. Naturally nonpolluting, emitting no harmful vapors, particles or toxins into the
environment
3. Energy efficient, using low energy in production, transport, and use, and generally coming
from local regions
4. Produced and or harvested under good working conditions and fair means
5. Low waste and capable of being reused and recycled

Disadvantages of using indigenous materials

1. Durability is good but still not as or failsafe as in processed materials like steel and plastics
2. Is vulnerable to weathering and deterioration due to moisture
3. Lower resistance to impact (compared to processed metals)
4. Craft skills are much slower in processing than engineering and technology
5. Those produced with craft skills in effect are more expensive than factory/machine made
alternatives that are lower in buying cost and are more advertised and readily available
 Basket-isolated Banana bark

African-dondo-drum Bow-and-Arrow
 Crafts sale iguazu
modern-rattan-stool

wooden-earrings

Vintage-African-mask
Ceylon lour-merr-fruit indigenous clothing

wooden-instruments
wood-carving