JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

AND
KERALA ARCHITECTURE
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 Japanese Architecture

HISTORY
• The origins of Japanese architecture
• Prior to the 1st century B.C.E., Japanese homes looked much
like any other home across the world, consisting mainly of wood
with thatched roofs and earthen floors. Built before the
6th century, some of Japan's first shrines looked similar to
ancient storehouses or homes.
• The earliest Japanese architecture was seen in prehistoric
times in simple pit-houses and stores adapted to the needs of a
hunter-gatherer population. Influence from Han Dynasty China
via Korea saw the introduction of more complex grain stores
and ceremonial burial chambers.
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• Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified
by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or
thatched roofs. Sliding doors (fusuma) were used in place of walls,
allowing the internal configuration of a space to be customized for
different occasions.
• Traditional Japanese homes are called minka, and are often
what people picture in their heads when they think of a
Japanese style house. This includes tatami flooring, sliding
doors, and wooden verandas circling the home.
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ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ
• Traditional Japanese interiors, as well as modern, incorporate
mainly natural materials including fine woods, bamboo, silk, rice
straw mats, and paper shōji screens. Natural materials are
used to keep simplicity in the space that connects to nature.
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 Japanese Architecture
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ᴋɪɴᴋᴀᴋᴜ - ᴊɪ
• Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially
named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, literally "Deer Garden Temple"), is a Zen Buddhist
temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto,
attracting many visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special
Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making
up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
• Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto
whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. Formally
known as Rokuonji, the temple was the retirement villa of the shogun
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and according to his will it became a Zen temple
of the Rinzai sect after his death in 1408.
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Japanese Architecture

Fushimi Inari Taisha

Sensō-ji
KERALA ARCHITECTURE
 Kerala Architecture
HISTORY

Kerala's style of architecture is a unique Hindu temple architecture

that emerged in the southwest part of India, in its striking contrast
to Dravidian architecture which is normally practiced in other
parts of South India.
Kerala architecture is a kind of architectural style that is mostly
found in the Indian state of Kerala. ... The Tantrasamuchaya,
Thachu-Shastra, Manushyalaya-Chandrika, and Silparatna are
important architectural sciences, which have had a strong impact
in Kerala Architecture style.
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Traditional Kerala Architecture

• Timber is the prime structural material abundantly available in
many varieties in Kerala – from bamboo to teak. Perhaps the
skilful choice of timber, accurate joinery, artful assembly and
delicate carving of wood work for columns, walls and roofs
frames are the unique characteristics of Kerala architecture.
• Kerala architecture is a famous style of architecture from the
eponymous state in southern India. ... A traditional Kerala
house is integrated with nalukkettus (4-block structures),
ettukkettu (8-block structures) or pathinarukkettu (16-block
structures), depending on the size of the plot and the affluence
of the owner.
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ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ
• Building Materials The common building materials used for
vernacular construction in Kerala are mud,laterite
and granite stone blocks, lime mortar, wood, bamboo, clay
roofing tile and coconut palm leaves. LATERITE
TIMBER TILES are mainly used LATERITE: Most
common building materials in Kerala.
kerala Architecture
Kerala Architecture
Kerala Architecture
 Kerala Architecture

Cuttu Varandah Mural Painting Poomukham

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Charupady Nadumuttam
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Padippura Ambal Kulam

ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ꜱᴛᴜᴅy Kerala Architecture

Sri Vadakkunnathan Temple

Vadakkumnathan Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at city of Thrissur, of Kerala state in India. This
temple is a classical example of the architectural style of Kerala and has one monumental tower on each of the four
sides in addition to a kuttambalam. Mural paintings depicting various scenes from the Mahabharata can be seen inside
the temple.[1][2][3] The shrines and the Kuttambalam display vignettes carved in wood. The temple, along with the
mural paintings, has been declared as a National Monument by India under the AMASR Act.[4] According to popular
local lore, this is the first temple built by Parasurama, the sixth avatara of Vishnu. Thekkinkadu Maidan, encircling the
Vadakkunnathan Temple, is the main venue of the renowned Thrissur Pooram festival.
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Sree Padmanabhaswamy
Temple
Kanakakkunnu Palace
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