General Mathematics (GMT8111)

Study Skills (SSK8111)

History of Art and Architecture I (HAA8111)

INTRODUCTION: BASIC IDEAS OF VERNACULAR BUILDING AND BUILDING 

CULTURES

Introduction to Vernacular Architecture:

• Vernacular Architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available

resources to address local needs.

• Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical

context in which it exists.

• It is different from traditional architecture in that contemporary architecture can also be

“vernacular” if

it is generated from an understanding of local materials and indigenous methods of building.

• Vernacular does not aim at good aesthetics, it aims at comfort and in its use of natural materials to

achieve that comfort, it comes about to be also an aesthetically sound architecture.

Environmental Systems (EVS8111)

Visual Studies I (VST8111)

History of Art and Architecture II (HAA8121)

Visual Studies II (VST8122)

Building and Living Green (BLG8121)

Architectonics and Model Making (AMM8121)

BUILDING AND LIVING GREEN

•Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building's lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal.