African Vernacular Architecture Database (2015)

Re:African Vernacular Architecture Database (2015) by Quequau on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:00AM (#20162385)

I didn't know what "Vernacular architecture" meant, so for everyone else who doesn't know either and is waiting for the page to load here's the first sentence in its Wikipedia entry:

Vernacular architecture is architecture characterised by the use of local materials and knowledge, usually without the supervision of professional architects. Vernacular buildings are typically simple and practical, whether residential houses or built for other purposes.

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Re:African Vernacular Architecture Database (2015) by app4soft on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:21AM (#20162711)

Thanks!

In Ukraine vernacular architecture represented by "khata" (ukr. "хата", eng. "house").[0]

"Ukrains'ka khata" (ukr. "Українська хата"; eng. "Ukrainian house") is some sort of house-building art objects and in our days is like cultural heritage of Ukraine.[1]

Many examples of Ukrainian vernacular architecture you could see now in open-air Musem of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine aka «Pyrohiv» (ukr. Пирогів - village near Kyiv city).[2]

[0] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Хата

[1] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Українська_хата

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrohiv

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Re:African Vernacular Architecture Database (2015) by dmos62 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @09:42AM (#20164490)

I'd dispute the "simple" aspect. You can find examples of modern vernacular architecture that for example uses local passive cooling techniques to keep a clinic cool in the sub-Sahara.

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Re:African Vernacular Architecture Database (2015) by Angostura on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:53AM (#20162887)

I did know what vernacular architecture meant, but from the headline, I thought it was going to be a novel database architecture, catering in some way to particularly African needs, thought 'that sounds interesting!'.

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