About International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements Preface Organizing committee Acknowledgements Day 1 - February 14, 2008 Keynote Address I Dr. Hassan-Uddin-Khan Life, the Universe and Everything Stewardship, Change and the Built Environment Selected Paper Session 1 12:00 -13:30 Prof.RanjithDayaratne, Bahrain 1 Vernacular in Transition: The Traditional and the Hybrid Architecture of Bahrain Dr. Ravi S. Singh, India 11 Changing Vernacular Houses around Varanasi, UP (India) Dr.Prem Chandavarkar, India 19 Slowing the World: On Speed, Memory and Design Prof. Mold Egenter, Switzerland 29 Opening Horizons Towards Rural Depths and Truths Selected Paper Session 2 14:15 -16:00 Dr.Shrawan Acharya, India 45 Revitalization and Conservation of Inner City Neighborhoods in Beijing Gauri Bharat, India 59 A Discourse in Transition? Examining the Idea of Vernacular Architecture Through the Case of Slums as a Vernacular Form Prof. Zhao Chen, Feng Jinlong, China 71 Tectonic Approach to Chinese Vernacular Buildings in Wood Prof. Jeffrey Hou, US A 85 Interconnected Changes: Ta'u Dwellings and Settlements in Transition Selected Paper Session 3 16:15-18:00 Prof. Cesar Wagner, Padma Naidu, New Zealand 93 Re-Thinking the Vernacular Approach to the Domestic Architecture in New Zealand Prof. Fabio TodeschinI, South Africa 107 Beyond the Historic Development and the Apartheid Destruction of District Six: Some Planning and Design Considerations Reflecting on Events in a Long- Standing Conflict Landscape in Cape Town, South Africa. Rittirong Chutapruttikorn, UK131 The Transformation of Domestic Architecture Vernacular Modification in Bangkok Imran bin Tajudeen, Singapore 143 Adaptation and Accentuation: Type Transformation in Vernacular Nusantarian Mosque Design and Their Contemporary Signification in Melaka, Minangkabau and Singapore Day 2 - February 15, 2008 Parallel Paper Session 1 - Vernacular in Transition 9:30-11:00 Marly Valenti Patandianan, Indonesia 163 The Changing Function of Torajan Traditional House (TONGKONAN): Case Study in Lembang Pangli and Palawa Sub Region Sesean, District Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia Marwa Mohamed Dabaieh, Egypt 189 Traditions, Vernacular Architecture and Urban Forms Hifisiye Pulhan, North Cyprus 203 An Enclosed Court: A Conceptual Analysis of the Traditional Courtyard House in Cyprus Brinda Shah, India 213 Tradition in Transition- Dwelling Spaces of Turkish Cypriots in the TRNC and in the UK Trianto Yudo Harjoko, Indonesia 237 Hyper- Versus Involuted- Tradition: Urbanism in Indonesia Hsi-Chuan Lin, Hsien Te Lin, Taiwan 249 Vernacular Settlements and Architecture in Transition: A Case Study of Yami's Settlements in Orchid Island Imon Chowdhooree,Kanukumar Das, Bangladesh 261 Present Morphological Trends of Hindu Temples of Bangladesh: Study of Some Selected Cases of Sylhet Kamalika Bose, India 273 Something Old, Something New: Amalgamations of the Vernacular in the Contemporary: A Historical Perspective in the Case of Mansions in North Calcutta Rachel Kallusjris Levin, Australia 289 Changing Traditions: Israeli-Palestinian Place in the Making Parallel Paper Session 2- Vernacular in Transition 11:15 -13:15 En-Yu Huang, The Netherlands 303 Representations of People's Fear of the Malignant Forces Approaching their Liviing Spaces: Architectural Formal-Sha Taboos in the Chinese and Taiwanese Dwellings in Transiton Priya Sasidharan, India 319 Vernacular Architecture - Changing Paradigms, A Case Study of Agraharams in Palakkad Evawani Ellisa, Indonesia 331 Pekojan: Between the Disappearance of Muslim Arabs and the Emergence of Chinese Communities Arunava Dasgupta, India 345 The Himalayan Vernacular: An Architectural Journey Towards its Future Rahadhian Prajudi Herwindo, Indonesia 355 Transformation in the Vernacular Architecture of Settlements on Java, Indonesia from the Hindu-Buddhist Era to the Islamic Era' Warebi Brisibe, UK 367 In Search of Nomadism: The Architecture of Ijaw 'Migrant' Fishermen. Toga Hamonangan Panjaita, Indonesia 381 Transformation of Building Form: Development of Traditional Dwelling of The Ngadha, Central Flores Island Altrerosje Asri, Indonesia 391 Vernacularism and the End of Geography The Issues of Locality in the Global Shift of Architectural Experience of Space Parallel Paper Session 3 - Change and Rehabilitation 14:00-15:30 Madhura Yadav, Gaurang Desai, India 405 Transforming Habitats: - Case Study of Mumbai Sharvey Dhongde, India 411 Settlements of the Tribal Oustees of Sardar Sarovar Project Titien Saraswati, Indonesia 427 Domes for Post-Earthquake Housing: The Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia Ozgur Dincyurek, Ibrahim Numan, North Cyprus 435 Developing New Design Strategies in the Light of Vernacular Building Heritage Hifsiye Pulhan, Ozlem Olgac, Terziogulu Hande, North Cyprus 445 Demolish or Re-use?: Some Thoughts on Rehabilitation of the Akcicek Village, North Cyprus Abir Bandyopadhyay, India 457 Space Syntax A Tool For Understanding Spatial Organization and its Change Over Time. Kiran Keswani India 471 Improving the Search Mechanisms for Identifying Building Artisans to Support the Vernacular Type in India Elisa Alessandrini, Italy 483 Ahmedabad-Gandhi Ashram Area - Project for Houses and Craftmen's Workshops by the Sabarmati River Parallel Paper Session 4 - Regions, Cultures and Society 15:45-17:15 Shruti Joshi, India 505 Gentrification of a Historic City : An Analytical Study of Changing Urban Dynamics in Pune, India. Aparajita Krishanan, Mansi Menon, Christy Varughese, Om visagha Ravindran, Selva Prabha E India 513 Pondicherry - An Effort from Decline Kemas Ridwan Kumiawan, Indonesia 519 Sacred Place in Postcolonial Urban Vernacular: A Struggle of Traditional Cultural Identity Against Modern Hegemony in The Kampung Luar Batang - Jakarta Philippe Zourgane, France 533 Body, Music, Architecture Mohammad Reza Razavi, Iran 543 Harmonization Between Architecture and Nature in Howraman Rajashree Kotharkar, S A Deshpande, India 551 Responding to the Change, Making The Vernacular Relevant: Case Study 'Varhad' Region in Maharashtra, India Stefania Rossl, Italy 567 Water and Architecture in Indian Subcontinent - Tradition and innovation Henry Loupias, Indonesia 583 Government Aids Program Change Traditional Habit of People at Sundanese Lintu Tulistyantoro, Indonesia 593 The Idea of Heterotopy in the Dwellings of The Indonesian Madura Society Laksmi Siregar, Indonesia 601 Eearthquake Resistant Housing in Tropical Condition: Case Study Post-Earthquake Kotagede, Jogyakarta, Indonesia Ms. Kumudhavalli Sasidhar, Dr. Ranee Vedamutu, India 609 An Antrop- Arch Approach to the Study of the Contemporary Chettiar Dwelling About the Scientific committee |