Beyond Designing Physical Spaces Architecture, for me, has slowly shifted from being a discipline of designing spaces to understanding how spaces begin to hold people, emotions, and time within them.…
I first noticed it while waiting. Not the kind of waiting filled with phone-checking and restless shifting, but the kind where your body gives up trying to be elsewhere. The…
Placemaking Starts With People In architecture today, Placemaking has moved from being a conference buzzword to a design philosophy that genuinely matters. It is the point where buildings step aside…
Spaces, always an extension of architecture — a space where form and emotion merge, Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa (2001), adapted from Khalid Mohammed’s screenplay, is not just a woman’s tale suspended…
Guillermo del Toro’s ethereally stunning fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth takes place in the years following the Spanish Civil War. The narrative is told from the perspective of a young child…
Green walls bloom where ruins slept, Sunlit paths where silence wept. In every line, a future sown— Sustain the earth to shape our own. Most buildings around us are merely…
Architecture is often considered visual art, but it goes beyond sight, engaging all human senses. The role of sound often lingers in the shadows of visual aesthetics. However, Sound plays…
In Indian cities, waiting isn’t just something people do while they kill time. It’s an experience, one that’s full of life and social interactions. Railway stations, government offices, bus stops,…
The Psychology of Everyday Spaces The study of human civilizations, cultures, and their evolution over time is known as anthropology. It helps us understand how people interact with the spaces…
Cafés are essentially third spaces that offer more than just coffee. Historically, they have had cultural, intellectual and social implications in the spatial domain. From coffeehouses to Bohemian cafés, they…
Today, cities worldwide are facing issues like congestion, pollution, and climate change challenges. In such a context, car-free urbanism is emerging as a feasible solution. In car-free urbanism, city planning…
In a world of fierce alarming crises, Landscape Architecture is a mighty tool for revitalizing nature and intertwining social and ecological necessities. Despite the concept of landscape architecture having existed…