TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dasgupta, Srabanti (UI4814)
AU  - Rao, Ajit (Guide)
TI  - Makers dwelling in self crafted homes : an alternative approach (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - I TH-0475 
PY  - 2020///
N1  - CONTENTS
0. Introduction  10
1. Thesis Proposal  11
1.1 Aim
1.2 Objective
1.2 Hypothesis
1.4 Literature Review
1.5 Scope
1.6 Limitation
1.7 Methodology
1.7.1 Qualitative Research Methods
1.7.2 Representational Tools
(Other Aspects)
a. Gender Neutrality
b. Vernacular aspects of language
(0.1 Purpose of the essays)
1.8 Framework of Study
2. Invisible Ingredients of making a dwelling  18
2.1 "ought and Imagination
2.2 Care and Time
2.3 Empathy
2.4 Passion
2.5 Lifeful dwellings
3. Of the People, By the People and For the People  28
3.1 The mother tongue - The Vernacular
3.2 Masters of architecture learning from the ‘Uneducated’ maker
3.3 The threat to the Vernacular
3.4 Appropriate Technology
4. The Contemporary Placelessness and the Desire for a Place  38
4.1 Place
4.2 Placelessness
4.3 Dimensioning a Place
4.3.1 The need for meaning
4.3.2 Authenticity
4.3.3 Belongingness
(0.2 Questionaire)
(0.3 Note on Phenomenological Account)
1.9 Criteria of selection for case study
5. Case Study 1: Didi Contractor, Rakkar, Himachal Pradesh  60
5.1 Phenomenological Accounts
5.1.1 Phenomenological account of the first visit
5.1.2 Interviews  71
5.2 Analysis of Interviews (Intangibles)  78
5.2.1 Personal Experiences, Influences and Origins of work
5.2.2 Approach to Design
5.2.2.1 Analogy
5.2.2.2 Methods
5.2.2.3 Attitude
5.2.3 Values
5.2.4 Relations
5.2.4.1 Relation with Craftsmen
5.2.4.2 Relation with Client
5.3 Analysis of the Dwelling (Tangibles)  90
5.3.1 Closer to human
5.3.1.1 Scale and Proportion
5.3.1.2 Senses
5.3.2 Closer to Nature
5.3.2.1 Relation between inside and outside
5.3.2.2 Landscaping
5.3.2.3 Treatment of existing flora and features
5.3.3 Closer to Community
5.3.3.1 Learning from Vernacular
5.3.3.2 Materials from the Locale
5.3.3.3 Creating Awareness
(0.4 Note on Place and Placelessness)
5.4 Place and Placelessness (Intangibles)
5.5 Construction Techniques (Tangibles)
6. Case Study 2: Bidyut Roy, Shantiniketan, West Bengal  104
6.1 Phenomenological Accounts
6.1.1 Phenomenological account of the first visit
6.1.2 Interviews  118
6.2 Analysis of Interviews (Intangibles)  138
6.2.1 Personal Experiences, Influences and Origins of work
6.2.2 Approach to design
6.2.2.1 Analogy
6.2.2.2 Methods
6.2.2.3 Attitude
6.2.3 Values
6.2.4 Relations
6.2.4.1 Relation with Craftsmen
6.2.4.2 Relation with Client
6.3 Analysis of the Dwelling (Tangibles)  145
6.3.1 Closer to Human
6.3.1.1 Scale and Proportion
6.3.1.2 Senses
6.3.2 Closer to Nature
6.3.2.1 Relation between inside and outside
6.3.2.2 Landscaping
6.3.2.3 Treatment of existing Flora and features
6.3.3 Closer to Community
6.3.3.1 Learning from Vernacular
6.3.3.2 Materials from the Locale
6.3.3.3 Creating Awareness
(0.4 Note on Place and Placelessness)
6.4 Place and Placelessness (Intangibles)
6.5 Construction Techniques (Tangibles)
7. Chandramadhavi: A photo essay  155
Bringing the Alternative Approach to the Mainstream
8. Inferences  162
9. Conclusion  165
10. Future Research  168
11. Bibliography  170
12. Appendices  173
11.1 Tracing the origins of the study
11.2 Interview with Lakshmi Swaminathan (Didi’s Assistant)
11.3 Excerpts from the transcription of Bidyut Roy’s interview in Bangla
13. Glossary of words  184
14. Review Feedbacks  185
15. Thesis review and Viva action
(0.5 An ending note for fresh researchers)

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