Bengaluru: beautiful old guthu house with beautiful chaavadis, wide yardous yard in roll in rain, thick pillars, and wooden doors – small doors, small kitchen open to the dining room and sacred room installed – Tulunadu ancestral house was fascinated on Saturday even as architects and academics discussed their poor situation now.
During the discussion of independent houses and Kodagu Temple, Brinda Somaya, an architect and urban conservationist, regretted losing some architectural miracles in Kodagu.
Turning it on migration, hard weather conditions and difficulty building maintenance, he emphasizes the need for documentation and live in harmony with nature.
“Every part of these buildings, including material choices, construction methodology, patterns of building activity, spatial organizations and ritual meanings assigned to various aspects, reflect the principles of traditional society governments that are very organized and hierarchy,” Somaya said.
From the family with Patrilinear, the session moved to Tulunadu, where the matrilinear setup was in place.
But the reasons for the loss of legacy structures are identified similar.
“There are hundreds of homes aged more than hundreds of years.
But many of them are sad.
With lifestyle changes and people move to the city, many are not interested in them and high maintenance costs.
Some structures are maintained because of their cultural significance, “said Gayathri Shetty, an architect involved in the upcoming publication about the technique of building Dakshina Kannada.
Ideas include turning it into a hospitality project.
“Some of them can be as big as those who have 80 rooms.
Pages can be divided further into various portions for functions such as marriage.
This will bring income that can be used for maintenance,” he said.
“There is a need to develop a shared ownership system and trust because generations in homes now reach 80-120 members.
We need to ensure that the structure is not sacrificed in bargains between members.
These houses can also be the area to revive local art , “he said.
SayeeGeha Hegde, a Linguistic Bachelor of Tulu, said: “There was a time when 80 people used to live here.
It’s not just about family, but all villages and heritage On a wooden bench in the window to oversee workers in the field, the architect shared nostalgic footage during the session, held as part of the Bangalore literary festival.