RURAL STUDY QUESTIONS

HISTORY
1) WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE?
2) WHEN DO PEOPLE CAME TO THIS PLACE?
3) WHY PEOPLE DIDN’T MIGRATE TO SOME OTHER PLACES? REASON?
4) WHAT IS THE MAJOR RESOURCE BEHIND IT?
5) LIST OUT THE RULERS IN DIFFERENT STAGES?
6) WHAT ARE ALL THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THOSE RULERS IN DEVELOPING THIS
PLACE?

ECONOMY
1) WHO ARE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY?
2) WHO IS THE HEAD OF THAT FAMILY?
3) WHAT IS THE AGE, OCCUPATION AND INCOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS?
4) WHAT IS THE SPECIAL OCCUPATION OF THAT VILLAGE?
5) HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN THAT SPECIAL OCCUPATION?
6) HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING INSIDE & OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE?
7) HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GRADUATEES?
8) WHAT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THEY ARE USING AND HOW MUCH IN
EACH HOUSE?
9) WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT BUILDING AND HOW FREQUENT THEY ARE
RENOVATING IT?

POPULATION
1) HOW MUCH POPULATION THE VILLAGE HAVING?
2) HOW MANY MALE, FEMALE AND CHILDREN IN THAT VILLAGE?
3) HOW MANY PEOPLE ON RELIGION BASIS?
SETTLEMENTS (AN OVERVIEW OF THAT VILLAGE SITE)
1) ON WHAT BASIS THE BUILDINGS AND HOUSES ARE GROUPED?
2) HOW THE STREETS ARE ALIGNED?
3) WHAT IS THE EVOLUTION OF THAT SETTLEMENTS?
(EXAMPLE: WHEN WAS THE ROADWAYS LAID?
WHEN DID THE TEMPLES HAS BEEN BUILT?)
4) WHAT IS THE DRANAGE PATTERN AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL METHODS?
5) WHAT ARE ALL THE NATURAL RESOURCES PRESENT AND ALSO IN THE PAST?
6) WHAT ARE THE MANMADE SUSTAINABLE FEATURES (EX: WELLS)?
7) WHAT ARE ALL THE POLLUTION MAKING BUILDINGS (EX: FACTORIES)?
8) WHAT IS THE CULTIVATION PROCESS?
9) WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TREES PRESENT?
10) WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SOIL PRESENT IN THAT VILLAGE?

VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
(BUILDING TYPOLOGIES, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES,
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUILT FORMS AND OPEN SPACES……)
1) WHAT IS THE VAASTHU THEY ARE FOLLOWING?
2) WHAT IS THE PREFERRABLE ROOM ARRANGEMENT BASED ON OCCUPATION
& FUNCTION?
3) WHAT IS THE BUILDING MATERIAL THEY ARE USING?
4) WHAT IS THE LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS?
5) WHAT TYPE OF FOUNDATION, JOINTS AND OTHER DETAILINGS OF THE HOUSE?
6) HOW THEY ARE SOLVING THEIR SERVICES?
7) WHAT IS THE WASTE DISPOSAL OF THAT HOUSE TO THE WHOLE VILLAGE?
8) WHAT ARE ALL THE MATERIAL DETAILING? (IE.FOR WALL, PLASTERING, JOINTS,
FLOORING, ROOFING, INSULATION……….)
9) WHAT IS THE AGE OF THAT BUILDING AND ITS ESTIMATION?
 10) WHAT ARE ALL THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING IN OPEN SPACES & IN BUILT
FORMS?
11) WHAT ARE ALL THE ACTIVITIES DIFFERING IN SUMMER AND IN WINTER?
12) WHAT ARE ALL THE CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FEATURES IN THE BUILDING?
13) ARE THEY PROVIDING ANY INSULATION?
14) WHAT IS THE EVOLUTION OF MATERIALS & BUILDINGS?
15) HOW MANY STORIES THAT THE BUILDINGS HAVE?
16) WHAT’S THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND FORM, DECORATIONS AND OTHER
FEATURES OF THE BUILDING?

SUSTAINABILITY
1) WHAT IS THE BUILDING MATERIAL THEY ARE USING?
2) WHAT ARE THE LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS?
3) WHAT ARE ALL THE APPLIANCES THEY ARE USING?
4) HOW THE POLLUTION FREE ENVIRONMENT IS INFLUENCED BY THE MODE OF
TRANSPORT, TYPES OF BUILDINGS ……….?
5) HOW DO PEOPLE DOING THINGS FOR THEIR COMFORT WITHOUT REDUCING
SUSTAINABLE QUALITY? (EX: MAY BE AESTHETICS…….)