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Rural Case Study: Thirupattur

1. This document summarizes rural case studies from Thirupattur, India including the history of the town and street layout. 2. It describes two traditional rural homes - the Rangarajan house, a single-story detached home with a courtyard, and Ramasamy's house, a single room home for a family of 3. 3. Details are provided on the design, construction materials, orientation, enclosure, and uses of spaces like the courtyard in the Rangarajan home.

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Rural Case Study: Thirupattur

1. This document summarizes rural case studies from Thirupattur, India including the history of the town and street layout. 2. It describes two traditional rural homes - the Rangarajan house, a single-story detached home with a courtyard, and Ramasamy's house, a single room home for a family of 3. 3. Details are provided on the design, construction materials, orientation, enclosure, and uses of spaces like the courtyard in the Rangarajan home.

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RURAL CASE STUDY

T H I R U PAT T U R

P R E S E N T E D B Y,
M . P. B H AVA G I T H A
L O C AT I O N : T H I R U P AT T U R , M A N A C H A N A L L U R TA L U K , T R I C H Y

HISTORY

• Lord Brahmas overwhelming pride as the creator of the Universe. Lord Brahma
felt that he was more prevailing than Lord Shiva – since he had the supremacy of
creation.
• This sense provoked Lord Shiva, who destroyed Lord Brahma’s Fifth head and
also cursed him that he would lose his power of creation.
• To relieve himself of this curse, Lord Brahma started out on a pilgrimage of Lord
Shiva temples.
• Being moved by his prayers, Lord Shiva gave him Dharshan under the Magizha
tree and liberated him from his curse by restoring the power and responsibility of
creation.
• Since Lord Brahma himself destiny is rewritten here, he advised to rewrite the
destiny of his devotees also.
1. Mela Theru Perumal Kovil Sandhu
2. Sivan kovil Sandhu Keela Theru
3. Nadu Theru Ezhumalai Road
4. Gounder or Muslim Street
5. Muchathi Theru
6. MuthuRaja Street
7. Reddiyar street
8. Arjunar street
9. Vellalar Street
10. Muthalaivar Street
11. Chettiyar Street
12. Karuppasamy Street
VILLAGE SQUARE

• Located at Chettiyar Street, So Manadapam of Vinayagar Temple is considered as


the Panchayat place for discussion of village.
RANGARAJAN HOUSE
CHARACTER
• The Traditional house chosen is built 20 years old. The house accommodates 6 people
which is single storeyed, east facing and detached.
• The entrance of the house is the semipublic space called Thinnai separated by a small
passage opens upto the private spaces of the house.
• A courtyard space called “Muttram” is oriented between bedroom and kitchen without
passage which indicated lower middle income sector.
PROPORTION
• The Courtyard is Rectangular in shape. The size of courtyard is equal to the living area
• It serves for a variety of purposes, but the activity changes according to time of the day.
ANTHROPOLOGY
• The space courtyard offers is also used for drying clothes, groceries and food products.
• It is always noted to be a secured play area for small children of pre school age who
can be taken care by their mother or any aged person from within the house.
• The courtyard eventually becomes as washable area, collects and stored rain water
uses the washed water under recycling process for again washing sunken floor against
screenings that are found remaining from cleaning vessels and utensils especially when
rain is scarce.
• This courtyard is quite contrary from remaining because psychologically all the main
spaces has its direct connection from courtyard but it is not.
• Despite of this contrary, this courtyard tends to create interaction within the
inhabitants formally or informally.
• Even though it is Load Bearing home we can see the timber beams running across the
roof which shows these people were used to Madras Terrace. Psychologically when they
transform to concrete to construction this collaboration took place.
• As their construction period is the starting stage of evolution of concrete into Rural,
they want to inculcate all their initial outdoor living spaces like Kitchen, Toilet, Utility
spaces inside the home.
•And that’s why they have Mud Base as Cooking range in Kitchen and Utility spaces
came under OTS.
• Rooms whichever has door finished with plain lintel, which do not has door comes
with arched lintels which may be derived from the spaces they seen in Government
buildings where built in 18th century in Indo – Saracenic style.
ORIENTATION AND ENCLOSURE
• Major axis of the house is along North-South direction hence avoids East-West.
Entrance to the house is from the East.
• The courtyard is not visible from outside as it cotains Toilet, little privacy is enhanced
in such way.
• Even it has concrete roof all the rain water collection is supposed to be in this
courtyard.
• Diurnal variations in temperature happen over a period of time / throughout the day.
The Courtyard assumes more of a functional part than its aesthetics counterpart.
RAMASAMY’S HOUSE
RAMASAMY’S HOUSE
GANDHI’S HOUSE
CHARACTER
• It is a farmer home which accommodates a family of 3 members n a single room.
The house is West facing , single storeyed and detached.
• The house does not has any Portico, foyer or living.
PROPORTION
• It is a rectangular home with 2.2 m height of wall with square thatch roof with
timber Machu.
ORIENTATION & ENCLOSURE
• Rectangular form is oriented towards North-South with small openings.
• Single room engaged for all type of day and night activity.
AIR MOVEMENT
• There is significant air movement except the hot air rises to the top.
• Small openings in the wall may acquire quite wind flow due to Venturi effect.
THE END

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