The False Dilemma of the “Decorated Shed” The history of architecture has constantly been in a dilemma of aesthetics, which prioritizes the visual appeal of a structure, and ethics, which…
AI technology is invading every field, including historic preservation. However, one important factor cannot be ignored, and that’s the ethics of using AI to redesign heritage neighbourhoods. These heritage areas…
The history – AI’s birth The phrase Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first used as a name for a summer workshop by John McCarthy in 1956, held at Dartmouth, with the…
Artificial intelligence has become one of the most widely used tools both in creative and professional fields. It has become a habit for people to ask AI for answers instead…
Walk through any major city today, such as Mumbai, Singapore, Rotterdam, and everything you see is the result of decades of human decision-making: where roads go, how dense a neighbourhood…
Urbanisation, with 54% of people now living in cities, is largely motivated by economic incentives. Maintaining a balance between rapid urban growth and city resources is crucial. Human-centered smart cities…
Cities between Memory and Change Cities are living organisms. They grow, transform, and continually adapt to accommodate new needs, technologies, and populations. In this ever-changing urban landscape, buildings inevitably age,…
For many decades, architecture has mainly focused on addressing human needs and requirements. The built environment has been taken as a space for shelter, work, and safety for human beings.…
Luxury has popularly been mutually inclusive with energy guzzling and resource depleting designs or rather, operations and maintenance. Everyone today, particularly GenZ, wakes up wanting to drown in luxury to…
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,…
Architecture is never neutral. It organizes movement, spatial organization, distributes power, and frames social life, which influences how people feel and behave. Yet public conversation revolves around appearance: is it…
Architecture is both the art and science of creating and shaping places. Spaces serve as vital anchors that shape human experiences. For such a profession, the term non-lieux or “non-places”…