Traditional Architecture in Hot and Humid climates

Hot-Humid areas present two major problems to its inhabitants i.e. the solar radiation and the evaporation of moisture by breezes. To cope with these problems long ago the ancients built their villages to allow free air movement ,and the scattered individual units were mixed into the shade of surrounding flora. They also raised their large roofs covered with grass to insulate against the sun and throw large areas of shadow over the dwellings, which had no walls. The steep angle overhang of these roofs protected against rainfall, and the floors were elevated to keep them dry and to allow air circulation underneath.