1. INTRODUCTION Building craft of Any region is a reflection of its environment, people and traditions. To understand the building craft of a particular region one must understand the place , space, people and their relationships. The place, space, people are the three element of the building craft which plays an important part in designing a certain buildings in a certain way. Understanding of Place which means understanding the topography, climatic conditions and amount of vegetation etc. of the place. It is important to understand the physical state and condition of the place before
anyone starts building. Similarly the understanding of material availability for construction, the technologies used for construction based of climate condition of the place is important. Spaces are created by the daily ritual or activities followed by the local people. For example in the typical Kath-Khuni a architecture the ground floor is used as a cattle shed its floor to floor height is lesser due to height of the cattle and to trap the body heat of the cattle which will keep the first floor warm during winter where people live. The Kath-Khuni architecture wont be feasible in places like Delhi and any other places in India because of there are different types of building craft based on the relationship of place, space, people. The Miyar valley contains a large no. of traditional houses which are made by locally available materials. But the small wave of tourism seems to be altering the architecture of the place. The new rcc structure is popping up slowly can be seen in Villages which have direct access to the road. The up coming problem is the changing landscape and essence of the place by tourists who will be coming sooner or later. My Aim here is to find the design solution for the traditional building as well as up coming new buildings so that the traditional architecture and essence of the village wont disappear in fast moving
modern world.
URGOSE VILLAGE, MIYAR VALLEY
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