Vernacular Architecture in 21st century – Theory, education and practice

Contents
List of illustration credits ix
List of contributors xi
Preface xv
Foreword xvii
Nezar AlSayyad
Introduction 1
Lindsay Asquith and Marcel Vellinga
Part I The vernacular as process 21
1 Building tradition: control and authority in vernacular
architecture 23
Simon J. Bronner
2 Endorsing indigenous knowledge: the role of masons and
apprenticeship in sustaining vernacular architecture –
the case of Djenne 46
Trevor H.J. Marchand
3 Forms and meanings of mobility: the dwellings and
settlements of sedentarized Irish Travellers 63
Anna Hoare
4 Engaging the future: vernacular architecture studies in the
twenty-first century 81
Marcel Vellinga
Part II Learning from the vernacular 95
5 Traditionalism and vernacular architecture in the
twenty-first century 97
Suha Özkan
6 Learning from the vernacular: basic principles for sustaining
human habitats 110
Roderick J. Lawrence
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7 Lessons from the vernacular: integrated approaches and
new methods for housing research 128
Lindsay Asquith
8 Sheltering from extreme hazards 145
Ian Davis
9 A journey through space: cultural diversity in urban planning 155
Geoffrey Payne
Part III Understanding the vernacular 177
10 Vernacular design as a model system 179
Amos Rapoport
11 ‘Generative concepts’ in vernacular architecture 199
Ronald Lewcock
12 The future of the vernacular: towards new methodologies
for the understanding and optimization of the performance
of vernacular buildings 215
Isaac A. Meir and Susan C. Roaf
13 Architectural education and vernacular building 231
Howard Davis
14 Educating architects to become culturally aware 245
Rosemary Latter
Afterword: raising the roof 262
Paul Oliver
Bibliography 269
Index 288