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Astronomical Spaces: Enhancing User Experience and Unconventional Learning
Overview A planetarium is a structure dome-like, which offers a space where people can watch the night sky. The solar system, other celestial bodies, and constellations can be witnessed closely in planetariums. Some planetariums also have telescopes through which people can look into space. Planetariums are the world’s cosmology study halls and theaters of open…
Sustainable building: Important Goals and Benefits of Green Buildings
Introduction A ‘green’ building is one that, by its design, construction, or operation, reduces or eliminates negative effects on our climate and natural surroundings while also having the potential to produce positive ones. Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to a structure and the use of environmentally responsible and resource-efficient…
Vernacular Architecture of Kerala: Learning Sustainability from the Best
Introduction to Vernacular Architecture Vernacular architecture is a style of architecture that is designed and built for the needs of people, with locally available materials, reflecting upon the culture of the place. Vernacular architecture is specific to a region and climate. In theory, a vernacular building is built without the guidance of a professional, like…
Sustainable Design in Architecture: Success or Failure?
What is meant by Sustainability? A basic that one might relate to sustainability is the idea of using renewable resources. Though this is just one of how sustainability can be achieved, similar to recycling material in different, innovative, and environmentally friendly ways. It is more about the judicial use of existing resources while utilizing renewable…
Climatology in Architecture: An Important Aspect of Every House Design
Climatology is the scientific study of climate. Climatology in architecture is a study related to the climate and the built environment. Buildings do not exist in isolation; they exist in a specific geographic environment. As a scientific discipline, architecture strives to ensure the harmony and unity of architecture and the surrounding geographic environment. If this…
Interesting Peep into Tiny Homes: Portable and Functional House Design
Concept of Tiny Homes Tiny House Movement This is an architectural and social movement aimed at providing a simpler life in a smaller space. The people of all areas of life have determined that a large house, and more specifically, the great cost of the resulting life, is not necessary and harmful to their happiness.…
Vastu Shastra Tips To Keep In Mind To Promote Positivity
Vastu Shastra establishes the principles of design, measurement, land preparation, layout, spatial arrangement, and spatial geometry of houses or any building structure; sometimes combined with traditional Hindu (or even Buddhist) religious beliefs. Vastu theory provides the harmony between living space and nature. The concept of Vastu Shastra is the organization of spaces and forms in…
Biomimicry Architecture: A Unique Art of Mimicking
Biomimicry Architecture is a technical approach to analyzing, observing, and taking inspiration from nature to create designs in various fields of art and architecture. The terms biomimicry and biomimetics come from the Greek words bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate. It is believed that for all challenges the world is facing today, nature…
Ultimate Office Lighting Guide You Need for Your Workplace
Office lighting is more than just choosing light fixture types. Most of the office staff spend almost 8-10 hours of their day in the office. Office lighting can make or break an employee’s zest for working. So having a pleasant, habitual, and comfortable work environment for them is very important. Here is an office lighting…
Exploring Pune’s Ecological Hotspots: Unveiling Nature’s Important Treasures
A Landscape Architect’s Perspective Introduction You may be wondering, what is landscape ecology? Landscape ecology refers to the study of how ecosystems within a defined region interact with one another and how these interactions influence ecological processes. As a layman first and then a landscape architect, I have always been fascinated by the outdoors and…
