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Sri Lankan vernacular architecture as an appropriate response to the basic forces in built environment: a case study on vernacular architecture in Ratnapura district

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dc.contributor.advisor Perera, LSR
dc.contributor.author Wimalaweera, APS
dc.date.accessioned 2014-07-04T12:33:09Z
dc.date.available 2014-07-04T12:33:09Z
dc.date.issued 2014-07-04
dc.identifier.citation Wimalaweera, A.P.S. (2001). Sri Lankan vernacular architecture as an appropriate response to the basic forces in built environment: a case study on vernacular architecture in Ratnapura district [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/10193
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/10193
dc.description.abstract It is widely achieved that the built environment is made as a resulting of three basic forces; namely social technological and environmental. This has the conformed by the well-known researcher Amost Rapoport too. Early people built their living space as response to the basic forces in built environment. They lived in vernacular houses, which were very close to the nature. Building materials used were not harmful to the dwellers. Vernacular architecture in sri lanka indicates regional pattern and type which were created in different basic forces of respective regions. This study is on attempt to understanding vernacular architecture as a response to the basic forces. Building orientation Building forms Use of materials Construction technology Will be studied in depth. The vernacular architecture is not only a response only to basic forces, but also a masterpiece of beauty and physical and social functionary. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject ARCHITECTURE-Thesis en_US
dc.subject VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
dc.subject DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
dc.title Sri Lankan vernacular architecture as an appropriate response to the basic forces in built environment: a case study on vernacular architecture in Ratnapura district en_US
dc.type Thesis-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.degree M.Sc. en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.date.accept 2001
dc.identifier.accno 76198 en_US


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