Professional Documents
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Vernacular Architecture
of JAISALMER
LOCATION
CLIMATE
Hot winds blow during summer and sand storms are also
seen.
TYPICAL FEATURES OF
RAJASTHANI ARCHITECTURE
Jharokha
Chhatris
Haveli
Stepwell
Johad
Jaali
JHAROKHA
(Social Aspects)
Additional
architectural beauty to
the mansions.
As a sight seeing
platform.
Permit woman in pardah
JHAROKHA
(Climate Responsive)
ELEMENTS OF
JHAROKHA
CHHATRIS
CHHATRIS
HAVELI
COURTYARD EFFECT
Courtyard enhances air circulation through principle of stack
effect. After the air passes through the interiors it heats up and
starts rising. The courtyard allows this air to escape.
STEPWELL
(Social Aspects)
STEPWELL
MACRO
(Climate Responsive)
BAOLI
MICRO
JOHAD
JAALI
(Social Aspects)
JAALI
(Climate Responsive)
Control of Heating
Texture of Surfaces
Orientation
The Grid
The Courtyard
Where normal low level dust swirls within the settlement the
exteriors of buildings are protected by almost blank walls with
very small openings.
CONTROL OF HEATING
Town
The
The
Use of such devices minimizes the heat gain by providing shading due to
texture. Such devices also result in increased convective transfer of heat
because of increased surface area.
In summer
In
In
CONTROL OF HEATING BY
TEXTURE OF SURFACES
ORIENTATION
The
spaces in different
orientation are
considered differently
for design purposes.
THE
GRID
THE
COURTYARD
SOURCES
www.archinomy.com/case-studies/1992/the-vernaculararchitecture-of-rajasthan
www.prismma.in/rajasthani-architecture
www.rajasthantourism.co.in
http://www.archdaily.com
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