‘A passage between Realms’ “Originating from the Japanese turii, meaning gateway leading to heaven. Its Sanskrit synonym for a door is Dwara, from the word Dwi, meaning ‘two’. This refers…
Contemporary global challenges are increasingly shaped by issues of global sustainability, rapid urbanization, and industrial growth. These interconnected forces intensify major environmental problems such as climate change, energy shortages, and…
Sustainable development will require the effective integration of green energy systems. Relying only on natural resources for energy generation is not where it stops. Along with that, technological advancements are…
The built environment reflects our values, our fears, our spiritual convictions, and our social dynamics. Buildings, roads, courtyards, and public spaces speak silently about who we are as a society.…
Spiritual sites in India showcase some of the most complex and lasting urban systems in the world. Cities like Varanasi (Kashi), Tirupati, and Amritsar have populations that grow significantly during…
The cities were once shaped primarily by geography, culture, economics and human needs. Today, they are increasingly shaped by something else: “attention”. The public spaces, which were once designed to…
Over the years, the understanding of architecture has evolved significantly reshaping the space as well as the perception of it.Initially each place was seen specific only for an activity- parks…
Buildings are like music to our memory lane. Just as music can trigger a certain memory from the past, so can the architecture of a city or a building too.…
Sandro Galea, Andreas Heinz Psychological Risk and Urbanisation. Cities are usually recognised as laboratories of culture and innovation. They offer proximity, variety and choice. But in Cities and Mental Health,…
Why Do Today’s Cities Require New Urban Thinking? By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Urban space is no longer a passive container of life;…
Often in the field of architecture and urban theory, ground reality is overlooked while creating lofty theories. There are very few texts that offer a bridge between spatial design and…
The contemporary city is increasingly defined by a critical debate between vertical and horizontal urban growth. While vertically growing cities promise efficiency, density, and reduced land consumption, horizontally growing cities…