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India Travelogue 2015
#25/26
Nagapattinam #3
Research on Traditional Houses
I became interested in the residential architecture of Nagapattinam, a small provincial city in the Indian subcontinent located on the opposite side of the Indian subcontinent from New Delhi, the capital of India.
I wanted to research the traditional houses that interested me, and with the help of the locals, I was able to select and research two houses, so I would like to write about them here.
建築現場・１
Author’s sketch
House 1 （Single story detached house）
Eaves of the house (House 1）
Photo by author, 2015
Photo by author, 2015
Residential Entrance and patio (House 1）
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Massive entrance doorway (bottom)（House 1）
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Massive entrance doorway （top) (House 1）
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Eaves of the house （House 1）
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The center of the house （swing in the living room）(House 1)
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The center of the house （swing in the living room）(House 1)
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House 2
Entrance and Eaves of the house (House 2）
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Entrance doorway （House 2）
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Workplace （House 2）
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Roof the workplace （House 2）
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Cement louvers separating the interior and exterior（House 2）
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A large scale soup kitchen of the neighbours
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A professional soup kitchen worker has come out and is starting to prepare food on the sidewalk in front of the eaves of private homes in the city.
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Neighbors who hear about a soup kitchen party and gather to attend it.
Photo by author, 2015
Photo by author, 2015
This is an alms-giving meeting to the neighbours.
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Photo by author, 2015
Construction site
An Indian acquaintance of mine bought a piece of land with an old house on it and decided to build a new home. They asked me to design a new house on the land which I had completed.
Photos below shows the old house being demolished.
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After demolishing the existing old house, the land revealed was sufficiently enough for a fairly spacious mansion.
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The demolition work is almost complete.
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It can seen that the ground has been cleaned up and the site is clear.
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As construction begin, a fence has been erect on the boundary facing the front road.
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Inside the construction site.
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Architects and workers seems to be having fun working on site.
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The author chatting with the architects of this region.
They said that the author is the first Japanese that they had met.
The conversation were carried out easily in English.
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The author inspecting the building materials storage area with the owner.
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All photos by author, 2015
