We are well aware for the fact that a pandemic has risen and taken hold of every aspect of life, it is definitive that the pandemic will be over soon…
The North-Eastern states, fondly titled ‘The Seven Sisters of India’, are a treasure-chest of distinctive architectural marvels, built by humans and nature alike. The vastly unexplored paradise is home to…
Over the years biomimicry has established itself in different fields of design. From product designs to built environments, biomimicry has allowed designers to adopt as well as to adapt the…
The translation of a building from a mere concept at the back of an architect’s mind to a real-life monument is a difficult journey, laden with several obstacles. Most often,…
Nature and natural processes are the guiding principles or the main metaphors of the design approach. – Frank Lloyd Wright Biomimicry or biomimetics is the adoption of strategies, processes, or…
Some people look for a beautiful place; that’s because they haven’t been to Rio de Janeiro” Other than the majestic Brazilian aura, its dazzling beaches, and the contrasting skyline of…
To answer this question, we need to first conclude that architecture is in fact a subset of art or itself is art. The debate over architecture being considered art, in…
‘Land is the purest form of nature, and buildings grow towards the light like a plant’. This is the kind of thought process that inspired Nari Gandhi to give us…
Nature had always been our teacher. Long before we even knew that we were learning from it. Starting from the beginning when we started to settle along the riverbanks. The…
Architectureis a form of consumption and the nature in which architecture is consumed has changed dramatically over the past century. Can architecture reduce the exponentially increasing consumption that threatens humanity…
Enthrallment makes up a good chunk of our ‘once upon a time’. On examining society today, the nature of slavery may have changed, but it is still an ongoing phenomenon…
Conducting research at the intersection of computational design, digital fabrication, materials science, additive manufacturing, and synthetic biology, Dr. Neri Oxman is a Sony Corporation Career Development Professor, Associate Professor of…