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STUDENT HOUSING
Student housing takes on many forms around the world, but most commonly, it’s envisioned as close quarters in a bleakly designed dormitory. While prospective students choose universities based on academic rigor, athletic programs, extracurricular activities, and future career opportunities, they’re now wanting to know what living on and off-campus will be like- and it has forced designers…
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Are PREFAB – Construction The Future of ARCHITECTURE ?
Author : Unnati Yadav Introduction of new technologies and innovations are observed always as we leapt through time. One of them currently trending into architecture and solving the issue of time of construction is debut of prefabrication construction. Prefabricated construction is the practice of assembling a variety of components of a structure at a manufacturing…
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DYNAMIC BUILDING FACADES
AUTHOR: Antheia Crasto I Mrunal Deshmukh I Bhumika Suthar February 15, 2022 Innovation in architecture has been constant throughout history from simple caves that served the purpose of individual shelter to today’s public spaces that serve to the collective multidisciplinary functions. It is evident that architecture has been judged by its façades which makes it…
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NATURE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS
AUTHOR: Dimple Shah I Sneha Singh I Muktika Verma February 11, 2022 Frederick law Olmsted – Landscape Architect, was an American landscape architect, journalist and social critic and public administrator. Olmsted was famous for co- designing, many well-known urban parks with his senior partner Calvert Vaux. Olmsted retired in 1895. During his 38-year career he…
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Sustainability & Vertical Cities
An approach to architecture that seeks to connect building occupants more closely to nature. Author: Aniket Karambele (AR-17-034), Riddhit Pathak (AR-17-056), Archit Raut (AR-17-058) Dated: 11 February 2022. Sustainability The key to a more environmentally friendly future is sustainable architecture. We can only expect to protect our ecology and climate by living more economically with…
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SPONGE CITY
Tackling the Issues of Pertinent Water Shortage and Flooding Crisis in Cities around the World Authors: Abhijit Kumar Arora (AR-17-004), Vedanta Dhoundiyal (AR-17-017), Pranav Joshi (AR-17-033) Dated: 11 February, 2022 A Sponge City indicates a particular type of city that does not act like an impermeable system not allowing any water to filter through the ground, but, more like…
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HYBRID AND FLUID SPACES
The Future Of Better Housing And Community VAISHNAVI KUSHTE KSHIPRA TULSYAN Since the beginning of time, the rooms in a house have been divided into grids and assigned specific functions. Such houses are primarily used for living purposes without including working and studying spaces. But, according to architects, those barriers are disappearing. Future spaces will…
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Modern Vernacular Architecture: A New Twist on Old Favorites
Written by Komal, Manasvi, Saloni 9th February’2022 Written by Komal, Manasvi, Saloni Modern Vernacular Architecture considers the synthesis of modernity and tradition in contemporary architecture, it examines architecture that reinterprets rather than revives traditional forms, materials and construction techniques. The words “modern” and “traditional” are often considered as being in fundamental opposition to each other.…
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Importance of Vertical Outdoor Spaces
Architectural theory & Trend: Importance of Outdoor spaces “I DO NOT BELIEVE ARCHITECTURE HAS TO SPEAK TOO MUCH. IT SHOULD REMAIN SILENT AND LET NATURE IN THE GUISE OF SUNLIGHT AND WIND “ _TADAO ANDO_ Knowledge about the TREND & THEORY: One of the most popular architectural trends over recent years has been the prominent…