Cities were once learned slowly, through repetition, through memory, through mistakes. It was reimagined again and again, questioned again and again and gone through so many trials to become what…
Why pattern language needs an update A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander suggests that architectural quality evolves from repeating spatial connections rooted in human activity and experience (Alexander, 1977). The…
Stories have been and continue to be one of the foundational means by which humans communicate and connect. From the simple modes like tales, folklore, to theatre and dramas, to…
Architecture creates spaces, walls, and a roof for inhabitation. The story does not end there. Once humans realised that they could construct streets, shelters, and settlements for habitation, their thoughts…
A House Delivered Like a Package In many towns and cities around the globe, housing is literally packed, sent to the destination, and put together just like a parcel. Within…
Architecture and design have long been the byproducts of lived human experiences, imagination and indicators of creativity for years to come. This process has always required more than just pure…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, is the ability of a machine to display human-like capabilities such as reasoning, learning, planning and creativity (What is artificial intelligence and how is it used?, 2020). …
Architecture can undeniably be stated as a field that is perpetually evolving with the latest trends and adapting harmoniously to them. Moreover, it endeavours to maximise the potential imposed by…
Community can be defined as a group of people coming together with specific characteristics they share as a commonality. Similarly, architecture amalgamates the science and the art of designing and…
The moment that cracks an architect’s worldview rarely happens in a pristine gallery or atop a modernist skyscraper. It often hits in a moment of profound realization, such as on…
Architecture and cinema share a secret: both are about shaping human experience. Architects and designers shape how people move, live, and feel in space; filmmakers shape how we perceive and…
Diwali is often described as the festival of lights. Yet, to see it only as a visual spectacle is to miss the many other ways it reconstructs the modern Indian…