VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
INTRODUCTION
Over time Architecture has changed dramatically resulting in there being different types of architectural styles throughout the world. As an existing architectural style, Vernacular Architecture continuously addresses contemporary societal challenges.
This is known as indigenous architecture, which is a style that is based on reflecting local traditions, local needs and availability of materials for construction. Vernacular architects did not use the schooled architecture at the time but depended on design skills and local builders instead. This helps address modern needs and opportunities. There are many ways of looking at the vernacular building process by looking at the drivers …show more content…
With the desire to show our self-existence and economic flow. Whereas a vernacular architect (not formally schooled architecture) may have not intended to respect their landscape and the availability of resources in that area at that time, which is changing over time. Society has been known to continuously level the landscape, by extending the land to areas it shouldn’t even be naturally by bearing streams and rivers. It may be argued that this was in the same desire as the Romans creating roads, all for the sake of progress. Today, no one can deny the need for twining sustainability with technology and humaneness safety. We are now starting to look back on these anonymous builders as they leave us keys in the humaneness of …show more content…
Cultures and shelters evolved from using existing built environments (i.e. caves) and materials- from covering oneself or spaces(i.e. animal skins) to a moment when physically connecting and binding materials occurred.
An example of architectural beginnings is that people said Vitruvius were firstly drawn together by fire, then they all made speeches. It was known that Greek political communities first formed around a sacred fire which burned in a public hearth (fire place) set up in the agora (Greek public market) to speak to one another but back then it was known that people wove their cities. The goddess of weaving was known as the goddess of the city. This is the same as the nest designer is the architect of the city. The warp-weighted loom is a good example of a beam of a
INTRODUCTION
Over time Architecture has changed dramatically resulting in there being different types of architectural styles throughout the world. As an existing architectural style, Vernacular Architecture continuously addresses contemporary societal challenges.
This is known as indigenous architecture, which is a style that is based on reflecting local traditions, local needs and availability of materials for construction. Vernacular architects did not use the schooled architecture at the time but depended on design skills and local builders instead. This helps address modern needs and opportunities. There are many ways of looking at the vernacular building process by looking at the drivers …show more content…
With the desire to show our self-existence and economic flow. Whereas a vernacular architect (not formally schooled architecture) may have not intended to respect their landscape and the availability of resources in that area at that time, which is changing over time. Society has been known to continuously level the landscape, by extending the land to areas it shouldn’t even be naturally by bearing streams and rivers. It may be argued that this was in the same desire as the Romans creating roads, all for the sake of progress. Today, no one can deny the need for twining sustainability with technology and humaneness safety. We are now starting to look back on these anonymous builders as they leave us keys in the humaneness of …show more content…
Cultures and shelters evolved from using existing built environments (i.e. caves) and materials- from covering oneself or spaces(i.e. animal skins) to a moment when physically connecting and binding materials occurred.
An example of architectural beginnings is that people said Vitruvius were firstly drawn together by fire, then they all made speeches. It was known that Greek political communities first formed around a sacred fire which burned in a public hearth (fire place) set up in the agora (Greek public market) to speak to one another but back then it was known that people wove their cities. The goddess of weaving was known as the goddess of the city. This is the same as the nest designer is the architect of the city. The warp-weighted loom is a good example of a beam of a