Housing and Space Management

Housing And Space Management 3(2+1)

Lesson 03 : Factors Influencing The Dwelling Forms In India

Influence Of Environmental Factors On Dwelling Forms

• Dwelling forms are the products that emerged out of a complex phenomenon, which challenge any single explanation but address the responses to the environment of people holding different attitudes and ideas.




• Climate, topography, geographical locations are some of the fixed environmental factors that affect architecture and its built environment.
• Different climatic conditions pertaining to the different countries force them to take special architectural precautions to create more comfortable living spaces.
• These forms defined the architectural characteristics of various countries at different time spans.
• In addition, the impact of socio-economy, technology, culture, politics and building management strategies had a role in each period and vernacular architecture.