4th International Seminar on Vernacular Settlement, Feb 14-17, 2008

The fourth international seminar on vernacular settlements is being hosted by School of Architecture, CEPT at Ahmedabad, India in February 2008. The theme of the seminar is "Vernacular Settlements and Architecture in Transition".

On August of 1999, the Department of Architecture of University of Indonesia held the first International Seminar on Vernacular Settlement, ISVS 1, at the Depok campus with the theme "The Role of Local Knowledge in Built Environment". There were participants from five countries, including Indonesia, who presented their papers. The second ISVS, also held at Depok, was titled "Resistance and Resilience of Local Knowledge in Built Environment", attracted participants of 13 countries presenting their papers in February 2002. After hosting two ISVS, Department of Architecture of University of Indonesia considerd it important to expand the network and host this seminar across Asia. However, the disaster in Aceh struck, and the consequent international attention on issues specific Vernacualar Architecture in Indonesia made it important for the seminar to be held in that country for one more time. Consequently, the Third ISVS was held at the Department of Architecture of Petra Christian University and the Department of Architecture of Parahyangan Catholic University, in Surabaya, Indonesia; in association with the Lembaga Sejarah Arsitektur Indonesia (Institute of Indonesian Architectural Historian). It attracted participants from the 13 countries who presented their papers in March, 2006.