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DOCUMENTING AND CONSERVING THE DISAPPEARING OF TYPICAL GAMO HIGHLAND VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Gamo highland is one of the areas where traditional architecture practiced abundantly. However, now differently constructed houses clearly shown and gradually disappearing. Therefore, it is inspiring to study the loss and their current conditions. The purpose of the study was to documenting and conserving the disappearing of the typical Gamo highland Keeththas of; compound pattern, construction materials and techniques, indigenous design ideas, and architectural functions and space organizations. To achieve the objectives, conventional means (direct observation, recording photo and video, direct measurement, and drawing and sketching) and communication methods (interviews, questionnaires and group discussion) were used. All collected data sets have been analyzed descriptively and presented in pictures, tables, drawings, sketches, and maps. The result shows that the highland people live in scattered settlements and organized into many diverse deres. The settlements site also under the controls of the Gamo highland traditional laws called wogas. The houses are located in a compound within a compound and surrounded by false banana(uuththa) and bamboo(woyisha). Gamo highland keeththa typologies are; Yarra, Karra, Gothoma(zuffa) and Boreda. The houses have been made from split(woyisha/woyirra) woven like an upside-down basket and then thatched with roof covering materials called qadda/gatta. The Gamo highland keeththa ideas generated from copying of nature. The study recommends that to conserve in the social and cultural life of the society, special attention has to be given for vernacular houses(keeththa) and for its materials.
DOCUMENTING AND CONSERVING THE DISAPPEARING OF TYPICAL GAMO HIGHLAND VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Gamo highland is one of the areas where traditional architecture practiced abundantly. However, now differently constructed houses clearly shown and gradually disappearing. Therefore, it is inspiring to study the loss and their current conditions. The purpose of the study was to documenting and conserving the disappearing of the typical Gamo highland Keeththas of; compound pattern, construction materials and techniques, indigenous design ideas, and architectural functions and space organizations. To achieve the objectives, conventional means (direct observation, recording photo and video, direct measurement, and drawing and sketching) and communication methods (interviews, questionnaires and group discussion) were used. All collected data sets have been analyzed descriptively and presented in pictures, tables, drawings, sketches, and maps. The result shows that the highland people live in scattered settlements and organized into many diverse deres. The settlements site also under the controls of the Gamo highland traditional laws called wogas. The houses are located in a compound within a compound and surrounded by false banana(uuththa) and bamboo(woyisha). Gamo highland keeththa typologies are; Yarra, Karra, Gothoma(zuffa) and Boreda. The houses have been made from split(woyisha/woyirra) woven like an upside-down basket and then thatched with roof covering materials called qadda/gatta. The Gamo highland keeththa ideas generated from copying of nature. The study recommends that to conserve in the social and cultural life of the society, special attention has to be given for vernacular houses(keeththa) and for its materials.
DOCUMENTING AND CONSERVING THE DISAPPEARING OF TYPICAL GAMO HIGHLAND VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
ASHENAFI EZO (author)
2019-11-27
doi:10.20372/nadre/4434
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
Woyisha , Conserving , Disappearing , Keeththas , Documenting , Deres
DDC:
720
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