TRIBAL HOUSING

ARAFAT SHAIKH
 INTRODUCTION
• TRIBAL PEOPLE IN INDIA ARE CALLED ‘ADIVASI’.ADIVASI IS AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR A
HETEROGENEOUS SET OF ETHNIC AND TRIBAL GROUP CONSIDERED THE ABORIGINAL POPULATION
OF INDIA.
• THE LARGEST TRIBES ARE FOUND IN CENTRAL INDIA, ALTHOUGH THE TRIBAL POPULATIONS THERE
ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY AROUND 10% OF THE REGION’S TOTAL POPULATIONS.
• TRIBAL HOUSES ARE BUILT OF LOCAL MATERIALS AND DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL
PEOPLE.
• THE BUILDERS OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE UNSCHOOLED INFORMAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND
THEIR WORK REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF RURAL CLIMATE, LOCALLY AVAILABLE BUILDING MATERIALS,
AND THE INTRICATE VARIATION IN LOCAL SOCIAL CUSTOMS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP.

HISTORY
• THE EARLIEST FORM OF DWELLINGS OF TRIBAL PEOPLE WERE ROCK CAVES.
• LATER ON THEY LEARNT TO BUILT HUTS OF REEDS, TENTS FROM BARK, SKIN OF ANIMALS.
• IN THE ‘SAVAGE’ STATE THE MEANS OF LIVING WERE HUNTING, FISHING AND COLLECTION OF
FOOD.
• MEN IN THE EARLIEST CIVILISATION STARTED CONSTRUCTING HOUSES, WATER SUPPLY
SCHEMES AND DEFENSIVE WORK.
• INITIALLY THEY SETTLED NEAR THE BANKS OF RIVERS AND USE THE LOCALLY AVAILABLE
MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION LIKE MUD, STONE, ETC.
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• TRIBAL VILLAGE ADAVASI COMMUNITY IS LOCATED IN MANOR (PALGHAR).

• IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS IN MANOR WHICH CONNECT MANY OTHER TRIBAL VILLAGES.
 CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

• BASE AND BEGINNING OF • BRICK MAKING STARTS WITH IT IS EASY TO

THE WOODEN STRUCTURE MOLDING CLAY- RICH SOIL CONSTRUCT
OF HOUSE. AND DRYING THE RAW BRICKS VENTILATION GRILL IN
• THE BASE IS SURROUNDED FOR SEVERAL DAYS MUD HOUSES
BY DRY WALL ,WITHOUT
MORTAR