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    Vernacular Architecture

    Lecture - 1
    Vernacular Architecture is an

    Architectural Style that is designed

    based on local needs, availability of

    construction materials and reflecting

    local traditions.
    Vernacular architecture originated
    when mankind was forced to make
    use of the natural resources around
    him, and provide himself shelter and
    comfort which is responsive to the
    climate, a shield from the elements.

    It is a pure reaction to an individual


    person’s or society’s building needs,
    and has allowed man, even before
    the architect, to construct shelter
    according to his circumstance. Such
    simple traditions have long been
    regarded as backward, and have
    been replaced by half-digested,
    largely inappropriate architectural
    values.
    Broadly defined, vernacular architecture is an area of architectural
    theory that studies the structures made by empirical builders without
    the intervention of professional architects.

    Vernacular architecture is very open, comprehensive concept. It is


    in fact used as a shortcut and synonymous for several different
    practices, and theoretical stands on those practices. These includes

     Primitive Or Aboriginal Architecture

     Indigenous Architecture

     Ancestral Or Traditional Architecture

     Folk, Popular Or Rural Architecture

     Ethnic Architecture Or Ethno-architecture

     Informal Architecture

    The so called “ anonymous architecture” or “architecture without


    architect”
    1. Primitive or aboriginal architecture
    2. Indigenous architecture
    3. Ancestral or traditional architecture
    4. Folk, Popular or Rural Architecture
    5. Ethnic Architecture
    6. Informal Architecture
    Vernacular and the architects

    Paul Oliver, in his book Dwellings, states:

    "...it is contended that 'popular architecture' designed by

    professional architects or commercial builders for popular

    use, does not come within the compass of the vernacular".

    Oliver also offers the following simple definition of vernacular

    architecture: "the architecture of the people, and by the

    people, but not for the people.“

    He has argued that Vernacular Architecture will be necessary

    in the future to "ensure sustainability in both cultural and

    economic terms beyond the short term."


    Vernacular and the architects

    Frank Lloyd Wright described Vernacular Architecture as "Folk

    building growing in response to actual needs, fitted into

    environment by people who knew no better than to fit them

    with native feeling".

    Suggesting that it is a primitive form of design, lacking intelligent

    thought, but he also stated that it was "for us better worth study

    than all the highly self-conscious academic attempts at the

    beautiful throughout Europe".


    Vernacular and the architects

    Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa is considered the pioneer of regional

    modernism in South Asia. Along with him, modern proponents of the use of

    the vernacular in architectural design include Charles Correa, a well known

    Indian architect; Muzharul Islam and Bashirul Haq, internationally known

    Bangladeshi architects; Balkrishna Doshi, another Indian, who established the

    Vastu-Shilpa Foundation in Ahmedabad to research the vernacular

    architecture of the region; and Sheila Sri Prakash who has used rural Indian

    architecture as an inspiration for innovations in environmental and socio-

    economically sustainable design and planning. The Dutch architect Aldo van

    Eyck was also a proponent of vernacular architecture.

    Architects whose work exemplifies the modern take on vernacular


    architecture would be Samuel Mockbee, Christopher Alexander and Paolo
    Soleri.
    Oia, Santorini, Greece.

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