This post will give you an overview of the major elements and component considered in the study of vernacular architecture. Some of the parameters are listed below and the same are considered for reviewing indigenous responsive and resilient architectural features in the upcoming posts; (Review 1 - Tongkonan).
Technology
- Materials - Use of locally available materials Well adapted to local environment
- Joining, pegging, wedging/binding and mortising most significant in roof construction
- The superstructure mainly consists of prefabricated screens attached to structural components.
- Post/Columns are used as load bearing components.
- Wall - Not a priority instead screens are used. Non load bearing walls
- Wood - Hardwood (Teak, Cengal) is used. Bamboo is also used for temporary buildings
- Roofing - Palm leaf and grass thatching
- Foundation - Raised platform. Varies across region; Some are built directly on ground. Low pile foundations are used in west Java. Raised floor is effectively used in Thailand.
Components/Region; Example.
Region
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Component
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Description
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Example
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Toba Batak Village - Indonesia
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Roof
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Saddle backed roof
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Extended ridge and
sloping gable
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Toba House
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North Sumatra - Indonesia
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Roof
(Batak Architecture)
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Saddle backed roof
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Different variations
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Karo batak
North Sumatra
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Tana Toraja South Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Foundation
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Stand on high piles
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Traditional Torajan ancestral houses.
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Tongkonan
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Roof
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Layered split bamboo
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Curved arc shape.
Tongkonan means ‘to sit’.
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Tongkonan Layuk, Tongkonan pekamberan.
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Proprofs; Vernacular Architecture Quiz
Proprofs; Vernacular Architecture Quiz
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