BELAVADI

SHEET NO. CONTENT SHEET NO. CONTENT

01 INTRODUCTION ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS –WINDOWS

02 HISTORY
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS – COLUMNS
LAND USE
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS - EAVES
BUILDING USE
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS – DOORS
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 1
BUILDING AGE
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 2
ROOF TYPES
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 3
FIGURE GROUND MAP
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 4
ROAD NETWORK
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 5
TREES
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 6
NODAL POINTS
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 7
ACTIVITY MAPPING
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 8
BUIDLING TYPOLOGY – 1
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 9
BUILDING TYPOLOGY – 2
BUILDING ANALYSIS – 10
BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
BUILDING TYPOLOGY – 4
BUILDING TYPOLOGY – 5
BUILDING TYPOLOGY – 6
STREET ANALYSIS – 1
STREET ANALYSIS – 2
STREET ANALYSIS – 3
STREET ANALYSIS – 4

CONTENTS
 HOW TO REACH BELAVADI
BY TRAIN:
THERE ARE NO RAILWAY STATION IN
BELAVADI.
THEY HAVE TO CATCH A BUS FROM
CHIKMAGALURU
CHIKMAGALUR STATION.
BY BUS:
THERE ARE KSRTC BUSES WHICH COME
TO BELAVADI FROM CHIKMAGALUR,
BELUR AND JAVAGAL.
LAND FEATURES: INDIA
KARNATAKA
• BELAVADI IS SITUATED 839m, ABOVE
SEA LEVEL.
• IT IS SURROUNDED BY HILLS AND
MOUNTAINS WHICH BELONG TO THE
RANGES OF CHIKMAGALUR. SIGNIFICANCE:
• THESE HILLS ARE SITUATED 1039m • BELAVADI PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE AS A
ABOVE SEA LEVEL HISTORICAL SITE AS IT ENCLOSES THE VEERA
NARAYANA TEMPLE WHICH IS AN ASI
CLIMATE : RECOGNISED SITE.
• TROPICAL CLIMATE • IT COMPRISES OF HOUSES THAT DATE BACK TO
• TEMPERATURE: 24.6℃ (AVERAGE) ABOUT 200+ YEARS BECAUSE OF WHICH GREATER
• MAY IS THE WARMEST MONTH AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND
JANUARY EXPERIENCES THE LOWEST CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES CAN BE OBTAINED
TEMPERATURE
DEMOGRAPHY:
POPULATION:
RAINFALL: ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS IN THE YEAR 1985, 2002
• AVERAGE RAINFALL BEING ABOUT PEOPLE WERE SAID TO HAVE LIVED IN THE VILLAGE. IN
830mm 2011, POPULATION IS SAID TO HAVE INCREASED TO
• , IT VARIES FROM 440mm TO 1160mm PER 2282.
YEAR.
• DRIEST MONTH IS JANUARY AND JULY OCCUPATION:
RECIEVES MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION. • THE MAIN OCCUPATION IS AGRICULTURE.
CROPSGROWN ARE ARECANUT, POTATO AND
TOBACCO.
• CATTLE AND SHEEP FARMING ARE PREDOMINANT
HERE
NORTH

BELAVADI
NOT TO SCALE POTATO TOBACCO ARECANUT

INTRODUCTION
• THE VILLAGE GOT ITS NAME AS “BELAVADI” AS SUGARCANE WAS GROWN AND
JAGGERY WAS PRODUCED, “VADE” WAS MADE TO STORE IT.
• IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE YEAR 1952.

MONARCHICAL ROOT

• ACCORDING TO THE LEGENDS, THERE WAS A BIG TANK ASCRIBED TO

DHANAKARAYA, A LOCAL CHIEF IN WHOSE MEMORY A TEMPLE HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED ON THE BANK.
• IT WAS ORIGINALLY A JAIN CENTRE, LATER KRISHNARAJA WADEYAR II GAVE THIS
LAND AS A GRANT TO KENGERI MUTT.
• DURNING THE HOYSALA REIGN THERE WAS A TEMPLE BUILT IN TRIKUTA FORM AT
THE VILLAGE CENTRE IN THE 12TH CENTURY.
• THE MAIN PRESIDING DIETY IS VEERANARAYANA SWAMY ALONG WITH
YOGANARASIMHA SWAMY AND VENUGOPALA SWAMY.
• SRI UDBHAVA GANAPATHI TEMPLE, THE NATURAL ROCK FORMATION IN THE
SHAPE OF LORD GANESHA, IS WORSHIPPED IN THE MODERN TEMPLE BY SRI.S.C.
MUTT OF SRINGERI.

VEERANARAYANA TEMPLE

• THE PLAN OF THE TEMPLE IS STELLATE.

• BUILT IN TRIKUTA STYLE- WITH 3 VIMANAS, THIS TEMPLE IS HUGE AND SPACIOUS.
• THE ENTRANCE OF THE TEMPLE IS AT THE CENTRE, WITH SLOOPING ROOFS.
• THE OLDER SHRINE- VEERANARAYANA SWAMY IS AT THE CENTRE, WHILE THE
OTHER TWO SHRINES FACE EACH OTHER ACROSS A LONG MANDAPA.
• THE VIMANAS, THE SUKANASI AND THE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH BOLD
SCULPTURES AND THE OUTER WALLS OF THE TEMPLE HAVE CARVED PILASTERS.
• THE VENUGOPALASWAMY IDOL HERE IS CONSIDRED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF
ITS KIND BY ASI.

HISTORY
 MYTHOLOGICAL ROOT

• ACCORDING TO THE LEGENDS THIS PLACE WAS CALLED THE

“EKACHAKRANAGARA”, IN THE EPIC MAHABHARATHA.
• IT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE PANDAVAS WHEN ESCAPING FROM KAURAVAS
LIVED IN A BRAHMIN’S HOUSE DISGUISING THEMSELVES AS BRAHMINS.
• IT IS BELIEVED THAT, THIS IS WHERE BHEEMA KILLED THE DEMON, BAKASURA
WHO TORMENTS THE VILLAGERS AND KILLS THEM IN THE MEMORY OF
BHEEMA SLAYING BAKASURA.
• BANDI BANA IS OBSERVED EVERY YEAR AT BELAVADI, ON THIS DAY A CART
FULL OF EATABLES ARE TAKEN OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE AND A FEAST IS
ORAGANISED.

LOCAL FESTIVALS

• NARASIMHA JAYANTHI- IT IS THE MAIN FESTIVAL CELEBRATED IN THE VILLAGE.

• RATHOTHSAVA- IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IN THE MONTH OF APRIL. IT IS
CELEBRATED FOR 9 DAYS.
• MIDICHELLAMANA HABBA- THE VILLAGERS DO VARIOUS KINDS OF POOJAS AND
OFFERINGS FOR THE VILLAGE GODDESS IN APRIL EVERY YEAR. THE VILLAGE
FAIR TAKES PLACE DURING THIS TIME.

HISTORY
 EMPTY LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND
THE BACKYARD OR THE EMPTY SPACES ARE
AGRICULTURAL LAND IS PRESENT NEAR THE EDGES OF THE
SOMETIMES USED FOR STORAGE OF HAY OR COCONUT.
VILLAGE WHERE THE FIELDS ARE PRESENT.
IT IS ALSO USED FOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY.

BYLAWS:
•100METERS AROUND THE TEMPLE NO
BUILDINGS SHOULD EXCEED ONE
STOREY HEIGHT.
•BUILDING’S FOUNDATION AROUND THE
TEMPLE SHOULD NOT BE DUG BELOW
1METER.
COMMERCIAL •HOW MUCH EVER THE LAND A PERSON
MIGHT OWN, HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
JC ROAD CONTAINS THE INSTITUTIONS AND
BUILD A HOUSE THAT EXCEED 9M*12M
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE
PLOT.
BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. IT IS THE HUB OF
•ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT NEEDS
DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE.
TO BE DONE SHOULD BE APPROVED BY
THE TALUQ PANCHAYAT.

5%
RESIDENTIAL
NORTH 7%
COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC
LAND USE MAP MIXED
65% 23%
RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS CAN BE FOUND ON EITHER SIDE

NOT TO SCALE
OF THE SECONDARY ROADS. ANIMAL SHELTER IS
ATTACHED TO THE HOUSES IN CERTAIN PLACES.

LAND USE
THE PUBLIC OR INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS CAN
BE MAINLY FOUND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE JC MAIN
ROAD.

THE REASONS BEING

• PROXIMITY TO THE STATE HIGHWAY • SOME BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN USED FOR
• A HUB FOR DEVELOPMENT DUE TO PRESENCE OF BOTH RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS
BUILDINGD LIKE SCHOOL, BUS STOP, PHC. COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.

• THE REASON BEHIND THIS COULD BE TO

HAVE THEIR WORKING SPACE AND
LIVING SPACE TOGETHER.

• THE LIBRARY IS SITUATED RIGHT IN

FRONT OF THE TEMPLE. • THERE ARE TWO TEMPLES WHICH
LOOK LIKE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
• THE LOCATION OF THIS PUBLIC FROM OUTSIDE.
BUILDING IS APPROPRIATE, SINCE • THE ONLY RECOGNIZING ELEMENT IS
MANY TOURISTS VISIT THE TEMPLE THE KALASHA WHICH INDICATES
AND CAN EASILY ACCESS THE THAT IT IS A TEMPLE.
INFORMATION IN THE LIBRARY.

RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL 18%
PUBLIC
MIXED 8%
• THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING 5%
IN BELAVADI USUALLY NORTH
COMPRISES OF THE SMALL 69%
SHOPS CALLED PETTIGE
ANGADI.

• THESE SMALL SHOPS HAVE

TEMPORARY AC SHEETS AND
FOLDED ROOFS. THEY ACT
MAP NOT TO SCALE
LIKE A PLACE OF DISCUSSION.

BUILDING USE
G+1 HOUSE G HOUSE

THIS HOUSE CAN BE CHARACTERISED TO BE A

G+1.THIS IS SO BECAUSE THIS IS A THATCHED ROOF HOUSE WHICH AS
1. THE HEIGHT OF THE ATTIC IS 2.6 M HIGH, ONLY GROUND FLOOR.THE SCALE OF THE IS
MAKING IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO STAND AND OF HUMAN. THE DOORS HEIGHT IS SMALLER
USE IT FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THAN THE HEIGHT OF AN AVERAGE HUMAN
2. THIS ATTIC IS CONSIDERED TO ANOTHER BEING WWHCIH GOES ALONG WITH THEORY
FLOOR LEVEL AND IS USD FOR LIVING THAT HUMANS SHOULD LIVE LIFE
PURPOSE. MINIMALLY.
3. THE ROOM HAVE LARGE OPENINGS FOR
LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
4. THEY HAVE PERMANENT STAIRCASES
WHICH IS THERE TO ACCESTHE NEXT FLOOR.

G+2 HOUSE

G 30%
G+1 35%

G+M HOUSE G+2 05%

G+M 30%
THIS HOUSE CAN BE CONSIDERED HAS A NORTH
G+M (MEZANINE). THIS IS SO BECAUSE NOT TO SCALE
1. THE HEIGHT OF THE ATTIC IS
APPOROXIMATELY 1.8M HICH MAKES IT
DIFFICULTOR CERTAIN ACTIVITY LIKE
LIVING TO TAKE PLACE.
2. ATTICS WHICH ACTS AS MEZZANINE
ARE USUALLY USED AS STORAGE
SPACES.

BUILDING HEIGHT
 NORTH 0-25 YEARS 5%
25-75 YEARS
75-125 YEARS
17%
ABOVE 125 YEARS 43%

35%
NOT TO SCALE

BUILDING AGE
 • MOST OF THE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES HAVE
SLPOING ROOFS AND THESE ARE USED IN
CATTLE SHEDS MOSTLY.
• THEY ARE USUALLY MADE OF THATCH SINCE
IT IS EASILY AVALIABLE SOME OF THE HOUSES
ALSO HAVE THATCHED ROOF.

• NEW BUILDINGS HAVE FLAT ROOFS DUE TO LACK

OF RAINFALL AND INFLUENCE FROM MODERN
LIFESTYLE. VERY FEW HOUSES OF THIS TYPE CAN
BE SEEN.
• THIS TYPE OF ROOFS WAS AVOIDED IN EARLY
DAYS TO AVOID COLLECTION OF RAINWATER ON
ROOFS.

• SLOPING ROOF WAS USED BECAUSE OF

ABUNDANCE OF RAINFALL. IN THIS REGION
EAVES AND GUTTERS ARE USED TO PREVENT
RAINWATER FROM HITTING
• THE WALL. MANGALORE TILE AND
COUNTRY POT TILE ARE USED IN MOST OF
THE HOUSES.

TYPE OF ROOFING
18

10
NORTH
7 65
•AC SHEETS ARE USED IN CERTAIN HOUSES AS
EXTENSIONS. THEY ARE ALSO USED AS
VEHICLE SHEDS SINCE IT IS EASIER TO
CONSTRUCT. SLOPING ROOF THATCH ROOF
• IT CAN BE SEEN IN NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
BUILDINGS AND ALTERED STRUCTURES.
BELVADI FLAT ROOF AC SHEET
NOT TO SCALE

ROOF TYPE
 THE SPACE AROUND THE
TEMPLE HAS MORE BUILT
STRUCTURES. THEY ARE
MAINLY RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.

AS ONE MOVES TOWARDS THE

NORTH EAST, IT HAS MORE OPEN
SPACES.

THE VILLAGE IS CLOSELY

KNIT AROUND THE
TEMPLE AND BECOMES
SPARSE AS IT MOVES
TOWARDS OUTER EDGES.

FIGURE GROUND MAP

55% 45%

NORTH
AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ARE
LOCATED TOWARDS THE OUTER
PARTS OF THE VILLAGE THEREFORE
ONLY FEW STRUCTURES ARE SEEN. BELVADI

FIGURE GROUND MAP NOT TO SCALE

BUILT UNBUILT

FIGURE GROUND MAP

CONCRETE ROAD
IT IS A CONCRETE ROAD. IT IS A
SECONDARY ROAD WHICH IS
CONNECTED THE JC ROAD. IT CAN BE
TAR ROAD
SAID THAT IT IS FAIRLY A NEW BUILT
ROAD SINCE IT IS MADE OF CONCRETE. IT IS A TAR ROAD WHICH IS LOCATED
THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD IS 6M WIDE NEAR THE TEMPLE. THERE ARE BRAHMIN
HENCE IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A HOUSES NEAR THE TEMPLE. THE WIDTH IS
SECONDARY ROAD. THE BUILDING ON ABOUT 5M AND IT IS A SECONDARY ROAD.
THE EITHER SIDE OF THIS ROAD IS IT IS A NEW ADDITION WHICH SHOWS
ABOUT 15-80 YEARS OLD. THE ROAD DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGE.
PROBABLY WAS BUILT OVER A MUD
ROAD AS AN UPDATE.

BELAVADI
NORTH
NOT TO SCALE
MUD ROAD KALDARI
IT IS A MUD ROAD SITUATED AT THE SOUTH
EAST CORNER. THIS ROAD CONNECTS TO THE IT IS A KALDARI. IT IS A TERTIARY ROAD WHICH
12 % PRIMARY ROAD CAN BE FOUND NEXT TO THE FARM LAND. IT IS
FARM LAND AND IS ACCESSED BY PEOPLE THAN
VEHICLES. THE WIDTH IS ABOUT 3M AND CAN BE 3% SECONDARY ROAD USUALLY ACCESSED BY THE FARMERS. IT IS
SAID TO BE A TERTIARY ROAD. THERE ARE NO ABOUT 0.5-1M WIDE. THERE IS GREEN LAND ON
85 % TIRTIARY
BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. EITHER SIDE.

ROAD NETWORKS
 ACCACIA

THESE ARE USED AS

SUPPLEMENT TO THE
POULTRY RATIONS I.E IT
USED AS FORAGE FOR
CATTLES.

NORTH

BELPETRA TREE

THE LEAF IS CONSIDERED TO

BE LORD SIVA’S FAVOURITE
PAPAYA TREE TREE. THUS, THIS TREES ARE
PLANTED.
PAPAYA HELPS IN
DIGNISED. PAPAYA
TREE CAN GROW UPTO
8M.

NILGIRI TREE \EUCALYPTUS

COCONUT TREE
THE ROOTS PROTUDE OUT IN
SUCH NATURAL DEPRESSION WOOD OF COCONUT TREES
AND PREVENTS HABITAT FOR HAVE BEEN USED AS
MOSQUITO. RAFTERS AND COLUMNS.

VEGETATION
POMOGRENATE TREE CASTOR TREE GUAVA TREE

SILVER OAK TREE CHAKOTATREE PAPAYA TREE

VEGETATION
 •TIMINGS-9:00AM
•WATER SUPPLY IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
VILLAGE ONCE IN 3 DAYS FOR HALF AN
HOUR. THE VILLAGES FULL UP THEIR POTS
AND STOCK IN THEIR HOUSES, THIS USUALLY
HAPPENS IN THE EARLY MORNINGS OR LATE
EVENINGS •TIMINGS – 11:30AM
•TIMINGS- 10:30AM •THESE PLOTS ARE USUALLY USED TO GROW
•THIS ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE IN THE FOOD FOR THE ANIMALS
MORNING USUALLY THE STONE SLAB PLACED
ABOVE THE DRAIN CONNECTING THE ROAD TO
THE HOUSE IS USED TO WASH CLOTHES AS
WELL AS UTENSILS
NORTH

NOT TO SCALE

•TIMINGS-5:30 PM
•CHILDREN ARE SEEN PLAYING WITH MARBLES
ON THE SIDES OF ROAD, AFTER THEY RETURN
FROM THE SCHOOL IN THE EVENING.

NODAL POINTS
TIMINGS-9:00AM
WATER SUPPLY IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE VILLAGE ONCE IN 3 DAYS TIMINGS- 10:30AM THIS ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE IN THE MORNING
FOR HALF AN HOUR. THE VILLAGES FULL UP THEIR POTS AND STOCK IN USUALLY THE STONE SLAB PLACED ABOVE THE DRAIN
THEIR HOUSES, THIS USUALLY HAPPENS IN THE EARLY MORNINGS OR CONNECTING THE ROAD TO THE HOUSE IS USED TO WASH CLOTHES
LATE EVENINGS AS WELL AS UTENSILS

TIMINGS – 11:30AM
AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ARE
USUALLY SITUATED AWAY
FROM THE VILLAGE. THE PLOTS
INSIDE THE VILLAGE ARE THE COWPEA (BLACK EYED
ONE’S WHICH ARE LEFT BARREN PEA) IS THE COMMONLY
WHEN THE OWNERS RELOCATE GROWN CROP WHICH IS
TO THE CITIES AND ARE DRIED AND BEATEN WITH
LOOKED AFTER BY THE A STICK TO SEPARATE
NEIGHBOURS TEMPORARILY THE PEAS AND POD.
THESE PLOTS ARE USUALLY THIS ACTIVITY TAKES
USED TO GROW FOOD FOR THE PLACE AFTER THE
ANIMALS HARVESTING IS DONE.

ACTIVITY MAPPING
KEY PLAN

NOT TO SCALE

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
 DOORS WIDTH HEIGHT
D1 1.2 1.65
D2 1 1.65
D3 1 1.6
D4 1 1.55
D5 0.9 1.55
D6 1.1 1.6
D7 0.9 1.65
D8 0.85 1.7
D9 1.1 1.6
D10 0.85 1.6

WINDOW WIDTH HEIGHT

W1 1 0.5
W2 0.75 0.5
W3 0.45 0.35
W4 0.8 1.3
W5 0.65 0.3
W6 0.8 1.3
W7 0.6 0.4

ROOMS AT 8:30am AT 9:30am

JAGLI 522 2742

LIVING ROOM 529 579
KITCHEN 19 21
BATHROOM 23 29

NORTH

PLAN
NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
 +0.55

+0.0

SECTION-AA’

+0.80
+0.65
+0.45
+0.0

SECTION-BB’

+0.75
+0.65
+0.55
+0.45
+0.0
SECTION-CC’ NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
 ATTIC PLAN

13

ROOF PLAN
DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES SITE PLAN

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
6.5

FRONT ELEVATION

6.5

REAR ELEVATION

DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
 7.5
4.5

ELEVATION 1

3.2
2.7

ELEVATION 2

DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
THE FRONT ELEVATION THE FRAME WITH THE HELP OF A ‘’J-BOLT’’.
WINDOW LOOKS IT AS TWO AN METAL ROD RUNS, ACTING AS THE
SHUTTERS BUT FROM SUPPORT TO THE DOOR. THE DOOR AS
BHIND IT AS FOUR WOODEN LINTAL WITH A THICK
SHUTTERS. WOODEN FRAME. WOODEN IS ATTACHED
THE SHUTTERS CONTROL TO THE
THE LIGHT AND VISIBILTY
OF THE STREET.

THE BEAM RUS ALL ALONG THE

SPAN OF THE ROOM. A SMALL
WOODEN BLOCK A PART OF IT
INSIDE THE WALL SUPPORTS THE J-BOLT
BEAM THE LOAD FROM THE BEAM IT IS MADE OF IRON AND ACT AS A
TRANSFERRED TO THE WOODEN HINGE OF THE DOOR.
BLOCK TO THE WALL.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
 MANGLORE TILES ARE USED
BECAUSE OF THE LOW
THE ROOF AS AN OPENING WHICH AVAILABETITY OF POT TILES.
IS OPAQUE AND IT ACTS AS
SOURCE OF LIGHT. 2 VERTICAL
WOODEN MEMBERS ACTS AS A
SUPPORTS. THERE IS OPERNING IN
THE ROOF BECAUSE THE SPACE IS
LOW LIGHT.

THE ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY

WOODEN COLUMNS CALLED
‘PILLE’ IN THE LOCAL
LANGUAGE THE LOAD ON THE
ONLY THE OLD AS A LOW JAGLI .IT IS A SEMI-OPEN
RIDGE IS EQUALLY
HOUSE USED AS AN INTERACTIVE SPACE.
TRANSFERRED TO THE
VERTICAL MEMBERS.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 1
 TYPOLOGY HOUSE

BELVADI KEY MAP

NOT TO SCALE

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
 B'
SL NO HEIGHT WIDTH
D1 1.70 0.8
D2 1.70 0.83
D13 D3 1.60 0.86
D4 1.60 0.86
D5 1.75 1.14
D6 1.75 0.9
D7 1.75 0.85
D8 1.70 0.86
D9 1.77 0.86
D10 1.75 0.87
D11 1.59 0.80
D12 D12 0.9 1.20
D11
D13 1.9 0.80
D10
D9

DOOR WIDTH HEIGHT

D8 D1 0.7 1.8
D7
D2 1.1 1.75
D3 1.1 1.5
D4 0.8 1.4

D6 A'
A D5
WINDOW WIDTH HEIGHT

NORTH W1 0.8 0.8

W5
W2 0.75 0.65
D4
W3 0.6 0.38
D3 W4 0.35 0.35
W5 W4 D1 W1 W2 W3 W5 0.35 0.35
D2 W6 0.45 0.65
FLOOR PLAN B

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONNS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
 0.5 0.3 0.5
6.7 6.7

0.45

1.3
AC SHEET
1

0.45

MANGALORE TILES
1.9

0.4

ATTIC PLAN
MANGALORE TILES

MANGALORE TILES

MANGALORE TILES
AT 8:30AM AT 9:30AM
SIT OUT 2217 1480
LIVING ROOM 149 275
MANGALORE TILES KITCHEN 27 47
NORTH STORAGE AREA 9 15
WASH ROOM 273 357
ROOF PLAN
LUX READING

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONNS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
 FRONT - ELEVATION ATTIC

0.3

1.1

0.45 0.45 STAIRCASE

1.9
THEY ARE MADE
UP OF
WOOD, RISES ARE
INCLINED TO
WITHSTAND
1.0 1.0 HEAVY LOADS.
1.2 1.2 1.8
STRINGERS ARE
1.8 1.7 PUT TOGETHER
1.7 ON BOTH SIDES.

NOT TO SCALE

SECTION – A ALL DIMENSIONNS ARE IN METRS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
 B

1.9
A

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

DETAIL - A

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7

0.25
0.00

SECTION - B

DETAIL - B

REAR - ELEVATION DETAIL - C

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONNS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
 MANAGALORE TILE

AC SHEET

MANGALORE TILES

THEY ARE MORE READILY AVAILABLE

THAN COUNTRY POT TILES. HENCE THE
THE FLOORING OF THE FIRST FLOOR IS MADE OF ROOF IS COVERED WITH MANGALORE
WOODEN PLANKS WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY TILES.
MINIMUM NUMBER OF BEAMS. THIS HOUSE HAS A
COLLARED TRUSS ROOF SYSTEM AS THERE IS LESS
SPACE FOR STORAGE.
.

THE DOORS ARE VERY HEAVY

AND MADE OF WOOD, WORKS
WITH J-BOLT MECHANISM.
MOST OF THE DOORS IN THIS STAIRCASE
HOUSE ARE PIVOTED.
THEY ARE MADE UP OF
WOOD, RISErs ARE
INCLINED TO
WITHSTAND HEAVY
LOADS. STRINGERS ARE
JOINARY DETAIL OF PUT TOGETHER ON
DOOR BOTH SIDES.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION
DETAILS :

ATTIC
ONLY SOURCE OF NATURAL LIGHT
IN THE INTERIORS OF THE
BUILDING

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 2
 TYPOLOGY HOUSE

BELAVADI KEY MAP

NOT TO SCALE

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
 B’
W1

A’
BATHROOM
W3 DOORS WIDTH HEIGHT
2.1*1.65 W2
D1 1.05 1.54
D5 D2 0.85 1.47
D6 D4 D3 0.8 1.50
BED ROOM D4 0.8 1.66
4*3.1 D5 0.65 1.70
D6 0.85 1.87
DINNING ROOM
6.6*3.1
WINDOW WIDTH HEIGHT
W1 0.7 0.48
W2 1 0.89
W3 1 1.1
D3 D2

11.3 LUX READING

KITCHEN
3.5*5 ROOMS AT 8:00am AT 10:0am
LIVING ROOM
JAGLI 1287 2687
6.75*4.1
BACKYARD 13486 16381
ROOM 44 47
A’
A BATHROOM 44 47
D1
ENTERANCE 9500 12087
D00R 1 98 330
BACK DOOR 1443 2441

NORTH

11.45

B A NOT TO SCALE
PLAN ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
 12.55 7.1

BEDROOM

5.2

11.65 ATTIC PLAN

ROOF PLAN

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
 2.6

+0.3
2.1
+0

SECTION AA’

4.7
+0.3

2.05
+0

SECTION BB’

4.7

+0.3

+0

NOT TO SCALE
SECTION CC’ ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
 4.7

FRONT ELEVATION

4.7

REAR ELEVATION

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
2.6

2.1

ELEVATION 1

1.7

2.8

ELEVATION 2

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
 THERE ARE PILLARS BOTH INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
THE PILLAR SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE.
THE CAPITAL OF THE PILLAR HAS
FLORAL PATTERNS.

THE DOOR HAS A WOODEN

LINTEL WITH A THICK
WOODEN FRAME.
IT HAS A DOOR WHICH IS
PIVOTED AT BOTH THE
CORNERS. LADDER IS USED AS A
IT IS PIVOTED TO WOOD AT MEDIUM TO ACCESS THE
THE LINTEL AND TO STONE AT ATTIC.
THE BOTTOM. THERE IS A SMALL
OPENING BETWEEN TWO
CONSECUTIVE RAFTERS.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
 THE WOODEN PILLARS
ARE EMBEDDED INTO
THE WALLS. THESE
WOOD COULD BE BECAUSE
WOODEN PILLARS
WITHSTAND VIBRATION.
MANGALORE TILES ARE MORE READILY
ALSO FOR EXTRA
AVAILABLE THAN COUNTRY POT TILES
WALL SUPPORT.
HENCE HALF OF THE ROOF IS COVERED
WITH MANGALORE TILES.

POT TILES WERE USED INITIALLY FOR

ROOFING DUE TO LOCAL AVAILABILITY.

DETAIL SHOWING THE FIXTURE OF A

RIDGE. THE ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY
VERTICAL WOODEN COLUMNS CALLED
PILLE IN LOCAL LANGUAGE. A TYPICAL VILLAGE JAGLI
THE LOAD ON THE RIDGE IS EQUALLY ONLY THE OLD HOUSES HAVE A LOW JAGLI. IT IS A SEMI
TRANSFERRED TO THE VERTICAL OPEN PART OF THE HOUSE USED AS INTERACTING
MEMBERS. SPACE.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 3
KEY PLAN

PLAN NOT TO SCALE

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 4
 10.5 10.85

9.1
SCHEDULE

DOORS WIDTH HEIGHT

D1 0.7 1.8

16.5
D2 1.1 1.75
D3 1.1 1.5
10.7
D4 0.8 1.4

ATTIC PLAN
WINDOWS WIDTH HEIGHT
W1 0.8 0.8
NORTH W2 0.75 0.65
W3 0.6 0.38
W4 0.35 0.35
W5 0.35 0.35
W6 0.45 0.65
5.65 415
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES
FLOOR PLAN

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 4
3.4

2.2
2.5 1.8

+0.4
+0.2
+-0
-0.6

SECTION AA’

3.4

2
2.5

SECTION BB’ NOT TO SCALE

ALL DEMENSIONS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 4
3.4
2.4 3.4
2.4

SOUTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

TILES
COUNTRY POT TILES
BATTENS

RAFTERS ROOF DETAIL

MANGALORE TILES

BOTH MANGALORE TILES AND COUNTRY POT TILES ARE USED FOR THE SLOPING ROOF. ONE
SIDE OF THE ROOF IS COMPLETELY MADE OF COUNTRY POT TILES AND THE OTHER BY
MANGALORE TILES WHICH MIGHT BE DUE TO THE DAMAGE OF INITIALLY USED POT TILES.

AG SHEET LUX READINGS

AT 8:30 am AT 10:30 am
NORTH
MAIN ENTRANCE 88 lx 44 lx
ROOM ENTRANCE 4 lx 28 lx
ROOM WINDOW 344 lx 730 lx
KITCHEN ENTRANCE 40 lx 20 lx
ROOF PLAN KITCHEN WINDOW 704 lx 732 lx

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 4
 • THE STONE
COLUMN ON THE
PARAPET WALL IN
VERANDAH HOLDS
THE BEAM WHICH
INTURN SUPPORTS
THE RAFTERS.
• THESE RAFTERS
AND BATTENS ARE
CONSTRUCTED
USING
ARERCAUNUT AND
COCONUT TREE
WOOD – EASY
• WOODEN TRUSS SUPPORTING THE SLOPING ROOF OF THE COWSHED. AVAILABILITY OF
• IN THE EXTERIOR, THIS ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY STONE COLUMNS. THESE MATERIALS.

• PIVOTED DOOR WHERE IT IS NOT

CONNECTED TO THE DOOR FRAME
BUT DIRECTLY TO THE LINTEL ON TOP
AND FLOOR AT THE BOTTOM.

• A SMALL WOODEN PIECE CUT IN

A SEMI CIRCULAR SHAPE HOLDS
THE BEAM WHICH SUPPORTS THE
RAFTERS OF THE ROOF.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 4
 • PILLARS INSIDE THE HOUSE.
• SOME ARE EMBEDDED IN THE
WALL.
• THESE PILLARS SUPPORT THE
• THE SEMI ATTIC.
CIRCULAR
PIECE MADE OF
AC SHEET IS
THE JUNCTION
OF THE ROOF
OF THE HOUSE
AND THAT OF
THE COWSHED
IS FOR THE
RAINWATER TO
DRAIN OUT.

• THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING IS

EVIDENT IN THIS ELEVATION.
• THE DIFFERENCES ARE THE MATERIALS USED FOR ROOF AND THE
WALLS.
• THE HOUSE IS MADE OF MUD WALL, COW SHED IS MADE OF BRICK WALL
AND THE SPACE OPPOSITE TO IT IS ENCLOSED BY CONCRETE BLOCKS
AND COVERED BY AC SHEETS.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 4
KEY PLAN

SITE PLAN (NOT TO SCALE)

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
 DOORS
15.2
DOOR WIDTH HEIGH
A NO. T
D1 0.8 1.2
D2 0.5 1.1
KITCHEN STORAGE D3 0.5 1.2
3.8X2.9 O3 3.2X2.9
D4 0.8 1.2
7.4 D5 0.5 0.8
COW SHED SHEEP SHED
6X3.3 6X3 OPENINGS
B O2 B’
LIVING BEDROOM OPENIN WIDTH HEIGH
HALL O12.3X2.1 G NO. T
D4
5X2.3
O1 1.2 1.5
O2 0.8 2.0
D1
O4 O3 0.5 1.3
D2 BATHROOM
2.6X1.3 D5 O4 1.5 1.8

TOILET ENTRANCE
LUX READINGS
D3 1X1 NORTH
A’ SL. PLACE TIME LUX TIME 2 LUX
NO 1 1 2
PLAN (AM) (AM)
1. KITCHEN 9:00 0 10:30 0
2. LIVING 9:00 200 10:30 705
3. ENTRANCE 9:00 2046 10:30 4135
4. BATHROO 9:00 2 10:30 2
M
NOT TO SCALE

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
 1.7
2.9 3.5

+0.6
+-0
SECTION-BB’

3.5
2.5
2.0
1.4 1.6

+- 0

SECTION-AA’
NOT TO SCALE

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
7.4

7.6
8.2 15.4

ATTIC PLAN (NOT TO SCALE) ROOF PLAN

NOT TO SCALE

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
1.7
1.5

NORTH ELEVATION

1.5

SOUTH ELEVATION

NOT TO SCALE

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
3.5

WEST ELEVATION

2.9

EAST ELEVATION

NOT TO SCALE

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
 20% 10%

DETAILS

PILLE:
ACTS AS ADDITION SUPPORT TO
RIDGE
PIECE.
IT COMPRISES OF TWO PARTS:
1.VERTICAL SUPPORT
2.THE PLATE FOR SUPPORT
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC VIEW
70%
IT IS SLANTLY PLACED SO AS TO EASE THE
PIE CHART PRESSURE OF COMPRESSIVE FORCES ON IT.
PLATE FOR SUPPORT: PLATE UPON WHICH
RIDGE PIECE IS PLACED. IT IS PRESENT FOR
TIME SPENT IN THE FIELD THE EASE OF PLACEMENT OF RIDGE PIECE ON
VERTICAL SUPPORT

TIME SPENT IN THE HOUSEHOLD

ACTIVITIES

TME SPENNT INSIDE THE HOUSE

THERE ARE NO WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE. IT

MAY BE BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING
REASONS:

•MAYBE THE FAMILY PRACTICED FARMING.

THUS, MOST OF THE TIME THEY WOULD
WORK ON THE FARMS.

•DUE TO THE WALL THICKNESS IT WOULD

BE COOL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
 SINCE THERE IS A
LARGER SURFACE AREA
LARGER SURFACE AREA SMALLER SURFACE AREA
DISTRIBUTING LOAD
DISTRIBUTING LOAD THE LOAD IS NOT GETTING
EVENLY TO THE GROUND
EVENLY TO THE GROUND DISTRIBUTED EVENLY

PROS:
•MECHANISM OF THE DOOR ARE
EASIER

CONS:
•IN CASE OF FIRE WOOD WILL USE OF STONE FOR PILLARS:
PERISH. THAT IS THE RECENT ADDITION. IN
•DURING HOT AND COOL OTHER PART STONE HAS NOT
SEASON EXPANSION AND BEEN USED IN SUCH MANNER.
SHRINKAGE TAKES PLACE THE STONE PILLAR IS PROVIDED
BECAUSE OF WHICH IT IS AS AN EXTRA SUPPORT TO ROOF.
DIFFICULT TO OPEN THE DOOR.

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
 MATERIALS USED FOR ROOF AND WALL

DOOR WHICH IS NOT FUNCTIONAL

EXPLODED VIEW OF THE HOUSE (NOT TO SCALE)

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 5
KEY PLAN

NOT TO SCALE

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 6
 A’

14.5
W2
D5 DOORS WIDTH HEIGHT
D1 0.75 1.45
D2 0.70 1.65
B D3 0.70 1.55
D4 B’
D6 D4 0.60 1.50
D5 0.70 1.45
D6 0.70 1.40
O 0.70 1.45

7.3

WINDOW WIDTH HEIGHT

BATHROOM W1 0.60 0.55
3.6X2.1 M W2 0.70 0.55

D1

D3 ROOMS AT 8:30am AT 9:30am

VERANDAH 7225 3089

D2 LIVING ROOM 2 281
1.9 DINING 27 78
KITCHEN 20 324
BATHROOM 56 613
W1

PLAN A

NOT TO SCALE
NORTH ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 6
 +2.05 +2.65

+0.65
+0.55 +0.40
+0.0
+5.0
SECTION-AA’

+2.65
+2.05

+0.40
+0.0

SECTION-BB’

+
+0.65

+0.45

NOT TO SCALE
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES
FRONT ELEVATION

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 6
ROOF PLAN
ATTIC PLAN

DIMENSIONS ARE IN METRES

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 6
 THE BEDROOM DIDNOT EXIST
THE BATHROOM WAS WHEN THE HOUSE WAS INITIALLY
INITIALLY USED AS A BUILT. IT WAS A PORTION
COWSHED CREATED TO HELP SOMEONE WHO
NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY.
THEREFORE, IT HAS ADOOR FROM
THE VERANDAH AND ONE FROM
THE HALL

NOT TO SCALE
ISOMETRIC VIEW

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 6
 THE WALLS VARY FROM
300MM-800MM THICKNESS
AND ARE MADE FROM
MUD AND STONE
AGGREGATE MIXED IN
PROPORTIONS

THE HOUSE HAS A LOT OF NICHES WHICH

VARY IN SIZE AND ARE USED AS STORAGE
SPACE

WOODEN PILLARS ARE

ENCLOSED WITHIN THE WALLS.

THE DOORS ARE ABOUT 1.7M LONG.

THE IDEA IS TO BEND DOWN, BE
HUMBLE AND THEN ENTER THE
HOUSE

BUILDING TYPOLOGY - 6
THEY MADE OPENINGS IN THE WALLS WHICH ACT LIKE WINDOWS WITHOUT
FRAME AND RODS ALONG THEM WHICH ARE USUALLY PLACED AT HIGHER
HEIGHT FOR LIGHT AND VENTILATION TO THE ATTIC.

THIS WOODEN WINDOW HAS RODS MADE OF WOOD. THE LIGHT ENTERS THOUGH THE
OPENING AND AN CREATES INTERESTING PATTERN.

THIS IS A BASIC WINDOW WITH RODS.

THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE WINDOW LOOKS LIKE IT AS TWO

SHUTTERS, BUT FROM BEHIND IT HAS FOUR SHUTTERS CONTROL THE
LIGHT AND VISIBILITY OF STREET.

THIS IS A WINDOW
WITH WOODEN
FRAME. THE RODS
THIS IS A DOUBLE DOOR WITH
ARE RUNNING ON
AN EXTRA OPENING ON THE
EITHER SIDE OF THE
TOP. THE IS FOR BOTH LIGHT
FRAME.
AND VENTILATION.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - WINDOWS

JOINERY DETAIL AND IT IS A SQUARE COLUMN WITH
EXPLODED VIEW OF CAPITAL HAVING 2 PARTS. THE FIRST
PART IS CHAMFERED WHERE THE
CAPITAL AND COLUMN
CURVED EDGE IS PLACED ON THE
THE CAPITAL FIXED TO COLUMN CAPITAL, THE BIG PART OF THE
USING TENON AND MORTICE CAPITAL TRANSFERS LOAD FROM THE
JOINT SYSTEM. THE TWO PARTS CROSS-BEAMS.
OF THE CAPITAL ARE JOINING IN
A PLUS MANNERISM. THIS KIND
OF JOINERY IS STORAGE SINCE
THEY ARE SITTING ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER AND LOCKING

LOCKING DETAIL

IT IS A SQUARE COLUMN TAPERING AT

THE TOP. THE COLUMN IS CONSTRUCTED
IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS HOLLOW. THE
JOINERY DETAIL IS SHOWN. LOAD IS
TRANSFERRED FROM THE BEAM EQUALLY
INTO ALL THE 4-PARTS OF THE CAPITAL.

THESE KINDS OF COLUMNS ARE

FOUND IN HIGHER CASTE
BRAHMIN HOUSES. THEY ARE
DECORATED . WHILE LOWER
CASTE HOUSES HAVE THE RAW
WOOD AS SUPPORTS.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - COLUMN

 IT IS A SQUARE COLUMN
THIS IS A SQUARE CLOUMN WHICH HAS A CAPITAL.
WHICH HAS BEEN CARVED THE CAPITAL HAS TWO
OUT INTO AN OCTAGON AS PARTS: THE FIRST PART IS
WE MOVE TOWARDS THE A SEMI-CIRCULAR
SHAFT AND THE BASE; ELEMENT WHOSE FLAT
THE COLUMN HAS A SURFACE SUPPORTS THE
CHAMFERRED CAPITAL. ELEMENT WHICH IS IN
PLUS SHAPE.

IT IS A FLUTED COLUMN THAT

TAPPERS ON THE TOP. THE
CAPITAL IS MADE OF A
RECTANGULAR PIECE. THE
SURFACE AREA OF THE
CAPITAL IS MORE, HENCE IT
CAN WITHSTAND MORE LOAD.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - COLUMN

THIS SHOWS A PRIMITIVE
WOODEN COLUMN A TREE BRANCH THERE ARE FEW TYPES OF
ATTACHED TO THE MUD ACTING LIKE A COLUMNS THAT SUPPORT THE
WALL. THE COLUMN SUPPORT; IN THIS CASE ROOF. THE TREE COLUMN
IS EXPOSED AND IT THE BRANCHES HAVE WHICH IS STANDING ON A WALL
SUPPORTS THE BEAM A V-SHAPED SUPPORTS THE BEAM. BEHIND
ABOVE IT, AT ITS UNEVEN BIFURCATION UPON THIS THE WOODEN COLUMN
CURVE. WHICH THE BEAM OR WITH CAPITAL IS SUPPORTING
RAFTER RESTS. AN ELEMENT OF THE ROOF.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - COLUMN

 TYPES OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES USED:

EAVES

THE MAIN FUCTION OF THE EAVE BOARD IS TO

DRAIN THE WATER AND NOT LET WATER SEEP
INSIDE. BEETLENUT
EAVE BOARDS CAN ALSO BE ADDED AS AN
ORNAMENTED ATICLE.

TEMPORARY STRUCTURES

THESE ARE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, BUILT

OF BEETLENUT, WOODEN PLANKS WHICH ARE
HORIZONTALLY PLACED AND SUPPORTED BY
STONES AND WOODEN LOGS VERTICALLY.
THESE ARE USED AS STORAGE SPACES FOR
CATTLE.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - EAVES

 • JOINERY OF
PIVOTED • THIS DOOR IS BELONGS
DOOR TO AN TO A VERY OLD HOUSE
ORNAMENTAL HENCE THE DOOR
LOOKS.
LINTEL.

• THIS DOOR IS CONSTRUCTED AS COWSHED

HENCE THE HEIGHT IS A LITTLE HIGHER
COMPARE TO THE DOORS USED BY HUMAN.
• VERTICAL WOODEN PIECES ARE JOINED
TOGETHER USING BATTENS TO A RANDOM
MANNER.

• THIS DOOR IS
PART OF A
RESIDENTIAL
HOUSE.
• WOODEN
PLANKS THREE
IN NUMBER ARE
JOINED
TOGETHER BY
SLANTLY
PLACING THE • THIS DOOR AS A WOODEN LINTEL. THE
BATTENS AT AN • IT IS A DOOR WITH
RUNNING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE
ANGLE AND UNIQUE LOCK SYSTEM.
DOOR AS LITTLE PROJECTIONS WHERE THE
NAILING IT. BOTTOM IS FIXED TO THE GROUND THE TOP
RUNS INTO THE LINTEL AND ANOTHER
PIECE ABOVE IT.

• THIS IS A DOUBLE DOOR

WITH AN EXTRA
OPENING ON THE TOP.
• IT IS A TOILET THE IS FOR BOTH LIGHT
DOOR. HENCE IT • THIS KIND OF AND VENTILATION.
IS MADE USING DOOR IS USED FOR
PIECES OF ODDLY COMMERCIAL
SIZED WOOD AND PURPOSE IN THE
THEY ARE NAILED VILLAGE.
TOGETHER.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - DOORS

IT IS A SQUARE COLUMN MADE OF
WOOD, THE DECORATED COLUMN’S
CAPITAL SUPPORTS THE BEAM
PROJECTING FROM THE WALL THE FIRST POT TILE WERE USED
BEAM IN TURN SUPPORTS THE ROOF’S LATER MANGALORE TILES WERE
RAFTER USED TO COVER THE JAGLI

THIS ACTS LIKE VENTILATION TO THE

WASHROOM

HIGH RAISED WALL BUILT TO

PROVIDE PRIVACY

MATERIAL USED: TAGADU.IT IS ADDED

RECENTLY AND THERE IS LESS
PROMINENCE TO THE LOOKS OF THIS DOOR
HENCE THIS MATERIAL COULD BE USED. SINGLE DOOR: THEY MAY BE ECONOMICALLY RICH. HENCE, THEY HAVE
THIS WALL DIVIDES THE HOUSE INTO TWO RENOVATED THE HOUSE BY ADDING A SINGLE RICHLY DECORATED DOOR.
HOUSES DUE TO GENERATION GROWTH.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 1
 THIS ROOM CAN BE
ASSUMED TO BE A NEW
ADDITION. THE WALL
LOOKS NEW COMPARED
TO OTHER WALLS OF
THE HOUSE.

JAGLI IS A LATER ADDITION SINCE A

ROOF ABOVE IS EXTENDED AND
THE HOUSE CAN BE ASSUMED TO BE A MANGALORE TILES ARE USED
LIG SINCE THE JAGLI, DOOR HEIGHT INSTEAD OF COUNTRY POT TILES.
AND THE USE OF COUNTRY POT TILES.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 2
 COLUMN FIXTURE :
THE WOOD PIECE ACTING LIKE
A COLUMN/SUPPORT TO THE
ROOF IS A DAMAGE CONTROL.
IT IS JUST FIXED TO THE MUD
WALL. THE PART IS EXPOSED
DUE TO WEATHERING AND THE
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.

WALL
UNPLASTERED WALL WITH TWO SMALL
OPENINGS.
GAP
THE WALL CAN BE A NEW ADDITION THE GAP WHICH IS
FORMING THE ATTIC WALL. THE OPENINGS VISIBLE IN THE FRONT
ARE FOR PROVIDING LIGHT AND ELEVATION IS MEANT
VENTILATION. TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND
VENTILATION TO THE
ROOF IN FRONT SINCE
IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY
WINDOWS.

THE TRANSFORMATION IN THE USE OF

THE HEIGHT OF THE
BY THE LOOK OF THE FRONT ROOF TILES SHOWS EVOLUTION AND
DOOR RUNS ALONG THE
ELEVATION, WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT THE THE FRONT AND THE BACK PART IS
ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE
FAMILY LIVING IN THE HOUSE BELONGS TO NEW ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURE.
WALL HENCE WHEN
MIG: THE MIDDLE PART BEING THE OLDEST,
THE DOOR CLOSES IT
*ADDITION OF NEW HOUSES THREE FAMILIES RESIDE IN THIS
PROVIDES
*SIZE OF THE PLOT STRUCTURE CAN BE CONCLUDED.
VENTILATION.
*HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 3
 ROOF BREAKDOWN:
THE ROOF HAS BROKEN DOWN DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT AT THE BASE
THUS A SERIES OF FEW COLUMNS SHOULD BE PLACED.
THE HOUSE (THERE ARE TWO HOUSES) IS UNDER A SINGLE ROOF, FROM
THIS WE CAN INFER THAT THE HOUSE BELONG TO THE SAME FAMILY
WHICH HAS BEEN DIVIDED AMONGST THE BROTHERS.
THE WOODEN PILLAR IS A LATER ADDITION AS A RESULT OF THE ROOF
BREAK DOWN.

VENTILATION:
THIS IS A TYPICAL
VENTILATION OUTLET IN
MOST THE HOUSES, MAY
BE THIS IS PRESENT
ABOVE THE KITCHEN
AREA OF THE HOUSE.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 4
 LIME MORTAR:
MUD WALL WILL DISINTEGRATE IF
IT IS EXPOSED TO SUN AND RAIN
HENCE TO PROTECT IT LIME
MORTAR IS USED. THE THICKNESS
VARIES FROM 25MM-100MM.

BRICK:
BRICK IS USED AS BUILDING MATERIAL IN
VERY FEW HOUSES. IT IS USED FOR TIMBER:
CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS. IT IS A MORE TIMBER IS USED AS BUILDING
MODERN METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. MATERIAL FOR COLUMNS,
DOOR, WINDOWS, ROOF
ELEMENTS.

STONE:
STONE IS MAJOR MATERIAL USED FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF WALLS, JAGLI, COLUMNS AND SLABS FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATION IN BELAVADI.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 5
STONE COLUMNS
WERE USED AS
SUPPORT TO THE FIRST POT TILE WERE USED
ROOF LATER MANGALORE TILES
WERE USED

INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL

THIS MIGHT BE AN ENTRANCE
JAGLI IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE
FOR A ROOM OR A HOUSE
THERE IS A COWSHED. MAYBE
BECAUSE THEY DEPEND COWS
FOR A LIVING.

THIS SPACE ACTS AS A

TRANSITION SPACE AND A
PART OF IT IS ALSO USED TO
WASH VESSELS.

MUD IS THE
MATERIAL USED
FOR
CONSTRUCTION
OF WALLS

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 6
 THE BUILDING IS SYMMETRICAL ABOUT THE CENTRAL AXIS.
THIS BUILDING IS UNIQUE WHEN COMPARED TO THE TYPE OF
VERANDA IT HAS.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 7
 • THE JAGLI IS HIGH RAISED WHEN
COMPARED TO OTHER HOUSES IN
THE VILLAGE. • STONE COLUMN MAYBE USED FOR SUPPORTING THE EXTENDED
• THIS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE PART OF SLOPING ROOF.
THE FAMILY RESIDING IN THE
PRIEST OF VEERANARAYANA
TEMPLE.
• HENCE THE HEIGHT OF THE JAGLI
SHOW THEIR STATUS.

• COUNTRY POT TILES ARE

DAMAGED, HENCE ARE
REPLACED BY MANGALORE
TILES.

• PHOTO OF THE PRIEST’S HOUSE TAKEN FROM THE

ENTRANCE OF VEERANARAYANA TEMPLE.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 8
 THE BEAM IS SUPPORTED BY ANOTHER ELEMENT, THE LOAD
FROM THE BEAM IS TRANSFORMED INTO THE ELEMENT THE
SURFACE IS OF THE BEAM AND THE ELEMENT IS SAME.

THE HOUSE HAS THREE TYPES OF

ROOF TILES: COUNTRY POT TILES,
MANGALORE TILES AND AC SHEET. DUE TO POOR ECONOMICAL CONDITIONS THE
QUALITY OF WOOD USED IN CONSTRUCTION IS
NOT SO GOOD.

THE SMALL ,HIGH

RISED JAGALI

DUE TO THE GENERATION GROWTH THE FAMILY DIVIDED

THE HOUSE INTO THREE PARTS.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 9
 FIRST POT TILES WERE USED LATER
MANGALORE TILES WERE USED TO
COVER JAGLI

THIS ACTS LIKE VENTILATION TO THE

ROOF .

HIGH RAISED WALL BUILT TO PROVIDE

SINGLE DOOR: THEY MAY BE ECONOMICALLY PRIVACY.
RICH. HENCE, THEY HAVE RENOVATED THE
HOUSE BY ADDING A SINGLE RICHLY DECORATED MATERIAL USED: TAGADU IS ADDED RECENTLY AND
DOOR. THERE IS LESS PROMINENCE TO THE LOOKS OF THIS
DOOR HENCE THIS MATERIAL COULD BE USED. THIS
WALL DIVIDES THE HOUSE INTO TWO HOUSES DUE TO
GENERATION GROWTH.

IT IS A SQUARE COLUMN MADE OF WOOD, THE

DECORATED COLUMN’S CAPITAL SUPPORTS THE
BEAM PROJECTING FROM THE WALL THE BEAM
IN TURN SUPPORTS THE ROOF’S RAFTER.

BUILDING ANALYSIS - 10
 NORTH

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

NOT TO SCALE
KEY PLAN

STREET ANALYSIS - 1
 NORTH

NORTH ELEVATION

PLAN

SOUTH ELEVATION
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS
NOT TO SCALE

STREET ANALYSIS - 1
 NORTH

COW SHEDS ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO

THE BEGINNING OF THE STREET CONSISTS THE HOUSES IN GENERAL. SOME OF THE
OF A SMALL TEMPLE WHERE ONLY HOUSES HAVE FLOWERS PATCHES
KURUBAS ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER. THE WHICH WAS USED TO MAKE GARLANDS
STREET HAS FEW HOUSES MADE OF MUD FOR TEMPLE.
AND STONES, MANY HOUSES ARE MADE OF DRYING OF CROPS WAS DONE ON THE
BRICKS AND VERY FEW ARE MADE OF ROAD DUE TO LACK OF SPACE.
CEMENT BLOCKS.

THE HOUSES HERE BELONG TO LIG

MAINLY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE
SEPARATE BACKYARD OR FRONT YARD
SPACE. THE HOUSE OCCUPIED THE ENTIRE
AREA OF THE AVAILABLE SITE. WASHING
CLOTHS AND DISHES WAS DONE IN FRONT
OF THE HOUSE ON STONE SLAB
CONNECTING HOUSE TO THE ROAD.

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

NOT TO SCALE

STREET ANALYSIS - 1
STREET ANALYSIS - 1
 NORTH

STREET ANALYSIS - 2
 NORTH

NORTH ELEVATION

PLAN

SOUTH ELEVATION ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS

NOT TO SCALE

STREET ANALYSIS - 2
THIS STREET IS EXACTLY NEXT TO THE TEMPLE. IT IS STILL ONE OF THE AREAS WHICH HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY BRAHMINS.

THERE ARE 10 HOUSES IN TOTAL ON BOTH THE SIDES OF THE STREET. WHICH AGES TO AN AVERAGE OF 80-100 YEARS. THE HOUSES IN THE STREET RUN LONGER THAN
THOSE ON THE OTHER STREET AND GIVES US A HINT ON THE FINICALLY STATUS. AS OBSERVED PEOPLE IN THIS STREET BELONG TO HIGH INCOME GROUP. FOR A LIVING, AS
ALL OF THEM ARE MOSTLY BRAHMINS THEY MIGHT BE PRIESTS. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF HOUSES IN THIS STREET IS 6-7M WHERE AS IN OTHER STREETS IT IS 3-4M. HOUSES
HAVE ORNAMENTED PILLARS WITH CAPITALS, ORNAMENTED DOORS WHICH THROW LIGHT ON THEIR ECONOMICAL STATUS.

ALL THE HOUSES HAVE SLOPING ROOFS WITH MANGALORE TILES AND SOME WITH POT TILES. THIS SHOWS THE EVOLUTION OF THE BUILDINGS. SOME HOUSES HAVE BEEN
DIVIDED WITH THE WALL IN BETWEEN MAY BE DUE TO GENERATION DIFFERENCES.

STREET ANALYSIS - 2
STREET ANALYSIS - 2
KEY PLAN

PLAN NOT TO SCALE

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 NORTH

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KEY PLAN

PLAN NOT TO SCALE

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• THE STREET IS RIGHT BESIDE THE VEERANARAYANA

SWAMY TEMPLE HENCE IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN THE VILLAGE

• THERE ARE 7 HOUSES BELONGING TO MIG, 2 HOUSES

TO LIG AND 1 HOUSE TO HIG.

• MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE PARTLY RENOVATED WITH

CEMENT BLOCKS WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS
CONSTRUCTED ONLY BRAHMINS USED TO LIVE IN THIS
STREET BUT NOW MOST OF THEM HAVE MIGRATED TO
DIFFERENT PLACES. PEOPLE OF VARIOUS CASTES
RESIDE HERE.

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