Vernacular Architecture Meaning
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Vernacular architecture
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Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize a method of construction which uses immediately available resources to address immediate needs. As such, it is often dismissed as crude and unrefined.
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The term is derived from the Latin vernaculus, meaning "native," and therefore refers to all architecture which is indigenous to a specific place (not imported or copied from elsewhere). As this represents the majority of historical construction (and much continuing practice in developing countries), it is often confused with "traditional" architecture. Vernacular architecture may, through time, be adopted and refined into culturally accepted solutions, but only through repetition may it be become "traditional." Through such processes vernacular architecture can provide highly sophisticated adaptation to both the environment and to user's needs.
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