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This small Kalae house has a raised floor made of hardwood. The roof is covered with wooden tiles. The house has three compartments: the largest one on the east is the sleeping area, the smaller one on the west is the kitchen, and the smallest one in the front is the storage for drinking water. [1]
Thai Traditional House at Chulalongkorn University One universal aspect of Thailand's traditional architecture is the elevation of its buildings on stilts , most commonly to around head height. The area beneath the house is used for storage, crafts, lounging in the daytime, and sometimes for livestock such as chickens or ducks.
The traditional Thai house (Thai: เรือนไทย, RTGS: ruean thai, pronounced [rɯ̄a̯n tʰāj]; lit. ' Thai house ' ) is a loose collection of vernacular architectural styles employed throughout the different regions of Thailand .
13 Modern and Post-modern. 14 ... This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition – used in the design of ...
Kuti (Thai: กุฏิ) – originally a small structure, built on stilts, designed to house a monk, with its proper size defined in the Sangkhathiset, rule 6, to be 12 by 7 kheup (4.013 by 2.343 meters). Modern kutis take the shape of an apartment building with small rooms.
Applied Thai architecture is a movement in Thai architecture which gained popularity, especially for government buildings, during the mid-twentieth century. It arose as a way to signify Thainess , as opposed to following Western traditions, during periods of nationalism beginning during the government of Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram .
The term "sala" earliest known mention is found in Atharvaveda, [2] which is an Indian Hindu text written in sanskrit language, [2] which has been dated to 1200 BC to 1000 BC. [3] [4] "Sala" in Atharvaveda and later in various Indian languages denotes "house" in a broad and generic sense, with meanings such as "stall" for cattle, "shed" for corn, room or house, etc.
On the island of Chiloé, modern dwellers have incorporated stilts into house design due to local seismic activity causing tides up to 7 metres in height. [4] Stilts were utilised by Inuit inhabiting the Bering Strait and Western Alaska, with stilts used to create level terraces for the community inhabiting Ugiuvak, also known as King Island.