Vernacular architecture

• Bohra community( palanpur )

• Vania community
 Bohra community(palanpur)
PLAN AND SECTION OF ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE IN PALANPUR

• Basic space
components
• Organization of
bohra house
• Linear space composition
• House is enclosed from two
sides and a corner house
with one enclosed side.
• Shop at ground floor level
• Plan is mostly rectangular
with at least two stories.
• Being the most organized Muslim communities,’ daudi bohras’are widely spread all over Gujarat,
India and the world.
• In every considerable settlement of the daudi bohra houses are found to be grouped into separate
neighbourhood.
• The community organization in each settlement is known as jamat
• Parsal- one side of parsal is entirely taken up by large seat which is raised a height of 1 meter
under which is a cabinet for storage and other side is a chowk.
• Ordo and andar ni parsal(living room and its ante room)-
• Through parsal one enters a small room about 3 m wide which occupies the entire width of the
house.
• Ordo is a large room which is at least 20 m square in size even in the smallest house. ordo is
planned far deep inside to maintain the privacy and it also gets light and air from the secondary
street.
• In the analytical part, as shown in the drawing as you move inside the dwelling the privacy level
increases on each floor.
• Here the source of light is from three sides,front,back and top so the darkest part is andar ni
parsal while other rooms get enough light for the daily use purpose.
 OTLA PARSAL DIWANKHANU
Movement inside the dwelling
DELI ORDO JANANAH
CHOWK
Vania community,mangrol