A STUDY ON TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN ITANAGAR CAPITAL COMPLEX AND TO IMPROVE A MODIFIED TYPOLOGY FOR A CLIMATE RESPONSIVE CONTEMPORY HOUSE
The lifestyle of the Arunachal Pradesh rural population demonstrates the example of sustainable living where bamboo plays a major role. Bamboo has its home in this tropical climate region of India. In order to understand various aspects of traditional bamboo constructions, a field visit was made to Rono, Emchi, Lekhi villages and Karsingsa, Pachin, NEEPCO areas. The paper studies the patterns affecting the housing styles of these regions, the traditional method of construction including bamboo treatments. Various parameters which are required to be considered for constructing a house are also studied. It has been found in the field survey that the utilization of bamboo is mostly in wall panels, columns, floor, door and windows. The question posed here is whether tradition houses perform better than a typical contemporary house in creating comfortable internal conditions. And if they do how it is possible for the contemporary house to benefit from the advantages presented in the design of the traditional house in terms of thermal performance. The results indicate that improved performance might be achieved by combining selected lessons from the traditional design e.g. improved shading, regional variations in window size related to orientation and adoption of adjustable ventilation and window openings.