Cities in a Warming World Indian cities are growing at an unsurpassed rate. As populations increase and new developments emerge, old structures often need to be demolished to make way…
Imagine walking through the narrow streets of a city where you can easily touch the walls when you spread your arms. The overhead balconies above your head of ancient houses,…
Architecture is not only about designing buildings, it’s also about understanding how people perceive and experience space. An architect’s ability to observe, interpret, and imagine the built environment plays a…
Design thinking is often associated with visualisation, sketching, rendering, and digital models, yet at the same time, designers engage with a more immediate and embodied source of knowledge: touch. Designers…
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…
Architecture was never a one-person activity, yet for a long time the process functioned in fragments. The architect developed the spatial idea, the structural engineer calculated the load-bearing framework, the…
In the architectural landscape, sustainable architecture now has a new definition. Installing a few solar panels and proclaiming the building as sustainable is no longer sufficient. Evolving past this greenwashing,…
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…
Background A For many people in Ngarannam, the memory of home lived only in stories. The village, located in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, West…
Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon) is an Academy Award-winning French film from 1956, produced and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The film, often revered as a fantasy-comedy children’s story, is…
Architecture plays a key role in people’s lives as it plays a connecting role between people and the spaces. Architecture is not only about the aesthetics and functional requirements, but…
Bhaktapur Durbar Square as a Moving Theatre Crowds often have their own rhythm, composition, and flow. Every space influences the behaviour or movement of people, and the choreography of crowds…