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Sustainable Architecture of Manapad Village by Heetarth Sompura is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes a case study of the coastal village of Manapad in Tamil Nadu, India. It describes how the village evolved organically along the coastline based on the fishing occupation of early settlers. The village consists of three main clusters - a fishermen cluster along the shoreline, a Nadar community cluster inland, and an upper-class Paravas cluster planned in a grid pattern. Houses in the village over 100 years old follow a traditional Ceylon-Portuguese architectural style with open balco
- Author
- Heetarth Sompura
- Language
- EN