The authors have conducted a qualitative analysis of the passive environment control system of vernacular residential architecture of Kerala that is known for ages for its use of natural and passive methods for a comfortable indoor environment. The orientation of building, internal arrangement of spaces...
Solutions for each region are directly reflected in the forms of clothing worn, the diurnal-nocturnal work patterns, and the construction of buildings and the activities undertaken within them (Al-Hinai et al., 1993). The origin of bioclimatic design in architecture can be traced back to the ...
Vernacular architecture Urban design Street canyon Environmental design Timber constructions Heritage 1. Introduction and research aim The Historic Urban Landscape, as defined by UNESCO, is the outcome of physical formation and sociocultural relations (UNESCO, 2011); therefore, urban heritage constitutes a...
stage their narratives were dramatized and gave rise to the Sanskrit theater, in which epic mythic themes preponderate, and to the closely related dance, which survives in the now largely South Indian schools of bharata natyam (traditional dance) and the kathakali (narrative dance) of Kerala. Th...