Vernacular Architecture of Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Cultural Sustainability

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Develop a deeper understanding of the values and significance of vernacular architecture in your immediate surroundings.
• Establish your particular viewpoints on more complicated topics in vernacular architecture, such as the conscious or unconscious nature of construction, informal settlements, and cultural sustainability.
• Come up with your own suggestions for how to safeguard and preserve the vernacular-built environment in your area.
• Have a deeper understanding of the value and significance of vernacular architecture.
• Build a personal perspective on more complex issues in vernacular architecture, such as self-aware or non-self-aware construction methods, informal settlements and cultural sustainability.
• Help you form a series of concepts on how to protect and preserve the local built environment.

Syllabus:

1. The Rural Vernacular
2. Urban Vernacular
3. Informal Settlements and the Vernacular
4. Architectural Conservation of the Built Vernacular Heritage
5. The Future of Asia’s Vernacular Architecture
6. The Rural Vernacular
7. Informal Settlements and the Vernacular
8. Architectural Conservation of the Built Vernacular Heritage
9. The Future of Asia’s Vernacular Architecture