Urban planning is a complex task that necessitates the collection of data across multiple dimensions. With the rapid urbanisation, it has become crucial to integrate AI technology in urban planning…
For a long time, landscapes were not always seen as resources to be extracted or managed. They were lived with, feared, respected, and often worshipped. Rivers were not just water…
Urbanization is one of the most significant trends of the 21st century. By 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities. But what does this shift…
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…
Urban design used to be influenced by visible aspects. The urban imaginary is dominated by plans, sections, skylines and street grids that dominate the assessment and imagining of cities. But…
Indian cities are repositories of diverse layers of history that have been manifested in the architecture of the past. Examples of this are the havelis, industrial sites, colonial structures, religious…
The cities offer opportunities to grow; thus, the future of urban centres needs to be reimagined. Urban spaces encompass buildings, infrastructure, the service sector, employment opportunities, and high population density.…
Context and Historical Background Ooty, known as the Queen of the Hills, originally served as a summer retreat and administrative hub for the British. It was well known for its…
Understanding Digital Twins in the Urban Context With the growing complexity of cities, conventional instruments of planning have difficulties keeping up with the speed of urbanization, climate changes, and changing…
Earth has been undergoing continuous changes through natural cycles of warming and cooling. Of the total annual carbon emissions, the building and construction industry is single-handedly responsible for about 37%…
Architecture has the power to influence emotions, create safe spaces, and ultimately shape human connections. Therefore, when practised wisely with strategic focus on uniting communities, the built environment can reshape…
When Christopher Alexander, along with Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein, published A Pattern Language in 1977, they proposed something that architecture had long forgotten: that the built environment must grow…