TIBET ARCHITECTURE

- Contains Nepalese, Chinese & Indian Influences

PRINCIPLES OF TIBETAN
- Symmetry in Lay-out & Faade Design
- Slightly trapezoidal form
- Flat roofs w/ parapets
- Intricately carved interior timber frame
- ORGANIC DESIGN (Grow out of Landscape)

Two main Type of Tibetan Architecture

TEMPLES (GOMPAS) used for Religious
Ceremonies & Worship
STUPAS (CHORTENS) are Reliquary Symbols
- Small Temples, Roundish walls to Squares, Four
sidewalls
3 Types of STUPAS
1. PAGODA STYLE Multi-roofs structures w/
wide eaves supported by carved wooden struts
- Finest Architectural Genius of Nepal
2. STUPA STYLE Hemispherical mound top by a
Square Base (HARMIKA) All Seeing Eyes
3. SHIKHARA STYLE Curvilinear/Pyramidal
Tower whose surface is Broken up Vertically into
5/9 Sections

MATERIALS (Stone, Clay, Wood)

CONSTRUCTION
- Elevated Sunny Sites Facing South
- Flat Roofs (used in Central & Western Plateau
where Rainfall is Slight)
- Sloping Roofs (used in Eastern where Summer
Rains are Heavier
- Roofs are covered either in Slate, Shingles, and
Ceramic Tiles

ROOFS
DURBAR SQUARE generic name for plaza
CONICAL SPIRES symbolizes 13 Buddhist
Heaven w/ Umbrella apex
(JHINGATI) special clay tiles w/ metal gutters
DWELLING (1000mm)
VIHARA (1500mm)
TEMPLES (4000mm)