Architecture: Vernacular

Vernacular
Architecture
TOPIC: DWELLINGS IN GONDIA,
MAHARASTRA
Gondia district (almost on Maharashtra and MP border) is located near

Nagpur in Mahrashtra.
Contents
01 INTRODUCTION
02 CLIMATE AND SEASON
03 BUILDING
COMPONENT
04 CULTURAL
BACKGROUND
05 ECONOMICAL
BACKGROUND
06 DAKSHINA CHITRA
MUSEUM
Introduction • The traditional dwellings
situated there, are typical
• LOCATION:GONDIA DISTRICT, for that region.
MAHARASTRA • The houses varied from
small single storied mud
• COORDINATES:21.46DEG structures to three or even
LATITUDE, 80.192 DEG more, in similar pattern.
GONDIA LONGITUDE • This is a study of a three
storied haveli belonging to a
• ELEVATION:1056 FT zamindar.
• But unfortunately the front
courtyard was a mere
shadow of its original form.
• So, the information gathered
here is a combination of a
couple of other similar
structures.
• So the main building of the
original haveli is combined
to the courtyard and
livestock-shelters of the
second, completing the
original traditional dwelling
as it would have had been.
CLIMATE
• IN GONDIA THE WET SEASON IS OPPRESSIVE AND OVERCAST, THE DRY SEASON IS MOSTLY
CLEAR, AND IT IS HOT YEAR AROUND.
• GONDIA EXPERIENCES EXTREME VARIATIONS IN TEMP., WITH VERY HOT SUMMERS AND VERY COLD
WINTERS.
• THE AVERAGE RELATIVE HUIDITY IS 62%
• .THE AVERAGE RAINFALL IS MORE THAN 1200MM EACH YEAR IN RAINY SEASON.
• IN MONTH OF MAY THE DAYTIME AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL GENERLLY REACH HIGHS OF
AROUND 42 DEGREES.
SEASON
• & IN MONTH OF DECEMBER THE TEMPERATURE WILL RISE UPTO 29 DEGREES IN DAYTIME.
KARNATAKA EXOERIENCES FOUR SEASONS IN YEAR:

1. SUMMER:APRIL AND MAY ARE THE HOTTEST MONTHS IN KARNATAKA,
CAUSING DRYNESS
2. MONSOON:IN MONTH OF JUNE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERTURE SOARS IN THE
STATE.AND ALSO THE RAINFALL IS BROUGHT IN SOUTHERN PART WHEREAS
THE NORTHERN PART RECIEVES THE LOWEST AVERAGE RAINFALL.
3. POST MONSOON:WEATHER IS PLEASANT AND THE HUMIDITY REDUCES
CONSIDERABLY DURING THIS PERIOD.
4. WINTER:COLDEST IN MOST PARTS OF KARNATAKA AND CONSIDERABLY
REDUCTION IN HUMIDITY.
SOUCE:Gondia District - Climate (liquisearch.com), Gondiā Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (India) - Weather Spark
CULTURAL BACKGROUND
• The cluster from Ilkal, Bagalkote district represents an urban
settlement pattern.
• Almost all houses in northern Karnataka are built of stone.
Each area has its distinctive stone.. The colours vary from area
to area as does the way the stone is quarried and the
preferred shapes and sizes used for construction. In Ilkal, the
stone is granite.
• Images of sun, moon , flowers etc. adorn kannikamba and
main doors,
signifying that kodavas were nature worshippers.
• Unique feature of kodava culture is that men and women
share same kind of respect, status and position
• The façade is usually symmetrical, around central projection.
• The weaving was originated originally in Karnataka.
• The main spaces created inside a building had low platforms,
eg. Slab in kitchen was at low height and banke and padshale
are at low heights.
SOUCE:Vernacular Architecture of Karnataka | by The Curator | WelcometoIndia | Medium

ECONOMICAL BACKGROUND
• The material used for construction is cheap and readily
available , but the cost of construction and transportation
is high.
• The weaver houses are constructed linearly having
multiple entrances to different spaces, having separate
space for weaving.
• The typical weavers house has a steeply pitched roof,
combining single and double storeyed blocks.
• The internal walls are plastered with mud or have roughly
textured stones and externally the stones are quarried
properly.
• The timber framework for dwellings are made to support
the roof.
SOUCE) Vernacular Architecture Of Karnataka [ko0m34xjw2qd] (doku.pub)

ANGALA
Building AND JAGLI
components
1.Angala: a large internal open-to-sky courtyard, provides
symmetry to the homes.
2.Jagli: verandah-raised platform along the outside of the
house facing the street which doubles up as a resting place
for travelers, additional working space for occupants,
waiting area for guests, place to display their wares for the
shops.
SOUCE:A brief insight into Ilkal architecture | CBRD (wordpress.com)

BUILDING
COMPONENT BANKA
AND
PADSHALE
3.Banka / banke: plam inside the house on either
side of the entrance door – primarily a place to
entertain male guests, occupied by male members
of the family, and place where day to day
interactions with the outside world takes place.
4.Padashale: living area, another large raised
covered platform leading from the angala to the
inner rooms.

BUILDING
COMPONENT
5.Kotri (store room): often situated in the South West of
the building where they act as a buffer between the
active living spaces of the building and the heat of the
afternoon solar radiation.
6.Devaru Maney (God’s room): The devaru maney or
puja room, like the adige maney usually situated on the
South or East side of the building, and is accessed
through the nadu maney, or off the padashale.
KOTRI AND
DEVARU
MANEY

ELEVATION
7. Bachalu (bathing area) : usually in these areas , it is a

small cordoned off wet area within a kitchen which
doubles up as the washing area as well as private bathing
area especially for the women and children.
8. Maligey (Terraces / Upper Levels): Primarily flat roofs
made of stone slabs supported on wooden beams and
covered with a thick layer of mud, the terraces are used
for other domestic activities like drying grains, maize,
cotton, chillies and other food and laundry. People also
sleep in the open on the terrace, especially in summer.

BUILDING
COMPONENT
7. Bachalu (bathing area) : usually in these areas , it is a
small cordoned off wet area within a kitchen which
doubles up as the washing area as well as private bathing
area especially for the women and children.
8. Maligey (Terraces / Upper Levels): Primarily flat roofs
made of stone slabs supported on wooden beams and
covered with a thick layer of mud, the terraces are used
for other domestic activities like drying grains, maize,
cotton, chillies and other food and laundry. People also
sleep in the open on the terrace, especially in summer. BACHALU
AND
MALIGEY

DAKSHINA CHITRA
MUSEUM
• DAKSHINACHITRA LOCATED IN CHENNAI IS A NON PROFITABLE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF CULTURE
OF DIVERSE PEOPLE ON EMPHASIS ON VARIETY OF OLD SOUTH
HOUSES.
• INSPIRED BY THE ILKAL CLUSTER OF HOUSES BELONGING TO THE
WEAVERS IN THE AREA AND TO HAVE RECONSTRUCTED IT ACCURATELY.
• IT ALSO RECORDS THAT, “the wooden gateway, stone and wooden
window at the entrance were taken from Ilkal, the last remaining
standing remnants of a house which was considered to be the oldest
known house in the town.”
• ILKAL IS PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR ILKAL SAREES WHICH HOLD
(GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION).
• THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE WAS THE USE OF A FORM OF EMBROIDERY
CALLED ‘KASUTI’ WHICH WAS TRADITIONALLY PRACTISESD IN STATE OF
KARNATAKA.
• THEY ARE ALSO FAMOUS FOR THEIR PINK GRANITE
SOURCE:ILKAL WEAVERS HOUSE – चरन्मार्गान्विजानाति । (wordpress.com)
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2ND YEAR
SUSTAINABILITY
• ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINANILITY- THESE HOUSES ARE MADE FROM STONES WHICH ARE AVILABLE IN VAST
REGION ON NORTHERN KARNATAKA, AND AS IT IS DURABLE AND AS THE CLIMATE LIES IN ARID ZONE SO THE
INTERNAL SPACES ARE PLASTERD USING MUD TO PROVIDE PROPER INSULATION . THE WINDOWS ARE
PROVIDED TO PROVIDE VENTILATION.
• ECONOMICAL SUSTAINABILITY-
BASIC HOUSE PLAN
• SPACES FOR WASHROOM WERE
GIVEN SEPARATE FROM THE
MAIN HOUSE.
• PUJA ROOM WAS AT THE
CENTRE OF THE DWELLING.
• CATTLES WERE GIVEN PROPER
SHELTERS.
• SPACES FOR SMALL
GATHERINGS AND PUBLIC USE
WERE PROVIDED.
• WOMENS WERE GIVEN PRIVATE
SPACES.

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Gondia district (almost on Maharashtra and MP border) is located near

02 CLIMATE AND SEASON

KARNATAKA EXOERIENCES FOUR SEASONS IN YEAR:

SOUCE:Vernacular Architecture of Karnataka | by The Curator | WelcometoIndia | Medium

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SOUCE:A brief insight into Ilkal architecture | CBRD (wordpress.com)

SOUCE:A brief insight into Ilkal architecture | CBRD (wordpress.com)

SOUCE:A brief insight into Ilkal architecture | CBRD (wordpress.com)

7. Bachalu (bathing area) : usually in these areas , it is a

SOUCE:A brief insight into Ilkal architecture | CBRD (wordpress.com)

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