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• Architectural / Neighbourhood / Landscape Context

• Concept
• Site – Surveys and tools
• Climate
• Orientation
• Material Usages
• Places & spaces – memory – mental images

Regional Characteristics – Climate, material usage, technology

adopted.
Architectural Programming

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Traditional Vernacular Regional

North Kashmir, Delhi

South Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry

India
East Kolkatta

West Mumbai, Goa, Gujarat & Rajasthan

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Taq & Dajji Dhiwari style

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Dajji Dhiwari style

Taq

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Taq & Dajji Dhiwari style

Taq consists. of load-bearing masonry piers and

infill walls and Dhajji-Dewari construction,
consists of a braced timber frame with masonry
infill

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Kashmir House boats

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Kashmir House Boats

Square/rectangle-shaped front.
Elevation mimicking houses

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Kerala House Boats

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Kerala House Boats

• Curved and more streamlined

when compared to Kashmir house
boats.
• Curved because of rain

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Kerala Naalukettu House

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Kerala Naalukettu House

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• Built around a courtyard.

• One courtyard – naalukettu
(rooms on four sides – naalu - 4 )
• Two courtyards – ettukettu
(rooms on eight sides – ettu - 8)

Kerala Naalukettu House

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Kerala Brahmin House

• Projected porch with

inbuilt seating – thinnai

spaces

• Roof of houses are steeped

to avoid rain entering the

house

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Tamil Brahmin House - Agraharams

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Tamil Brahmin House - Agraharams

• Thinnai is the predominant feature.

• Some had two thinnai – caste discrimination
• Had courtyards – multifunctional activities and to
provide light and ventilation as they were usually
row houses.
• Also had a backyard where services happened.
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Chettinadu Architecture

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Chettinadu Architecture
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Chettinadu Architecture

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Chettinadu Architecture

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Chettinadu Architecture
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Chettinadu Architecture

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Chettinadu Architecture

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Chettinadu Architecture

• Massive in structure

• Filled with ornamentation

• Usage of materials – teak, mirror, glass, marbles, etc. from trade with foreign countries

• Higher plinth – to avoid mishaps during the flood.

• Multiple courtyards – men, women, and for service and were multifunctional.

• Houses spread across one street to the other.

• Rear entry - used by servants

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Bhunga Architecture - Kutch

• Famous for clay and mirror

work – lippan art
• House built for and by
shepherds and lived in clusters.
• Shared platforms for common
household activities.
• Space for cattle was also
provided close to their dwelling
• Thatched sloped roof
structure made of locally
available grass.
• Mud walls which were
lime plastered - White
color to reflect radiation
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Bhunga Architecture - Kutch

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Pols of Gujarat

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Pols of Gujarat

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• Pol houses – Ahmedabad

• Strong display of their culture

• Lived close to each other

• Narrow alley – balconies improved bonding and

also facilitated mutual shading.

Pols of Gujarat

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Havelis of Rajasthan

• Jaipur, Rajasthan – Havelis – locally available pinkish red stone for construction – hence

the name pink city.

• Privacy for women – priority.

• Balconies – jharokhas.

• Sand storms are frequent in Rajasthan and hence window shutters with small

perforations for air to enter and to stop dust and other sand particles. Also, it gives privacy

to women.

• Through the small openings, women can watch the street activities without opening them

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Colonial Architecture - Delhi

• Indo-Saracenic architecture –

Mughal and Indian or Indo-Gothic

or Neo-Gothic

• Introduced by Britishers.

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Colonial Architecture - Mumbai

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Colonial Architecture - Kolkatta

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Colonial Architecture - Pondicherry

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• Colonial Architecture – Pondicherry – strong dominant French influence

• Colonial Architecture – Fort Kochi – dominant Dutch, Portugal, and Jewish influence.

• Colonial Architecture – Goa – strong Portuguese influence

• All three show extroverted planning or outward looking plan, which displays their

extroverted culture.

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Colonial Architecture – Fort kochi

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Placing Architecture – Regional Architecture Colonial Architecture - Goa

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