CHETTINAD STYLE ARCHITECTURE.

Each house in chettinad is made up of Mugappu, Valavu, Irandankattu, Moonankattu & thottam

• Mugappu-The reception; entrance of the house

• Valavu - Living area of the house In the valavu, there are 4 platforms that are called as Pattalai, each at 4 corners of the valavu.

• Pattalai - Living halls of each family.

• Along with Pattalai, valavu consists of numerous Irattaiveedu.

• Nadai - Corridor

• Irandankattu - used for dining / with storerooms for storing crockery/kitchenware.

• Moonamkattu - Kitchen (adukala)

• Thottam - Garden Stables, cowsheds etc.

• The long corridors of second kattu-used for dining.

SERVICE SPACE the scale for these spaces is not fixed the day to day activities but by the festive usage. Their location in the linear arrangement follows the living area.

MULTIPURPOSE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE located amidst the room and often used as the semipublic and commercial space.

FEASTING SPACE though this space is less commonly used it is considered as the important space and exists as the status symbol of the household

SPATIAL ORGANISATION used both for receiving the guest and for relaxation.

- RECEPTION- this is designed to express the stately image of the owner it has level variations.

-PATTAGASALAI This is used for relaxation as well for the confidential dealings which is usually a raised platform. This space usually mixes with the can tral space

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Secured And Secluded Space

This space is created to serve the need for storage. The scale and the intimacy of the space reveals the material stored. The composition is such that the outer room buffers the inner room.