“The mother of art is architecture. Without architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” – Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)
Indian Vernacular Architecture has always demonstrated the close relationship with sustainable materials and techniques for built environment . However, urbanization and exponential growth of cities, on the other hand failed in utilizing the basic fundamentals of local context. We have drifted away from our rich cultural heritage and our conventional but scientific way of life. But, there is always a hope and thankfully, out of few states that are still away from getting spoiled, Chhattisgarh tops the chart. This book however, is an attempt to understand the prevalent conditions of a typical village of Chhattisgarh and try and offer a solution for the people to have a quality life.
The future generations need to be sensitized towards the rural India and how it can contribute to the sustainable development of the country. As an architectural institution our attempt in experimenting documentation with the help of students on understanding the village life and village was successful and by identifying the issues and solutions to the same are testimony to this experiment.
