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Study of Vernacular Architcture in Tripura

15th - 19th September 2011

RJB-CPL and Put Your Hands Together

Itenary

15th September 2011 - Mumbai to Agartala - Hapania Site Visit - Children’s Park - Meeting with IL&FS

16th September 2011 - TIDC meeting - Dukli Site Visit - Bamboo Park Site Visit - Meeting with the Minister

17th September 2011 - Land Custom Service (LCS) - Common Facility Centre Visit - Durga Puja Pandal Study in and around Agartala

18th September 2011

- Visit to local settlement in Agartala (near Ginger) - Hapania Site visit - Katlamara CFC

19th September 2011

- Udaipur-Amarpur (Riang House) - Agartala to Mumbai

The Mud House

Mud House in Tripura


Mud House showing weathering

Mud House with bamboo panels and thatched roof Mud House interiors

Mud House with mud plastered finish

Mud House in Tripura with landscape


Weathered Mud House Mud house with bamboo panels and fabric

Dilapidated mud house

Mud House interiors with attic

The Riang House

Riang bamboo house

Riang bamboo house

Raised plinth of the Riang house Raised plinth with bamboo mat wall

Riang bamboo house

Timber staircase

Sliding door made from bamboo

Verandah of the Riang house

Wall and roof detail Corner detail of the verandah

Verandah of the Riang house

Corner detail

Traditional bong

Entrance door

Interiors of the Riang house Interiors showing roof of the house

Traditional tool + Bamboo flooring

Traditional de-husking pit

Interiors showing corner detail

Interiors of the house

Fowl seen under the raised flooring Traditional bamboo shoot

Traditional clay chulha

Traditional granary

The Tin House

House with raised brick plinth and tin sheet walls

Bamboo + Tin + Mud House, Agartala

Entrance of the house

Entrance and brick paved street

Courtyard and temple Bamboo mat weaved wall

Courtyard of the house

Mud + bamboo house

Tin sheet wall + timber window-frame

Interiors of the tin sheet house

View from the courtyard Bamboo mat weaved house with fabric curtain

Verandah of the mud house

Detail of the bamboo wall

Bamboo post and beam detail

Riang bamboo house

Underside of the roof

Mud wall till cil level + bamboo weaved wall

Riang bamboo house

Bamboo post bolted to the plinth

Common Facility Centres

Common Facility Centre

CFC with bamboo boards

Detail of the painted bamboo mat boards Polished bamboo mat boards from interiors

Backside courtyard

Interiors of the CFC with bamboo mat boards

Common Facility Centre

Artisan at the CFC

Treatment tank for bamboo Tools of the CFC

Artisan at the CFC

Interior of the CFC - Furniture making

Verandah of the school at Katlamara

Bamboo + tin school

Interiors of the classroom Tying detail of the bamboos

View of the school

Detail of post and roof

Experimental bamboo house

Borer holes in untreated bamboo

Roof of the experimental house Bamboo treatment tank CCB

Fishing rods at Katlamara CFC

Bamboo entrance door at CFC

Durga Puja Pandals

Durga Puja Pandal at Agartala



Durga Puja Pandal at Agartala Durga Puja Pandal at Agartala

Architectural Features

Street and Pathways

Street between two houses

Brick paved pedestrian street at Hapania Brick paved pedestrian street

Bamboo bridge Bamboo bridge

Entrance Ways

Tin roof entrance-way with bamboo fence

Tin roof entrance-way with tin sheet fencing


RCC entrance way with brick compound wall


Tin roof entrance-way with tin sheet fencing RCC entrance way with brick compound wall

Openings

Bamboo window on weaved bamboo walls

Openings in weaed bamboo mat walls

Collapsible timber shutter

Bamboo door and fencing

Weaved bamboo shutter in a mud house

Opening in mud house Collapsible bamboo panel shutters

Walls and Architectural Fabric

Weathered mud house

Bamboo and mud wall

Pink fabric bringing out character of the wall

Detail of weaved half-bamboo splits

Tying detail of door frame with the wall

Bamboo wall connecting two houses Mud house with bamboo panel decoration on the top

Bamboo weaved wall

Mud house with bamboo panels and fabric

Different bamboo fencing and walls

Detail of half-bamboo weaved walls

Tin sheet walls on brick plinth

Weathered mud house

Timber shutter and weathered mud wall

Fabric adding to the character of the space

Detail of half-bamboo wall



Timber door with IPS flooring and rough mud finish

Weaved bamboo mats on brick plinth

Interior detail of typical roof of Tripura

Interior detail of the roof of the entrance way

Detail of roof of verandah

Interior detail of the attic space

Thatch roof of tribal house

Tin sheet roof above bamboo mat panels

Interior detail of the roof of the entrance way

Spaces

Verandah at Katlamara

Overflow space of the house

Courtyard at CFC

Interior detail of the attic space

Verandah of a tribal home

Landscape bringing out the character of the space

Multi purpose hall

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