Abstract
This paper is an account of observations of traditional-vernacular houses in Kerala using the frameworks of Typo-Morphology and vernacular architecture. The observation yielded five general types of residential buildings with regard to structural, spatial arrangements and their nature of development. Rectangular hall with veranda or porch turns out to be the basic form for the more elaborated design. The observations also yield a glimpse of the living culture and the characteristic feature of the vernacular and traditional architecture of Kerala which share the characteristics with Southeast Asian Arch itecture. This study confirms the existence of an uninterrupted continuity between the architecture of South India and the Southeast Asia
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Keywords: Southeast Asian architecture, Kerala, nalukettu, ekasala, veedu, pattayapura, vaastu, Vaastu typo-morphology, vernacular, traditional architecture
This paper is an account of observations of traditional-vernacular houses in Kerala using the frameworks of Typo-Morphology and vernacular architecture. The observation yielded five general types of residential buildings with regard to structural, spatial arrangements and their nature of development. Rectangular hall with veranda or porch turns out to be the basic form for the more elaborated design. The observations also yield a glimpse of the living culture and the characteristic feature of the vernacular and traditional architecture of Kerala which share the characteristics with Southeast Asian Arch itecture. This study confirms the existence of an uninterrupted continuity between the architecture of South India and the Southeast Asia
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Keywords: Southeast Asian architecture, Kerala, nalukettu, ekasala, veedu, pattayapura, vaastu, Vaastu typo-morphology, vernacular, traditional architecture
