The vernacular architecture of our past was based on certain principles of design. VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE Vernacular architecture is wise thought of generations moulded by culture and region in which it flourishes. It is region specific and culture specific. Vernacular design is seen as a limitation imposed by the guiding lines of region and culture….or is learning to live with these limitations by utilization of its potentials to the maximum. Therefore, vernacular design is a result of factors that frame it. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN In design evolution, Architecture cannot fulfill its function and generate its message unless it has some underlying principles of design…AXIS, SYMMETRY, HIERARCHY, RHYTHM, DATUM, TRANSFORMATION; it also includes FORM, SPACE. This paper aims to find underlying principles of design in vernacular settlements termed as ….orderly geometric chaos. That Means, there lies an order in geometry of design and chaos in the same design because of its organic evolution wi...