Public parks promise universal belonging. Yet the inclusivity of public parks, when examined honestly, reveals a fundamental contradiction: every design choice simultaneously includes and excludes. This contradiction sits at the…
India is witnessing a transformation in its urban face. The ever-expanding cities are striving to accommodate a growing population, rising economic aspirations, and increasing infrastructural needs. The dilemma is between…
Transitional spaces commonly refer to areas that serve as zones of transition or separation between two distinct environments or settings. In architectural terminology, transitional spaces are generally defined as the…
Banjara Virasat represents the rich cultural heritage, history, and identity of the Banjara community, one of India’s most vibrant nomadic groups. Spread across regions such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, and…
Architecture has a way of making the brain feel different things. Good architecture always makes viewers and users feel different things. These depend on the design of the buildings, how…
Ruins are normally associated with the past. There are ruined walls, roofs, and stones that have been left behind. However, in modern architectural designs, the concept of ruins has been…
Locally originated arts and crafts hold a close engagement with heritage. Heritage architecture strikingly showcases the work of art created by the local artisans in characterizing a city in a…
Hospital architecture is one of the most constrained creative fields in architecture – not because architects lack imagination, but because functionality is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.…
Architecture is often described in terms of what we can see: the soaring lines of a Gothic arch, the dance of light on a marble floor, or the simple purity…
The discourse revolving around urban housing usually relies on a binary, with the permanent home on one side and the emergency shelter on the other. But this neat divide is…
Memory architecture relates to how a space would leave a mark once stepping into it. The curation of perceiving a space into a memory is a psychological impression that defines…
Stepwells, carvings on the earth’s surface not meant solely for fetching water, form entire buildings that sink several stories below the ground. The stepwells are trenches or rock-cut wells which…