Architecture

<p>While architecture influences our lives in more ways than we can think, the use of color with the type of architecture makes a built form way more influential.</p>
<p>Usage of colors in a building has evolved over the years. From the cities culturally depending on the materials available locally like stones, limestone, etc. have given some cities a natural demarcating colors like Jaipur and Jaisalmer in India, Chefchaouen in Morocco, etc.</p>
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<p>( the Old City of Jaipur- Red sandstone gives the city its identity)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fpgo" target="_blank">Flickr/fpgo</a></p>
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<p>(Old City of Jaisalmer-Yellow sandstone gives the city a sense of collective belonging)</p>
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<p>(Moroccan city Chefchaouen- The city is painted blue for the apparent theories of either keeping mosquitoes away or as a symbol of freedom from Hitler)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8027240@N08" target="_blank">Flickr/8027240@N08</a></p>
<p>Colors help in developing perspective and understanding the nature of a building. Therapeutically, architecture and color go hand in hand.</p>
<p>In the past decade, the greyer cities like London, and other European cities, have started using bold colors on the façade and the interiors.</p>
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<p>(Central Saint Giles by Renzo Piano in London, strikes out with bold use of colorful façade in a grey London)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattia_bicchi" target="_blank">Flickr/mattia_bicchi</a></p>
<p>Many architects see this as a revolution for these cities.</p>
<p>The Color Theory, is a topic of evaluation and study in various fields, including medical and other sciences. Colors like whites and greys have always been favored by the architects and designers, but many architects have been bold enough to realize that the effect of these colors can be graving, and feel isolated. So eventually, architects and healthcare organizations have realized and come together to make more habitable and colorful centers and this has proven positive.</p>
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<p>(Kaiser Permanante Los Angeles Medical Centre-Use of hues of orange makes it more than a room of a hospital and provides better perspective)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lamc_kp" target="_blank">Flickr/lamc_kp</a></p>
<p>Even in public places like streets, food courts, etc. colorful street patterns, street art and installations have been admired by the public and noticeably, has pulled a larger crowd out on the streets and have given the reason to festively celebrate the streetscape. Such art practices involving colors help develop the culture and identity of a city. The sudden randomness and elements of surprise are always a welcoming and a warm gesture, and thus, this makes up for the daily routine life of a normal person.</p>
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<p>(Santiago Cuba Installation on a street)</p>
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<p>(Installations on the pathways and stairs in a European City providing a vibrant atmosphere for the public)</p>
<p>The places and spaces above, are a clear indication of the evolution of our interaction with the spaces through the times and eras. It is an important and needed approach to accept architecture, just for the fact that our daily lives are affected by all the places and their way of existence, it becomes necessary that the use of colors in appropriate and subtle ways is understood and implemented. It enhances the ability to intercept better with the surrounding and triggers our mood.</p>
<p>Every space can be distinguished with its approach towards the human and non-human interaction. Architecture plays an important role in promoting it, and color in architecture helps understand that interaction better.</p>


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While architecture influences our lives in more ways than we can think, the use of color with the type of architecture makes a built form way more

Importance of Color in Architecture

<p>Over the years architecture has been influenced by various factors apart from which era and when it has been established. Various influences that we see are in the way a building has been constructed, i.e. the form of the building, the various structural elements of the building, etc. Nature has been one of the most evident influences in architecture and in various forms over the years.</p>
<p>Since time immemorial nature and the environment has inspired various aspects of our life. The humbleness and the beauty of nature have been one of the most inspirational idea for the humans.</p>
<p>Small dwellings and the pattern of their arrangement have been inspired by nature.</p>
<p>Nature is an integral part of our lives.</p>
<p>Natural forms are not created by a single force or events; nor by the simple co-existence of many parts, it is the interaction of each part to its immediate surrounding that initiates processes.</p>
<p>Architecture is not far behind when it comes to being inspired by nature.</p>
<p>The examples of the same are quite prevalent all over the world, and over the centuries, from the pre-historic times to the present day, architecture and nature go hand-in-hand.<br>Claude Levi Strauss once quoted</p>
<blockquote>City is a congregation of animals who enclose their biological history within its boundaries and at the same time through their every conscious action mould and shape it.</blockquote>
<h2>Ancient Greek Temples (first-century era)</h2>
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<p>Nature inspired motifs on the Pillars of Ancient Greek Temples</p>
<h2>SAGRADA FAMILIA BY GAUDI (18th century era)</h2>
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<p>Whether on the façade, or the internal columns, Sagrada Famila is one of the finest examples of Architecture heavily inspired from nature.</p>
<h2>LOTUS TEMPLE, NEW DELHI (1986)</h2>
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<p>One of the most peaceful and visited places in the world also inspired as a Building Form and Structure from nature. The inspiration draws from the strength of Lotus petals and it withstanding greatest of forces.</p>
<h2>Norman Foster’s Gherkin Tower (2003)</h2>
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<p>London’s one of the most famous and one of the inspiring modern time Architecture takes its inspiration from Venus Flower Basket Sponge. The Hexagonal skeleton of the building is inspired from this special sponge hosts a lattice-like exoskeleton that appears glassy and glowing in its underwater environment.</p>
<p>In conclusion, architecturally, nature has inspired architects and their buildings in the following ways:</p>
<h3>Form and Surface of the Building</h3>
<p>Lotus Temple and Gherkin Tower take inspiration from nature by imitating the form, the surface and the structure of the species and that becomes the main visual surface of the built form.</p>
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<h3>Engravings or Embossing</h3>
<p>Ancient Greek Temples have elaborate columns which have frescos, of nature imitating engravings or embossing. Also, Cathedral Sagrada Familia has the façade which has heavily engraved nature inspired frescos on its façade.</p>
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<h3>Structural Stability</h3>
<p>In the Sagrada Familia by Gaudi, we see that the inside columns are the tree like, and leaves on the ceiling also act as the roof and also a support system. Tree like supports have developed today and are still in use as a prominent type of supports.</p>
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<h3>How we interact with nature</h3>
<p>Reflective pools of the Lotus Temple and in front of the Taj Mahal are good examples of such an inspiration by nature. How we see our reflection in the sea, how we interact with nature and how it responds, is also depicted in architecture.</p>


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<p>Functionality of a building? Or the visual appearance? Or the mental and the physical interaction with space? What is the architectural purpose of a building? Are the buildings designed with the right purpose?</p>
<p>While architects have always focused on functionality and visual appearance during design, the issue of health (mental or physical) of the users of the building has been quite untouched during the design.</p>
<p>The work spaces, offices and many other places where a person spends most of its time, doesn’t put the human aspect above the design. Functionality and rigidity take over and thus, health is subdued. Very few workplaces consider this aspect, and it is a major issue in design that very few architects consider.</p>
<p>In the recent years, many statistics have shown that people aren’t happy with their work spaces and do not interact with the environment around and thus, face health related issues where, usually the mental state is compromised.</p>
<p>Roaming around in an IT office some time back what struck me was that I couldn’t and would never work in such a workspace. Space was cluttered and dull; cutting out people from the different shades of the day, change of time and any outside environment. Despite being a rich MNC office, which could be well designed and had a great potential, but the rigidity of and the clichéd corporate office designs was what denied the people from a healthier work environment.</p>
<p>The designers always have the solution, but when enough support isn’t offered, they go with the designs that have always been considered ’safe’.</p>
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<p>The Interactive workspace designs, the health following function and form are what every place that is designed needs.</p>
<p>These places can consider various aspects and make the infrastructure whole lot healthier. While the inclusion of interactive sessions, and interiors and a casual environment is fast coming to the work culture, design inputs like natural light, designs that are without barriers and more connected, that reduce the hierarchy systems, are some details that can be looked into.</p>
<p>Materials that help in creating a healthier environment- wood, mud, gypsum, etc. Plastering and cement generate heat, thus making the buildings warmer. And most of the buildings use steel and glass, which is not healthy at all. These materials do not breathe, unlike brick or wood, and thus, create a nauseating environment, if stayed in that environment for a longer time.</p>
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<p>While both the images above are offices/ workspaces, the difference is huge and the work environment and the layouts make a lot of difference. The choice of materials and the circulation has a December-may difference and thus, working in such different environments affects the health of a person in different ways.</p>
<p>The choice is always there, but the permission to choose usually becomes the client’s decision and thus the right approach sometimes suffer, which directly reflects on the health and thus, an urgency to follow heath over form.</p>


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Functionality of a building? Or the visual appearance? Or the mental and the physical interaction with space? What is the architectural purpose of a

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<p>Times have changed, and so has the living style of the people. The expansion of human population, and migration to the central urban areas, termed as urban sprawl, has affected the way people live and has altered the daily space requirement of the people. On an average, a person needs 100-400 sqft of space to suffice and survive. But in today’s time the space a person is getting is much lower, and architects are finding it hard to meet the basic requirement of the hour and also provide the luxury of living in that space provision.</p>
<p>The exponential growth in the suburbs has led to the concrete and steel-glass jungle that cities are known for today. The architecture has lost its opportunities for design and is highly succumbed to real-estate developers and the contractors.</p>
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<p>(The Steel and Concrete- Urban “Growth” of Mumbai)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rckr88" target="_blank">Flickr/rckr88</a></p>
<p>While many architects are trying to creatively design and manage the urban sprawl in the cities, it doesn’t seem enough. For example, Kanchenjunga in Mumbai by Charles Correa fulfils the need to go vertical in the city of Mumbai while also being appreciative of the quality of life for the residents. This project was in 1983, which is more than three decades ago. Since then the city of Mumbai has grown more than twentyfold and thus, one such initiative and development is not enough. The cities need a variety of infrastructural development like housing, transport, commerce, etc. to provide a better human living condition.</p>
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<p>(The Location of the Building in busy surroundings)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/viajes-arquitectura-arquexplora" target="_blank">Flickr/viajes-arquitectura-arquexplora</a></p>
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<p>(Section of Kanchenjunga- Showing the verticality and space management through levels)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/111454223@N05" target="_blank">Flickr/111454223@N05</a></p>
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<p>(Kanchenjunga Apartment-Double Height Terrace/Balcony for much-needed breathing space in a crowded city)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/arnout-fonck" target="_blank">Flickr/arnout-fonck</a></p>
<p>Recently, Delhi faced a terrible smog for days, and it is hazardous more so to the people living in the buildings on the top floors of a high/medium rise residential. Since the nature of the smoke is to rise high, and the buildings not made keeping in mind the environmental conditions of the city must have been facing the hardest of times. The questions of building with sensitivity have always been a considerate approach for designers but due to the development and construction rage due to the expansion of the population, the construction just done and the design is not given the credit or even the time needed.</p>
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<p>(Delhi Smog-2016: As visible in the image above, the higher floors are more prone to the effect of the hazardous smog)<br>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/145538354@N03" target="_blank">Flickr/145538354@N03</a></p>
<p>The geographical and climatic features across the country have changed dramatically in the past two decades yet there has been no following up regarding that. The masses are unaware of the changes and the designers are uninformed. This is affecting the whole nature of development across the cities. While the government is looking forward to making all the major cities eco-city, it is ignoring the fact that the already existing and currently under construction is far from that dream and yet the permission is not sustained.</p>
<p>All the major cities of the country are not designed. The initiation was there, but later it was downtrodden and became completely haphazard.</p>
<p>Chandigarh is one of the best examples when it comes to a balanced city. With being properly designed to sustaining the population growth and yet with sufficient transport for the public, the city has received an overwhelming praise for the quality of life and serenity that the people living in the city have. Yes, the cities like Delhi and Mumbai and others more populated, but still with that very little is the effort put to improvise the situation.</p>


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<p>Fresh out of college, with the internship and everything else that follows, freshers and interns face a lot of challenges in the working conditions of an office and to adapt to it can be really difficult at times. But as the works progress, all of us start learning from the experiences and find ways out to make the most out of each experience.</p>
<h2>Unable To Express:</h2>
<p>When one starts working in a professional environment, with more experience people, the first major challenge comes across in expression. Expressing the kind of work you are good at or you would like to do, is important. Because that usually decides your role in the firm that you have been appointed in. But, usually seniors try to reach out, and there will always be someone you can confide in and express.</p>
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<h2>Trying To Cope With The Pace:</h2>
<p>Being a student in college, and an intern in an office, have very different demands when it comes to pace of work, and the need to cope with it. The drawings and the quality and sadly, even the quantity at an office cannot be compromised. The drawings that need to send in a day cannot reduce, because the work has to progress, and it won’t unless the quantity of drawings is right. So, this definitely comes off as a major challenge for the interns. The timelines cannot be pushed, and thus, the need to keep up.</p>
<h2>Sudden Shift To Longer Working Hours:</h2>
<p>As a student, time bounds are as per their wish, the work can be done at any time for how many hours as one wishes, and at whatever time. But, offices have particular timings, and everyone is bound by it. This sudden shift is underrated, but it is challenging at the same time.</p>
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<h2>Unawareness:</h2>
<p>Usually, every office has their standard procedures that define the workflow of the place, and sometimes you can be unaware of certain ways or softwares or even words that they use on a daily basis. There is no wrong in not knowing. Ask people around for help or use the internet to the best. Search words you don’t know, or learn the software through some seniors or online tutorials.</p>
<h2>To Learn And Unlearn:</h2>
<p>Sometimes, what you learn has to be re-learned or unlearned when you start working professionally. Because, every place has its cultural and climatically varying priorities and sometimes you might have to learn something entirely new and different, Transitionin order to achieve something and sometimes you might have to unlearn something. But you will never be losing any knowledge, because architecture is far and wide spread and every ounce of knowledge of it will always be useful.</p>
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<h2>Involving:</h2>
<p>Feeling involved at a new place and at an entirely new setup is always a challenge, no matter how old or youngThe transition is always difficult. But the key is to being proactive, and sharing the knowledge you have and the learning all you can. Be upright.</p>
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<h2>Choosing Wisely:</h2>
<p>All the above efforts will only be worth putting if you actually work at a place you like or do the work you like. Otherwise efforts are in vain. So when you are choosing a place to work, choose wisely, because it should be as you desire, maybe not entirely but still, somewhere you don’t feel you cannot even make an effort to belong there. Take advice from college seniors, ask them the experience of working where they did and research and choose accordingly.</p>


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<p>When someone dreams to build something for themselves, there are always bits and pieces that need to be put together to accomplish it. There are always fleeting thoughts about the dream homes, offices, workplaces, etc. So, to make them come true there has to be a dreamcatcher and a Dreamweaver.  And especially, when it comes to designing a building, the architect you choose for the project, must be one who weaves all your dreams into that building and makes it worth the time, energy and money spent on the project by you as the client.</p>
<p>To find a good architect for the dream that you wish to build, following are some tips to do that:</p>
<h2>Look Online:</h2>
<p>Today, everyone and everything is online. Almost all architecture firms/architects have an online portal whether a website, or a Facebook page or google reviews. Nothing is hidden. Check for these online portals and see the kind of works they pursue, and find a suitable architect or a firm, according to what you desire for your project. Contact the few you finalise.</p>
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<h2>Get A Referral:</h2>
<p>Apart from searching online, there is always word of mouth information about the people that you know are somehow related to the field. Ask them, see the projects they have completed and decide if it is the right fit.</p>
<h2>Communicate Properly:</h2>
<p>When you finally meet the architects, communicate about your project properly. Let them know what you expect of them and in what period of time. Every architect or their firm, has a certain way of designing, try to understand that and if you don’t like it, then switch to another architect/firm.</p>
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<h2>Be Open To Options:</h2>
<p>Firstly, as a client and as an employer you must be open to options and analyzing the designs. Yes, architects do understand that you have dreams about your project, but it is architect’s dream too, to design and they live and breathe for it. You must respect and value their design opinions and ponder upon it. And you can always ask for changes in the design, once both of you agree to most of the design aspects.</p>
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<h2>Give Them The Apt Time:</h2>
<p>For you to have a good design for your project, you must give the architect/firm apt time. For architects, the biggest part is to conceptualize the design of the building and a lot of brainstorming goes into it. It always requires the most time. The more refined the concept will be, the easier it will be to execute it on the site.</p>
<h2>Regular Meetings Or Updates:</h2>
<p>Once you have finalized the architect/firm, communicated to them and handed them over your project, stay in regular touch about the progress of works, and meet-up or contact them in whichever way possible.</p>
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<h2>Provide Inputs:</h2>
<p>The design is always better if the participation and inputs are from both the ends. Always try and understand the drawings, the thought behind the design and provide prompt inputs for the scope of improvement of the work and to make it faster and effective.</p>


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<p>Glass, a fascinating material, and usually quite viable in most places, glass have become an extraordinarily useful material in architecture. Both, classic and modern, its use in the construction industry has stood the test of times for over centuries now. Glass, when discovered, was considered a magical material and was fascinating to the world. The translucent and the transparent nature of the material often accompanied every other material, be it cement, mud or, steel in today’s times. It has now moved heights, literally, with more and more skyscrapers in the world using it with steel as the prominent construction material.</p>
<p>Glass has various uses, and its special importance in architecture.</p>
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<h2><strong>As A Representation Of Faith:</strong></h2>
<p>The evolution of glass as a building material ages back to the time when exorbitant churches all across Europe were constructed, and stained glasses with holy paintings were used, the clerestory windows and the light through them, enlightening the cathedrals and churches was considered divine. Glass especially then, was nothing less than a ‘magic material’.</p>
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<p>Paris - Latin Quarter: Église Saint-Séverin - clerestory stained glass</p>
<p>Image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/" target="_blank">Flickr/Wally Gobetz</a></p>
<h2><strong>As A Window Pane:</strong></h2>
<p>The use of glass started as a material for the window panes. It mainly contributed as a barrier from the extreme weather changes, like the scorching heat, rain, etc. while still maintaining the visual connection with the outside world. This still continues to be the biggest market for glass-sellers in the world today. Now, along with windows, there are sliding doors, not a very recent invention but widely popular now. It helps to keep the visual connection to the maximum.</p>
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<h2><strong>As A Lightweight Structural Wall (External Surface):</strong></h2>
<p>Glass has multiple uses, as an exterior material. Due to its varying properties of appearances, it can be used for various functionalities in a building in various aspects. Over the time,  the material was processed and lightweight glass came into existence, and all designers and architects were keen on exploring the lighter material, unlike the heavier materials with load bearing construction technique (prominent then).</p>
<p>Joseph Paxton, the architect of Crystal Palace, London, used glass like no one had ever seen. The exhibition center was a major motivation for other designers and led a revolution in the industry. And with that, many architects started to dream of skyscrapers, and The Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, etc. came up and the concept of vertical living evolved.</p>
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<p>Empire State Building-Built in early 1931</p>
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<p>Glass used on the Surface-Glazed for Insulation and Controlled Lighting</p>
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<h2><strong>As a Roofing Material:</strong></h2>
<p>Apart from the surface, glass was started to use as skylights and roofs. The colder places took it as an opportunity for more sunlight and heat in the buildings. And, climatically hot places use solar control glasses for optimizing sunlight and heat radiations.</p>
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<p>Glass Ceiling at The Metropolitan Museum of Art</p>
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<h2><strong>As a Partition, In the interiors of a Building:</strong></h2>
<p>Glass found its use in the interiors of the buildings as well, mostly used as partition walls, curtain walls amongst two rooms, with doors and windows, as an element of décor, etc.</p>
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<p>On the Entrance/Exit/Transition Spaces in The Buildings:</p>
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<h2><strong>Disadvantages:</strong></h2>
<p>In today’s time, glass has every quality desired of a construction material, with experiments, all types of glasses like Insulation glasses, fire resistant, thermal control, etc. are now being used to make sure that the building can withstand any circumstantial environments. It has become a material as essential as any other. But glass also has its disadvantages. With its extensive use, it tends to increase the temperature of the building and thus making the use of air conditioning a necessity for such buildings. This directly affects the environment, with CFCs released by air conditioners, causing a negative effect and degrading the environment.</p>
<p>Dubai in the recent times has emerged with the most number of such buildings. The temperature difference between the interior and exterior of the building is so high, that with such direct differences, a body can easily become a victim to meltdowns and heat strokes and many other air-borne and temperature related illnesses.</p>
<p>A city’s progress is often decided according to its infrastructure, but it is really important to consider all the factors and know what needs to come up, and where.</p>


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<p>Relentless and chaotic, the two words that describe our lives currently. And while living like this, the buildings that we live and breathe in are the mirrors of it.</p>
<p>Sizes of the rooms have compacted, air to breathe is being widely distributed among more and more people, while we the population is growing anyway, and we are compromising the quality of life, why not build the buildings that would breathe.</p>
<p>We as humans always know the solution to our problems, yet we choose the easier options, faster options, because we have grown impatient, despite knowing the cons outweighing the pros of today’s construction methods, we choose to live in it and with it. But, there are several methods which can be used to construct a building in viable ways. Ways which are natural and do let us breathe and even the walls around us breathe with us.</p>
<p>The older methods to construct were purely out of the naturally available local materials. But with industrialization and globalization, the pace changes, the materials changed. But still, there are various options that can even be considered today for a healthier spaces and living conditions.</p>
<h2>Rammed Earth construction</h2>
<p>One of the most viable construction technology that can be faster as well as healthier is Rammed Earth Construction Method. This involves ramming of the dug-out earth for the foundation and construction. This construction usually boasts of load bearing walls and minimum material wastage and consumption. With the proper amount of earth, sand and water, it is one of the quicker construction methods that can be considered very well as the regular building method.</p>
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<p>Rammed Earth Construction Process</p>
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<p>Rammed Earth construction currently is widely used in various countries by many architects. It also gives a graceful look to the building, and its façade and with proper roofing can also withstand heavy rains.</p>
<p>Unlike the belief that earth construction cannot bear the rain-wash, the fact is the earth construction are quite stronger and are amiable to the changing environmental conditions.</p>
<p>Many naturally available materials tend to be more accustomed to the environment and its changing capacities than the more prominently used cement, or steel or glass. These materials do not let any sort of accustomed to nature for a building.</p>
<p>Shibam, Yemen, is a city with extreme temperatures which is built with Adobe (sun-dried earth bricks) standing from over centuries withstanding, giving a marvelous example of sustainability and construction in the right direction.</p>
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<p>Shibam-Manhattan of The Desert</p>
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<h2>Cob Construction</h2>
<p>Not only adobe and rammed earth but methods like cob construction, earthbag construction, wooden constructions (especially, cities which are earthquake prone), stone construction, limestone constructions, etc. are all very much in existence yet unacquainted.</p>
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<h2>Earthbag Construction</h2>
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<p>With intensive projects developing and coming up every day in the cities, compromising from our breathing space to our living spaces, it is high time to go back to what existed and exists mutually with earth and naturally available. Since many years now developers have glorified the materials which aren’t as ‘good’ as they are claimed. But, sadly they have become more conventional, yet there architects everywhere and every day trying to build sustainably and retrieve the environment, but there needs to be more awareness, more initiatives and progress to still retain what we can loose.</p>


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<p>Architecture, as a field always is learned and meant to be the ‘Creator of the Space’ and for any place to become a space, it has to be a well-thought-out process. It has to evolve from an idea to an actual built form. And no architect can do that without the architectural drawings. There are always various stages which an architect goes through, to actually start the construction of the building. Below are the stages of the drawings and the importance and purpose to make them, and also the need to do it.</p>
<h2>The Zoning of Space:</h2>
<p>The designing of any space begins with the planning and division of spaces, usually known as zoning of the spaces. This usually defines the various spaces that the building will have and the functions and interaction that will be integrated into the design. This usually is the beginning and is very important to progress with the design. The drawings at this stage are usually sketches, rough diagrams, bubble diagrams, etc. For architects, this is as important as the final set of drawings and is given much importance.</p>
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<h2>Understanding the Space:</h2>
<p>Sketching the spaces, as an architect presumes and wishes to be in appeal, and experienced by a user, it is important that there are drawings that represent the various elements that space is perceived by an architect and also is prompt for the building. These initial stage drawings also need to be discussed and made understood to the client, so that the design goes in the direction that is approved by both, the architect and the client. These drawings usually have perspectives and the proportions of various elements that are to be integrated.</p>
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<h2>Planning the Functions:</h2>
<p>When the initial stages of the design freeze, the basic functional plans and details related to it, have to be put on paper and make the thought-out spaces into viable designs. These drawings enable to understand the requirements and decide the proportions and scale on the grass-root level, for the initiation.</p>
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<h2>Defining the Vertical Proportions:</h2>
<p>The architectural drawings are not just about understanding the spatial organization on the ground or horizontally, but it is of utmost important to get the verticality and the height proportions of the buildings right. Thus, the drawings and sections to understand that are an absolute necessity and hold more importance.</p>
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<h2>The Construction Details:</h2>
<p>Usually, every place has its patent construction technique, according to the geographical and climatic differences of that place. But, sometimes the designers experiment and take a different road than the ‘conventional technique’ or the ‘patent technique’ that usually exists. To implement the different techniques, it is very important to have the proper drawings for the workers and make them understand the differences and is very legible to them during the actual construction.</p>
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<h2>Understanding the Technical Details:</h2>
<p>With the increasing and growing technology all across the world, there are various construction and technical details that have evolved and are being used today in the infrastructure industry. To use those new details and to understand them, there have to be the eligible and detailed drawings which can elaborate the evolved technical details and are feasible to the workers.</p>


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<p>Architecture is one of the few professions which has the ability to create and change the society through spaces. It can make you feel and understand, the past, present and future. And thesis in Architecture is the most important representation of your entire understanding of the field and all that you have learnt as a student. It is required that you bring out the best of your learning and try and make a difference through the design and put forward your thoughts.</p>
<p>While doing your thesis it is always important that it represents you. More than anything, it should be able to make you more learned and aware of the architecture that you want to believe in.</p>
<p>Before you begin your thesis, there are some essentials that your thesis should represent.</p>
<h2><strong>Need of the Hour</strong></h2>
<p>Whatever you choose your thesis to be based on, it should represent the need and necessity of the moment. It can be fancy, yet should be grounded and believable. It should make sense locally and regionally. There can always be various topics combining to form a basic core to support or enhance the reasoning of the thesis and giving you a better clarity for the topic.</p>
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<h2><strong>All Explored and Learned</strong></h2>
<p>Thesis is all about going beyond and exploring. Going out of your comfort zone, and learning is very essential. It is only when you have tried and adapted to difference, is when you can come up with your best work. Whatever you choose to design, you should have quality understanding of it and you should be able to make conscious decisions for it. To be able to do that, travel and gain from it as much as possible, it will surely broaden your horizon and affect your design in a positive sense.</p>
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<h2><strong>Everything Researched and Prepared</strong></h2>
<p>Everything needs deeper digging, and researching and preparing for it is always necessary. Thesis requires intense research and preparation and when you start designing and present it, all your research should be a part of it. Your designs should be involving everything and your understanding throughout the process.</p>
<img src="https://planndesign.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/article/users/user1/book-1202623_1280.jpg" alt="deeper digging" style="height: undefined;width: undefined">
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<h2><strong>Thoughts and Design</strong></h2>
<p>Research and preparation should lead to a design that will represent the thoughts that have developed with the research. Make sketches and sections and all that you can to give a third person a clear picture of the thoughts and desires. Try and put in all your efforts.</p>
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<h2><strong>Evolution</strong></h2>
<p>Designing is an always evolving process, it never stops. It should evolve from your start to end. It can be difficult to do it on a regular level, but it is important. Your final design should have a process, and you can always go back and forth with it. Never lose the basics of design and make it as contextual as possible.</p>
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<h2><strong>Flexibility</strong></h2>
<p>The thoughts and creativity for your work should be flexible. It should involve more aspects of inclusive and exclusive spaces. It should be challenging for you, and that is when you will come out with more creative and perhaps better ideas and will help you to exempt ‘creative block’ from your head.</p>
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