Methods of Bridging Traditional and Modern in Constructing Houses in Mwing East District, Kenya

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the bridging of traditional and modern methods of constructing housings in rural Kenya. This paper found the followings; 1) Main houses tend to be modernized faster. On the other hand, kitchens and granaries remain as traditional method.2) Modernization of the houses can be described as a) from circle to rectangle plan, 2) from temporary to permanent structure, c) from LAM (local available materials) to industrial materials.3) There are many hybrid combinations of traditional and modern methods. Dwellers are choosing from those variations according to their capacity or function of houses.