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Social Logic of Morphological Evolution of Temple Towns of Kerala, India :Understanding the cultural influence on the spatial configuration of Temple Towns
Built environments are basically organization of space as they consist of space (un‐ built) and matter (built). The spaces are linked to each other, forming a “system of spaces”. The way these individual spaces are formed and most importantly, linked together; is responsible for spatial configuratio...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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International Journal of Chemical, Environmental & Biological Sciences (IJCEBS)
2015
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005622.pdf |
| Summary: | Built environments are basically organization of
space as they consist of space (un‐ built) and matter (built). The
spaces are linked to each other, forming a “system of spaces”. The
way these individual spaces are formed and most importantly,
linked together; is responsible for spatial configuration of the built
environment. The socio cultural aspects in terms of the user
preferences are responsible for the evolution of spatial configuration
in a built environment, over a period of time. Thus, the built
environment and the social environment are two sides of the same
coin and that is the “system of spaces”. The research is intended
with the need of understanding built environments in a selected
traditional urban core of Kerala which is the cultural capital as well
as a traditional temple town.The place is analysed in terms of their
configuration to understand culture specific human preferences about
space proxemics. The research has been fostered by questions: (1)
How to understand and quantify the spatial configurations of
organically evolved built environments of urban cores? (2) To
deduce the human aspects in terms of user preferences about space
proxemics The strong influence of various factors like religious,
cultural, historic etc is analyzed to trace the development of
architecture in Trichur. The analysis shows the integration of cultural
aspects as the most important defining aspect of the spatial
configuration of the traditional urban core. |
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| Physical Description: | Volume 3, Issue 3 (2015) |