Advantages Of Vernacular Architecture

There are some major lessons that can be drawn from vernacular responses for contemporary societal challenges. Vernacular architecture is a style of building that is created without the use of an architect; it is architecture in its simplest form, concentrating only on the human necessity. Vernacular architecture began when people had to make use of the environment around them, in order to afford themselves protection and comfort as a response to a changing climate. It is a simple approach to a building’s most basic requirements and a direct style of architecture created according to exact context. Due to the fact that only local materials are used to create each building as well as only the local builder’s skills were used to compose every built structure, these buildings innately reflect on the culture and traditions of both the people and the area. As a result these vernacular buildings are created to essentially suit …show more content…
It puts the world into perspective, thinking about the architecture before the architect, allowing us to re-invent ourselves in our own specific part of the world and drives us to only think in terms survival. The climate-reactive, culturally influenced style and of these types of structures creates a living space that is an environmentally friendly and resource conscious solution to any local housing requirements. Throughout history the advantage of vernacular architecture has been realized, although during the modern era, it was slightly disregarded, it is instantly coming back as ‘green architecture’. In order to continue to develop in the future of building and ecological design, it is important to gain an understanding of former architecture and use these approaches as a sensible, systematic whole to accomplish ideal energy effectiveness and thus a sustainable environment for the