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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Indigenous Architecture"”.
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Structural engineering for northern Pakistan : indigenous architecture and earthquake resistance
In the Fall of 1993, a joint project began between architectural designers and engineers, for the design of houses in Karimabad, located in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. This thesis records the author's involvement as structural engineer, and how quantitative engineering work was shaped by …
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Ecological Knowledge Center, Amazon
… of Amazonian communities and their sustainable indigenous architecture. Over centuries, these communities have profoundly influenced the Amazon rainforests through their distinctive lifestyles, cultural practices, and ancestral knowledge. My research delves into their nomadic traditions, …
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The Aesthetic of Love
Indigenous architecture is a loving response to the natural conditions surrounding ones inhabitation of architecture. It is designed and built by those who will inhabit it and is necessarily designed in coordination with both environmental considerations and practical (or use-oriented) …
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In search of a direction in the contemporary architecture of Arabia
… same time, attempts to capture the spirit of the indigenous architecture in its particular context This thesis seeks to investigate and understand the approach of architects who have attempted to design in a kind of semi-abstracted continuation of the Arab tradition. In order to be able to …
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Living on the margins: an archaeology of 19th century Karoo rural dwelling
… century scholarship tends to view them as an architecture type that embodies the ideology of whiteness on the frontier. However, recent research emphasises that Cape frontiers in the early stages of development were zones of interaction rather than simply boundaries that defined racial and …
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A contemporary architectural quest and synthesis : Kamil Khan Mumtaz in Pakistan
… possible direction or approach for contemporary architecture in Pakistan. Although there are more prolific builders in Pakistan, Kamil Khan Mumtaz (KKM) of Lahore, is one of the most important and influential figures in architectural education and the architectural discourse in Pakistan. He has …
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The Sethi merchants' havelis in Peshawar, 1800-1910: form, identity and status
… was undertaken with the premise that domestic architecture provides an alternative and compelling narrative about historical and cultural changes undergone by Indian society. The Sethi havelis constructed over a period of a hundred years (1800-1910) combined residential, business and communal …
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On the origins of buildings: A social-ecological network approach to contemporary bioregional architectures of American earth, Norwegian timber & Balinese bamboo
… and desk research. Namely, these include architectures of contemporary earth in the American Southwest, engineered timber in Norway, and advanced bamboo in Bali. Analyses exceed the important, albeit reductive, quantitative environmental metrics of life cycle assessment to further consider …
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TLA’AMIN HOUSING ARCHITECTURE AND HOME TERRITORIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: INVISIBLE SPACES SHAPING HISTORICAL INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
… elsewhere in Canada, this included changes in Indigenous religion, health, governance, and every other mechanism of life, including architecture. By the 1970s, the Tla’amin, who were once longhouse people, came to live in two-level former military base houses from Ladner, BC. Using oral history …