Abstract
Sustainability is an integration of environmental, social, and economic issues, leading to improving the quality of life. The recent transformations in vernacular architecture are leading to a loss in indigenous knowledge, disconnecting the past from the present. The paper discusses the present sustainability attributes of transformation in vernacular architecture. The main objective of the research is to identify the sustainability attributes of the built environment in villages of Chhattisgarh. The study is based on three major parameters of environmental, social and economic sustainability. The sub parameters or indicators in environmental sustainability are site selection and development, water efficiency, energy efficiency, material efficiency, and indoor environment. Systematic observation survey is used to analyse and document the attributes of sustainability. The study also elaborates the difference in the sustainability of residence in the villages to identify the difference between the sustainability of buildings in vernacular architecture and under transformation. The study paves way for the future where the use sustainability of the built environment is essential to understand the needs of tomorrow.
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