VERNACULAR DESI GNED
ARCHI TECTURE I S AN
BASED
CONSTRUCTI ON T R A
ARCHI TECTURAL STYLE THAT I S
LOCAL NEEDS, AVAI LABI LI TY OF MATERI ALS AND REFLECTI NG LOCAL D I T I O N S .
ON
L O C A T IO N THE NORTHEAST REGI ON CAN BE PREDOMINANTLY HUMID SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATE W ITH HOT, HUMI D SUMMERS,SEVERE MONSOONS,AND MI LD W I NTERS. I NDI AN SUBCONTI NENT' S LAST REMAI NI NG RAI N FORESTS,
NAGALAND ISHOMETO A RANGEOFCOLOURFULTRIBES,SUCH AS A N G A M IE S ,TA N G S A S ,C H A K E S A N G S . NAGASAREHILLDWELLERSAND THEIR SETTLEMENTSAREHIGHLY
I NACCESSI BLE AS THEY ARE LOCATED ON HI LL SLOPES OR THE HI GHEST POSSI BLE POI NTS ALONG A HI LL SLOPE.
W HI CH SUPPORT DI VERSE FLORA AND FAUNA AND SEVERAL . C R O P S P E C I E S THE REGION' 000 S HI GH RAI NFALL,AVERAGI NG AROUND 10, 390 IN) AND ABOVE,CREATES PROBLEMS OF MI LLI METRES ( ECOSYSTEM , HI GH SEI SMI C ACTI VI TY, AND FLOODS.
RI ANG HOUSE CONSTRUCTION D E T A I L
SEM A -TR IB E N A G A H O U SE THE SEMAS
WERE HEAD HUNTERS. CAPTURED ENEMY TRESPASSERS WOULD BE BEHEADED AND THEI R HEADS HUNG UP.
LI FESTYLE LIFE
REVOLVED AROUND AGRI CULTURE.T HE MAJORI TY OF EACH DAY WOULD BE SPENT I N THE FI ELDS.
TRIPURA IS A LANDLOCKED STATE IN NORTH EAST I NDI A, W HERE THE SEVEN CONTI GUOUS STATES – ARE COLLECTI VELY KNOW N AS THE SEVEN S I S T E R S T A T E S . ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGIES HAVE DEVELOPED I N THE NORTH EAST AS FACTORS OF TRADI TI ON ,CLI MATE AND F U N C T I O N A L I T Y .
P L A N I NTERI ORS
THE SEMA NAGALAND FOLLOWED THE INTERIOR DESIGNS FROM ANCI ENT DAYS: THE AKISHEKHOH –OR FRONT ROOM RI CE
THE GRASS THATCH BAMBOO FRAME BAMBOO W ALL I NLAYS BAMBOO BRACED STI LT SUPPORTS
MATERI ALS USED ARE LOCALLY AVAI LABLE MATERI ALS LI KEB A M B O O , C A N E , C A N E - L E A V E S , M U D E , L I M .
OF LATE,BRICKS,STONE CHIPS,ROCK SLABS, SURKHI ETC. ARE ALSO BEI NG . U S E D SLOPING
ROOFS ARE A COMMON ARCHI TECTURAL FEATURE BECAUSE OF HI GH RAI NFALL I N THE NORTH EAST . CONSTRUCTION OF THIS TYPE OF HOUSE GENERALLY TAKES PLACE I N THE DRY S E A S O N .
FRONT DOOR
POUNDI NG
TABLES
WHERE THE WERE KEPT.
THE ABIDELABO –A NARROW ROOM BETWEEN THE HEARTH AKISHEKHOH AND THE AMIPHOKIBOH ( ROOM) WHERE THE UNMARRI ED GI RLS OF THE . H O U S E H O L D SLEEP. THE AKUZU-ABO – WHERE THE HEAD OF THE ( FAMI LY FATHER) AND HI S WI FE SLEEPS. THE AZHI-BO – THE LIQUOR ROOM BEER
I S
STORED
I N
WHERE RI CE BAMBOO JUGS.
M IZORAM ZA W LB U K H O U S E