Life in a Shoebox Step inside a tiny apartment, and the first thing you notice is how quickly the room runs out. The bed folds into the wall. The desk…
School doesn’t have to feel like walking in quicksand. What if every test, project, and group discussion felt like unlocking a new level, and striking your desk prompted an exciting…
For centuries, the art world has been a stage dominated by men, with the stories and contributions of women often relegated to the background. In a patriarchal system that denied…
A Premise to Ecological Boundaries and its Integration What are ecological boundaries? A physical feature that demarcates levels or properties? Nature-oriented areas restricted from artificial development? Or envelopes that differentiate…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the ultimate tool for everyone’s needs. A single swipe and you have the unheard and undiscovered history or trend all compiled under a single document.…
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” – Jane Jacobs Outdoors: parks, plazas, sidewalks, courts, community halls are…
Architecture of Resistance mainly refers to design strategies that challenge the political, social and economic power structures for buildings. It involves architecture to create cultural spaces, negotiating borders and maintaining…
The state of Gujarat provides a marvelous architectural narrative. The delicate, intricate stone carvings of ancient Hindu and Jain temples seem to speak to the vaulted arches of Islamic Sultanate…
It is said that Frank Gehry has spent more than half a century trying to overturn the meaning of design within architecture. Architecture, which in its essence is an art…
Transit as Urban Choreography Public transportation is more than just movement; it’s choreography. The movement of buses entering plazas, subways disappearing beneath city squares, and trams connecting several districts forms…
Buildings today whisper when one walks through a city. They shimmer under hotter suns, basements where shifted rainfalls flood, and suburbs take over the once-crop-rich lands. Architecture is, nowadays, no…
Urban planning can be defined as a strategic process where land development and related ecosystem and human services are improved. This paradigm shift can help maximise various aspects within the…