CONTENTS PART 1 Beginning of a journey Living with Craft 13 In the Beginning13 The process : Mapping the journey 2005 17 The process continues : Mapping the journey 2006 21 SID Research Cell activies25 Himachal Pradesh : A sense of place 28 Kath-Khuni (Cator and Cribbage) construction technique 30 Seismic design 32 PART 2 Vernacular houses kath-khuni houses 37 Finding home Types of houses 37 The environment Infrastructure Public building and spaces Common spaces Roads and paths Typology of houses42 Variations Orientation Darbargadhs 48 Woodcarving integrated in kath-khuni built forms 59 Measure drawings of the kath-khuni houses63 Shri. Manohar Das Lohlta House, Old Jubbal 64 Shri. Devinder Singh Chigha House, Old Jubbal 70 Shri. Happi Singh Aukta House, Kiari 76 Shri. P. C. Aukta House, Old Jubbal 82 Living at home 95 Social use of spaces 95 Functions of living spaces98 Ground floor First floor Second floor Significant elements in making a home109 Chulhas Interior niches and storage elements Transitional spaces 113 Portfolio and analysis of Aukta House 121 PART 3 GranariesGranary-a shared storage 201 Finding storage in real time201 Independent granaries 203 Independent granary features Granaries within the houses 205 Measure drawings of a wood-and-stone granary206 Shri. Mahender Singh Aukta granary, Old Jubbal 206 PART 4 TemplesWooden and wood-and-stone temples 217 Finding a place for the Gods217 Typology of wooden and wood-and-stone temples 231 Gable roof Pent roof Pent-and-Gable roof Composite roof Tower temple Multi-tiered pyramidal roof Measure drawings of a wooden temple235 Shakti-Devi Temple, Chhatrari 235 Temple complex Shakti-Devi Temple Measure drawings of a wood-and-stone temple 249 Folk Deity Temple, Kiari 249 Portfolio and analysis of Shakti-Devi Temple 253 PART 5 End of a journey Matra - a performance 295 Bibliography 307 Index 308