Yanomami Chapuno

Yanomami Culture, traditional village communal house (Chapuno), still in use in the rainforests of Brazil and Venezuela after centuries.

Materials: wood columns and wood beams, tie-beams, and purlins for roof structure; thatch roof.

Elevation varies c. 152 meters (500 feet) above sea level.

Data for CG model:
1.Internet sources.
2.Guidoni, Enrico, 1975. PRIMITIVE ARCHITECTURE. Electa/Rizzoli, NewYork.
3. Milliken, William and Orstom, Bruce Albert, 1997. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW YANOMAMI ROUND HOUSE, Journal of Ethnology, 17(2): 215-233 Winter.1997.
4. https://www.arquitecturayempresa.es/noticia/el-shapono-shabono-vivienda-colectiva-de-los-yanomami