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    Vernacular architecture is native or local architecture designed based on local needs, resources, culture and climate. It uses locally available materials and construction methods that are sustainable, energy efficient and climate responsive. Vernacular architecture reflects the culture of the community and creates a harmonious relationship between buildings and their surrounding environment.

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    Vernacular architecture is native or local architecture designed based on local needs, resources, culture and climate. It uses locally available materials and construction methods that are sustainable, energy efficient and climate responsive. Vernacular architecture reflects the culture of the community and creates a harmonious relationship between buildings and their surrounding environment.

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    Vernacular architecture is native or local architecture designed based on local needs, resources, culture and climate. It uses locally available materials and construction methods that are sustainable, energy efficient and climate responsive. Vernacular architecture reflects the culture of the community and creates a harmonious relationship between buildings and their surrounding environment.

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    Vernacular architecture is native or local architecture designed based on local needs, resources, culture and climate. It uses locally available materials and construction methods that are sustainable, energy efficient and climate responsive. Vernacular architecture reflects the culture of the community and creates a harmonious relationship between buildings and their surrounding environment.

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    What is vernacular Architecture?

    “verna” means native and “architecture” is to design buildings, thus vernacular architecture is
    an architecture style that is built to meet the present needs, keeping in mind the local climate,
    culture, and material”.

    • Local needs
    • Characteristics of the local environment
    • Climate,
    • Culture,
    • Availability of construction materials and
    • Reflecting local traditions

    VENACULAR ARCHITECTURE
    Drived from Latin word “Venaculus” which means native.

    Architecture is science of building

    Native science of building.


    It is very essential to understand vernacular as a whole environment

    It is not sufficient to study just building one needs to study systems of settings
    within which systems of activities take place.
    To learn from it

    WHY TO STUDY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?


    Architecture is not just about filling the site with steel
    blocks or construction concrete rather it’s about
    understanding the place with consideration of its
    social, cultural, and environmental essence. Cities
    are full of landmarks rather than co-existed urban
    form. Whereas traditional architecture was
    harmonious with the surrounding, climate,
    geography, landscape and human psychology
    along with successfully co-existing, treating
    architecture as a holistic natural living element

    CO-EXISTENCE
    The vernacular architecture was designed in direct
    response to the locally available material such as
    bamboo, mud, or brick, these are energy-efficient,
    cheap, affordable, easily available, and even
    required less labour. The building construction
    material used today is more synthetic, not
    sustainable, and hard to reuse such as concrete and
    steel. The building industry consumes immense
    energy and contributes majorly to the world’s
    greenhouse gas emission.

    LOCAL MATERIALS
    Traditional architecture still exists today and proved
    to more durable in comparison to modern
    architecture. The use of local material allowed easy
    extraction, easy preparation, thermal efficiency,
    recyclability, biodegradability, and sustainability.
    The vernacular architecture was the result of those
    attempts to create the best suitable building
    according to the context.

    CONSTRUCTION METHODS
     Vernacular buildings around the world are a great example of
    sustainable solutions to building problems. The buildings were
    energy-efficient and highly sustainable due to the use of local
    material and building technology.
     Deep harmonization with site surrounding and had a minimal
    environmental impact , which improved the building’s thermal
    and acoustic performance and enhanced the sustainability
    aspects.

    SUSTAINABILITY
     Each community had its style of architecture,
     Featured their main character, culture, and retrieved a sense of
    heritage, giving them a unique appearance.
     The houses are built according to their regional possibilities,
    needs, availability of materials, topography, and climate.
     Traditional buildings that were rich for their culture have lost their
    identity due to the influence of Western culture which led to the
    construction of buildings that were internationally acceptable
    and used similar material across the globe.

    CULTURE
     The glass and steel architecture constructed all over the world
    ignores the specific climate of the place.
     The buildings are fully air-conditioned and require year-round air
    conditioning contrary to the natural cooling options used by
    vernacular buildings which consumed less energy.
     Buildings prove to be inefficient, where glass exterior traps the
    sun’s rays during summer and hemorrhages heat throughout the
    winter.

    CLIMATE RESPONSIVE
     a comfortable living environment, protected from the extremes
    of climate, as well as respond to the site, setting, and context.
     The construction style of each vernacular style differs according
    to the context of the site

    A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO
    DESIGN
    Pakistan experiences a variety of climates :
    • cold winters
    • pleasant summers
    • the scorching heat
    • comparatively milder winters.

    The main driving force after climate in shaping the


    built environment is socio culture .

    Combined effects of the bioclimatic and socio-


    cultural influences have led to the adaption of the
    courtyard.
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