FIGURE 4 THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE IN ARCHITECTURE FIGURE 5 SOUTH-INDIAN CUISINE

2.0 LITERATURE STUDY

2.1 CONCEPT OF CULTURE

A group of people or clan is said to have a culture if they have adhered to a certain set of ideas, practises, beliefs, customs, and social activities for generations or for a very long period. Since we can only construct our identities and identify who we are and where we come from by the interpretations, orientations, and values supplied by our culture, we might think of culture as the setting in which we can situate ourselves. A kind of communication is culture.(Thussu, 2020)

Culture refers to all that individuals do as members of a society, including everything they have, believe, perceive, know, and feel. Culture is made up of both tangible and intangible works of art and science, as well as the knowledge, manners, and education that humans have accumulated throughout the course of human history. Through various processes, culture can play various functions. Social culture influences people's willingness or unwillingness to mingle and interact with family or strangers. Furthermore, from one culture to the next, the kind of private locations, discipline, and the manners, mannerisms, and interactions in those spaces differ.

Creating a sustainable culture necessitates a resurgence of social awareness, communication, and integration with the rest of the world. Buildings should practise sustainability to obtain a wonderful sense of understanding in regard to other people in order to rekindle their relationship with the past and future. Because of its responsive character to area culture and climate, vernacular architecture appears to be a good alternative for achieving this goal. Simultaneously, it can aid designers in improving their spatial awareness. This would allow them to recognise anyone living in that environment and would also aid in the creation of a symbiotic connection between people and nature, thereby exploiting nature's hidden potential in such a manner that their renovation and innovation stay significant after ages.

Figure 3 Concept of Culture Figure 4 The Main Characteristics of Culture in Architecture

[Source - https://medium.com/@abdullahitsanni/man-madeculture-and-culture-made-man-35b2013a7026] 5-(Koirala, 2016)

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