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  1. Bhunga: The 200-year-old earthquake-resistant mud houses of Kutch

    The destruction led the people of Kutch to design circular mud houses called Bhungas, which can withstand earthquakes and have been in use for 200 years now. Unique to Kutch in Gujarat, the circular walled houses have thatched roofs. In this disaster-prone region, Bhungas are known for their structural stability and for being climate responsive.

  2. kutchh bhunga architecture

    kutchh bhunga architecture. The Bhonga is a traditional cylindrical construction used in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, which has high earthquake risk. A Bhonga consists of a single room with thick earthen walls and a thatched roof. Bhongas are constructed using locally available materials like mud, bamboo, and cow dung in a way that ...

  3. A Design Guide for vernacular housing in Kutch

    A vital component of the Kutch region's cultural legacy is the Bhunga construction method, which is unique to the region's vernacular housing type. The patterns are typically geometric and symmetrical and pay homage to the area's rich cultural and traditional heritage. The method is not just used in residential construction; it is also ...

  4. D'source Design Gallery on Habitats of Kutch

    Bhungas are traditional houses unique to the Kutch region in Gujarat. The houses are circular walled with thatched roof. They are known for their structural stability in earthquakes and for being climate responsive. It also protects against sandstorms and cyclonic winds. It is constructed using locally available materials like clay, bamboo, timber, etc. Structurally the roof is placed on two ...

  5. Bhunga, kutch.ppt

    Bhunga, kutch.ppt. 1. BHUNGA, KUTCH. 2. • The Bhonga is a traditional construction type in the Kutch district of the Gujarat state in India, which has a very high earthquake risk. • A Bhonga consists of a single cylindrically shaped room. • The Bhonga has a conical roof supported by cylindrical walls. Bhonga construction has existed for ...

  6. Banni Bhunga house in Kutch

    4 min read. ·. Jan 7, 2017. --. 1. Aneree Satra along with 40 other architecture enthusiast was a part of Kaarwan's Purvai'15. She was particularly taken by the traditional Bhunga houses of the Kutch region. Kutch comprises of the pastoral communities of the desert who lead a nomadic or semi-nomadic life secluded from villages and towns.

  7. The Earthquake- Proof Huts of Kutch

    The bhunga is the emblem of the folk tradition of the region; even the children's doll's house is a miniature version of the bhunga. This shows that children are preserving their age-old ...

  8. Bhunga House

    The reworked design of bhungas that is about 200 years old stood very firm during the earthquake of 2001 when it was very close to the epicentre. Bhungas are traditional houses, a unique type of round mud hut identified with the Kutch desert areas of Gujarat. The houses are circular walled with thatched roof.

  9. Earthquake Resistant Housing: A Study of Bhunga Houses in the Kutch

    The walls of a bhunga are very low. Conical shape of the roof of a bhunga comes quite low at the periphery while still forming high ceiling near the central usable space. This also helps the stability of the structure during an earthquake (United Nations Development Programme, 2001). Traditional bhunga house has circular mud walls and a ...

  10. PDF Understanding Indigenous Knowledge Systems of Bhunga Architecture: A

    A Bhunga is a traditional house, a distinctive circular mud hut found in the Kutch desert region of Gujarat. The houses are circular and surrounded by thatched roofs. ... made based on the comparison of case studies which gives a brief description of the climate, accommodation, style, sustainability, construction, exterior, and bhunga ...

  11. PDF Study of Climate Responsive Building form for Kutch Region

    A. Bhunga The Bhunga is a traditional construction type in the Kutch district which has a very high earthquake risk. The Bhunga has a conical roof supported by cylindrical walls (as shown in figure 4). Bhunga construction has existed for several hundred years. This type of house is quite durable and appropriate for prevalent desert conditions.

  12. Bhunga House Project

    Bhunga House Project. At the beginning of 2005 Rolf Killius spent two months in the Kutch District of the Indian state of Gujarat. On behalf of the Grassi Museum Leipzig in Germany, he conducted research on the construction of a traditional roundhouse a Bhunga made of clay and reed, to be constructed for the museum's new permanent exhibition.

  13. Housing Report: Traditional rural house in Kutch region of India

    This housing report looks at housing typologies in India, with a focus on traditional rural houses in the Kutch region. The Bhonga is a traditional construction type in the Kutch district of the Gujarat state in India, which has a very high earthquake risk. A Bhonga consists of a single cylindrically shaped room. The Bhonga has a conical roof supported by cylindrical walls.

  14. Kutch's Bhunga: Moving Across Borders

    Kutch, situated in the north-western part of Gujarat, is the largest district in India, covering a total area of 45,652kms. It is broadly divided into three distinct ecological regions. The northern most part, nearly 30000 sq.km, is largely covered in barren, arid deserts, which includes the Great Rann of Kutch and Little Rann of Kutch.

  15. bhonga vernacular architecture of gujarat

    details about the architecture of bhunga houses of kutch. ... This PPT for case study on Adaptive reuse on gohar mahal, bhopal Adaptive reuse is the process of taking an old building or site, and reusing it for a purpose other than it was designed. ... This type of house is quite durable and appropriate for prevalent desert conditions. 8.

  16. PDF ResearchGate

    A study of local bhunga houses in Kutch adapting to ... in summer is sizeably less in case of mud huts. Material selection must be the - ... house-form-bhunga) and the roof is finished with dry

  17. Bhunga: "modern'' houses are being looked upon as an 'engineering

    BHUNGA ( THE MUD HOUSE) "MUD HUT locally known as a Bhunga made out of Mud is closed linked with the identity of Banni Area in Kutch". Bhunga is an engineering marvelous The Mud floor space organized in different levels of plinths and slowly climb vertically up to structure. This sturdy structure has been withstand sever winds and seismic ...

  18. Five traditional architecture homes that can withstand natural calamities

    A typical Bhunga has a diameter of 18 feet with a foundation depth of 2 feet. Since the circular structure does not have any corners, it can withstand the lateral forces of earthquakes as well as storms. Not surprisingly, in the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, Bhungas were unaffected despite being close to the epicentre. Bhunga - mud homes of Kutch. Pic ...

  19. World Environment Day: Vernacular architecture and its therapeutic

    To study this further, AD speaks to architects Khushnu Panthaki Hoof, Vinu Daniel and Dikshu Kukreja ... Think of the typical Bhunga houses in Kutch; the bamboo constructions in Assam; and the distinctive clay-tiled, pitched roofs of Kerala homes. Or how traditional courtyards ensure homes are always well-ventilated, and mud constructions keep ...

  20. Bhunga A modern traditional home from the way of Kutch

    The thickness of that divider keeps cool in summer. The mud floorscape organized in differed levels of pliriths and stages slowly climb vertically to structure the dividers of round house. The top was made out from grass. Halajee who moved from sindha is accepted to begin this kind of Bhunga 300 Years prior.

  21. Study of Climate Responsive Building form for Kutch Region

    The Bhunga has a conical roof supported by cylindrical walls (as shown in figure 4). Bhunga construction has existed for several hundred years. This type of house is quite durable and appropriate for prevalent desert conditions.

  22. Approach to Sustainable Architecture through Vernacular Practices: A

    10 Without Conduits Table Fans TV and Radios Table 1: Data collected form Ground Case Study Electrification B. Desktop Case Study: Bhunga of Kutch Bhunga of Kucth came in limelight after the earthquake of 2001, when it was observed that, though being too close to the epicentre, most of the Bhunga houses survived the earthquake.

  23. Traditional Bhunga Huts of Kutch

    Architecture. A traditional Kutchi house is in a circular shape and made of mud walls and a thatched roof. Diameter of a Bhunga is approximately 18 feet and has depth of foundation upto 24 inches. Thatched roof is made of wooden top dome using bamboo sticks. These sticks are tied together with dried grass rope.

  24. Study Finds First Known Case Of Bird Flu Mammal-To-Mammal ...

    Timeline. June 5 A new study examining the 2023 bird flu outbreak in South America that killed around 17,400 elephant seal pups and 24,000 sea lions found the disease spread between the animals in ...