Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of illustrations......Page 12
Illustration credits......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Part I: Defining the field......Page 30
1  Why study vernacular architecture? (1978)......Page 32
Defining the vernacular......Page 46
Approaches to the study of vernacular architecture......Page 48
Applications of vernacular research......Page 52
The importance of vernacular architecture studies......Page 53
Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives......Page 56
References......Page 72
Part II: Cultures and contexts......Page 74
4  Learning from Asante (2000)......Page 76
References......Page 83
5  Cultural traits and environmental contexts: Problems of cultural specificity and cross-cultural comparability (1999)......Page 84
References......Page 96
6  Huizhou and Herefordshire: A comparative study (2001)......Page 98
Anhui and West Mercia......Page 100
Additional references......Page 114
7  Tout confort: Culture and comfort (1986)......Page 116
Comfort and convenience......Page 122
References......Page 134
Part III: Tradition and transmission......Page 136
8  Vernacular know-how (1982)......Page 138
References......Page 156
9  Earth as a building material today (1983)......Page 158
Additional references......Page 171
10  Handed down architecture: Tradition and transmission (1989)......Page 172
References......Page 190
11  Technology transfer: A vernacular view (2003)......Page 192
References......Page 210
Part IV: Cultures, disasters and dwellings......Page 212
12  The cultural context of shelter provision (1978)......Page 214
References......Page 225
13  Earthen housing and cultures in seismic areas (1984)......Page 226
References......Page 250
14  Factors affecting the acceptability of resettlement housing (1984)......Page 252
References......Page 273
15  Rebirth of a Rajput village (1992)......Page 276
References......Page 291
Part V: Conservation and continuity......Page 294
16  Conserving the vernacular in developing countries (1986)......Page 296
Additional references......Page 314
17  Re-presenting and representing the vernacular: The open-air museum (2001)......Page 316
Anonymously authored museum guides cited:......Page 342
18  Perfect and plain: Shaker approaches to design (1990)......Page 344
References......Page 357
Additional references......Page 358
Part VI: Suburbs and self-builders......Page 360
19  Individualizing Dunroamin (1992)......Page 362
References......Page 376
Additional references......Page 377
20  Round the houses (1983)......Page 378
References......Page 391
21  Kaluderica: High-grade housing in an illegal settlement (1989)......Page 394
References......Page 407
Part VII: Meeting the challenge of the twenty-first century......Page 410
22  Tradition by itself... (2000)......Page 412
References......Page 421
23  Ethics and vernacular architecture (2000)......Page 424
References......Page 438
24  Necessity and sustainability: The impending crisis (2002)......Page 440
The educational challenge......Page 450
References......Page 453
Architectural conferences in year 2000......Page 454
Conferences and publications......Page 456
Index......Page 460