Architecture is commonly perceived through its purpose and programme, specifically its first life. Traditionally, a building is conceived with a defined purpose for a set of users and is analyzed…
Every year, summer arrives in India like a slow-burning fire. As the sun grows fierce and the air seems to stand still, stepping outside feels impossible. Yet, beneath this relentless…
The tale of architecture has always been a struggle against a single, invisible force: Earth’s most trustworthy companion, gravity. For thousands of years, the greatest structures, ranging from the great…
A Global Transition toward Decentralized Systems The global landscape is currently undergoing a profound transition due to the climate emergency, social injustice, and rapid advancement of transformative technologies. This shift…
Every day we walk by dozens of buildings and don’t really see them. A local school, a bus stop, a small terraced house or an old post office can often…
Not all locations have to be experienced. Sometimes locations are learned through stories first. A hill is considered sacred even before it’s climbed. A forest is seen as scary even…
There is something quietly unsettling about modern cities. We live closer to one another than any other generation before us, yet we tend to be the most isolated generation as…
When a city earns UNESCO World Heritage status, it is celebrated as a global triumph. Jaipur’s Old City—with its distinctive grid-based planning, havelis adorned with intricate jali work, and narrow…
It takes the soul of humanity to construct beautiful, peaceful cities where everyone lives in peace, yet nothing stops the urge of the same human breed to tear them down.…
Collection, segregation, treatment, and safe disposal of waste, along with additional processes and organizations, make up a city or country’s waste infrastructure. Each of these steps is crucial and forms…
Architecture extends beyond the art of designing, it is of great significance because it reveals how spaces, buildings and urban plans influence, and reflects social relations and ideologies. India’s architectural…
A speculative meditation on human existence, the psychology of place, and what architecture silently does to us by imagining a world in which it never existed at all. “We shape…