Desai, Miki
Wooden Architecture of Kerala - Ahmedabad Mapin Publishing 2018 - 279
It was in the late 1960s and ’70s that the author, then a student of architecture, first encountered built environments belonging to the genres of folk or vernacular traditions. The persistent exclusion of these traditions from the modern urban vision compelled Miki Desai to document these styles, culminating in this volume on the wooden architecture of Kerala.
This book explores the socio-cultural and the tectonic aspects of Kerala’s wooden architecture, which is deeply rooted in religious and secular customs and shaped by geo-climatic forces. The author’s multi-disciplinary approach links the various ethnic groups residing in Kerala, and the mutual adoption and adaptation of construction systems within migrant groups.
Despite being a living tradition serving millions of people, vernacular architecture in India has not received the academic and analytical attention it deserves. This volume attempts to fill this research gap, a need made more urgent by the fact that the built environment is changing and the traditional ways of building may get replaced by the modern much faster than we can imagine.
Contents
Introduction
Wooden Architecture in the South Asian and Indian Context
Introduction to Kerala’s Society and Architecture
Religious Architecture of Kerala
Residential Architecture of Kerala
The Spatial Expression
Building Components, Technology and the Craftsmanship in Wood
Conclusions
Annexures
Note on Guruthi Pooja
Timeline of Kerala’s History
Tectonic Terms
978-93-85360-22-0
Allied Informatics, Jaipur
Carpentry
Wooden Architecture
721.044809548 3 / DES
Wooden Architecture of Kerala - Ahmedabad Mapin Publishing 2018 - 279
It was in the late 1960s and ’70s that the author, then a student of architecture, first encountered built environments belonging to the genres of folk or vernacular traditions. The persistent exclusion of these traditions from the modern urban vision compelled Miki Desai to document these styles, culminating in this volume on the wooden architecture of Kerala.
This book explores the socio-cultural and the tectonic aspects of Kerala’s wooden architecture, which is deeply rooted in religious and secular customs and shaped by geo-climatic forces. The author’s multi-disciplinary approach links the various ethnic groups residing in Kerala, and the mutual adoption and adaptation of construction systems within migrant groups.
Despite being a living tradition serving millions of people, vernacular architecture in India has not received the academic and analytical attention it deserves. This volume attempts to fill this research gap, a need made more urgent by the fact that the built environment is changing and the traditional ways of building may get replaced by the modern much faster than we can imagine.
Contents
Introduction
Wooden Architecture in the South Asian and Indian Context
Introduction to Kerala’s Society and Architecture
Religious Architecture of Kerala
Residential Architecture of Kerala
The Spatial Expression
Building Components, Technology and the Craftsmanship in Wood
Conclusions
Annexures
Note on Guruthi Pooja
Timeline of Kerala’s History
Tectonic Terms
978-93-85360-22-0
Allied Informatics, Jaipur
Carpentry
Wooden Architecture
721.044809548 3 / DES