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1. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
(ETHIOPIAN)

2. Dorze village, which is about 35 Kms from
Arbaminch, is situated high up in the misty
Guge Mountains.
Location of Dorze

3. The Dorze people are well known in making use of
everything they grew with no waste.
The people are farmers and they prevent a soil erosion by
ingenious terracing of the mountainous region.
Around their huts the Dorze people have their own little garden with vegetables,
spices , but also tobacco and enset

4. The people are famous for their
beehive or elephant shaped Huts.
The reason that they resemble to design their house with elephant shape
is because it once lived around their habitation.

5. Their House is constructed with
vertical hard wood poles and
woven.
They are using bamboos as a frame
structure for the huts and
traditionally, they cut the bamboo
at moonlight.

6. For insulation purpose, they cover the roof with Thatch and bamboo stems.
They Dorze hut has one front door and three windows up near the roof.

7. The towering structure can go as high as 12
meters and last from 60-80 years.
Their hut is subdivided into;
Fireplace
Cattle Section
Bedroom
Brewery Section

8. Due to a termite attack of the foundation of the hut… they carefully cut off the
rotten part, they lift and relocate the hut someplace else. NB. That is why they
build their hut so high.
The older the hut the shorter it
gets.
The older house will be for newly
weds or kitchen.

10. Location of Tigray
Tigray is located in the Northern part of
Ethiopia.

11. The Region is a rocky mountainous land and has a
historical background of using their resource to
reflect their culture.
They also have a rock hewn churches carved out
from a rocky mountain.

12. The Tigray houses are built from amazing
stone masonry.
It usually have a rectangular shape but
sometimes rounded.

13. The roofs are usually flat and wood covered with mortar with an
overhanging eaves to protect the wall from rain water. However,
sometimes it has a cone shaped when the building is rounded.
On the outside of their houses they build beautifully stone steps leading
to the roof where roof is used for many purpose. Or I some cases the
houses could double story and the upper floor would be used as
bedroom, living room or guest house.

14. The interior wall is painted with
white or off white colour made
from crashed local limestone, cow
dung and hey.
The Ceiling is curved wood arranged
in an artistic geometric patterns
usually crosses

15. A rich family could have three free
standing building and bound their
territory with stone fence.
They use Timber as a Lintel at
openings.
They also insert woods a structural
elements and usually it Jets out
from the surface as a decoration.
It’s called “Monkey Head”

16. Sometimes they also could have an
external space used as a verandah
covered with wooden pergola.
Inside the kitchen, they construct a
fire place used for cooking.