A study on housing typology in rural areas of Assam, India

The rural housing in Assam largely depends on the environmental factors such as climate, drainage, wind velocity, sunrays, and physical features, slopes, etc. The building space, house type, layout, height, plinth level, roof pattern and interior arrangement depend on culture and tradition of the communities and locally available building materials. Environmental impact is well reflected on the layout of the houses, building materials, orientation etc. People belonging to same community but living in two different environmental conditions, for example hills and plains have different house types. In many communities some methods adopted for keeping household items found to be highly scientific while many are controlled by the age old traditions. The study aims at providing a data base and an analysis of rural housing pattern in Assam so that it may provide a base for designing and redesigning the houses in more scientific manner to give a better living environment to the rural people.