RESEARCH ON INDIGENOUS BUILDING TECHNOLOGY OF COTU MINORITIES IN CENTRAL VIETNAM

— Case study of traditional community houses in Thuong Quang and Thuong Lo commune, Thua Thien-Hue province —

Abstract

The traditional community house named “Guol” is a unique architecture of Cotu minorities living upland area of central Vietnam. Two community houses in Nam Dong district, Thua Thien Hue province show the typical “Guol” and are surveyed for case studies of indigenous building technology. The building technology can be understood as their conventional design methodology and construction technique. The field research was conducted by interview and measurement to obtain the information relating to structural form, building materials and construction process. Meanwhile, the information of design methodology is collected in terms of body measuring system and its application to the buildings.