The Emergence of Hyper-Responsive Urban Environments Smart cities are starting to sound like news these days. The new buzz is about hyper adaptive urbanism, where cities transform into self learning…
The relationship between architecture and mental well-being is becoming more and more evident day by day. Numerous efforts are being made to support this cause, and architecture has been playing…
The Council of Architecture (COA), constituted by the government of India under the Architects Act 1972, came into fruition on the 1st of September 1972. The Act aimed to provide…
Architectural psychology is a field that explores the connection of how the spaces that we inhabit shape our thoughts and change our moods and interactions. With advancements in technology, sustainability,…
Rebuilding Spaces, Redefining Lives: Post-Pandemic Architectural Trends Streets once alive with bustling cars, People’s footsteps and laughter stood empty, their echoes lost to an unexpected pause, in a way of…
Charles H. Spurgeon once said, “Every generation needs regeneration,” and it cannot be truer under the current circumstances. Today, as we stand at the precipice of change, our future is…
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein. We live in this era that is dominated by technology and human connection to nature often…
Italo Rota, an Italian architect, designer, and artist, contributed a radical vision towards the shaping of contemporary architecture. Born in 1953, Rota devoted over fifty years to weaving history with…
In 1968, biologist John Calhoun conducted an experiment named the ‘mortality-inhibiting environment for mice’, more commonly known as mouse heaven, or Universe 25. He took 8 mice, all screened to…
Social psychologist Rich Fromm defines biophilia as the ‘love of life’ that explains two fundamental tendencies of living organisms: sustaining life from death threats and the positive integration with each…
History of Biophilia Erich Fromm first used the term “biophilia” to poetically describe the “passionate love of life and all that is alive” (Fromm). A decade later in 1984, EO…
Architectural design is an epitome of human behavior that has articulated the definition of architecture that indirectly defines the aesthetics of the present times. The amalgamation of touch, feel, and…