Posts

Showing posts from September, 2022

Heritage Tourism - The LayMan's Perspective

Image
 Heritage Tourism - The LayMan's Perspective Heritage & Tourism – The Lay-Man’s perspective   Keywords – Heritage, Tourism, perspective, vision/eye/grasp of the commoner, literately illiterate, ecological & economic friendly, interpretation, presentation of the Heritage.   Introduction & Preamble The festive season almost at its peak, like the Ganesh festival is almost over and Dusshera (Durga Pooja) is almost at the threshold of the beginning. The comeback of the josh, jallosh, scale & the enthusiasm of Ganesh Festival seemed to know no limits. Everyone wants to venture out, explore things, tangible, intangible, etc., with all these, there are new protocols, procedures, restrictions, new pattern of behavior, it was inevitable, after the long pandemic affect. People wanted and were waiting to come out from the virtual world (online) to the material/physical (offline) world.                    ...

Gardening with Dogs

Image
We love our dogs and our gardens, but sometimes it seems the two don't mix well.. Here are few simple tips for balancing the needs of pets and plants! GARDENING WITH DOGS :    Ar. Harita Patil Assistant Professor,  Thakur School of Architecture and Planning,  Mumbai. Eligibility Requirements for  Admission to Architecture in India: HSC in Science Stream, with 50% Aggregate and 50% Aggregate in PCM. Qualifying Entrance Exam: NATA or JEE-Paper II (For any details  contact us ) Website: www.tsapmumbai.in E-mail: tsap@thakureducation.org Contact: 022-67308001/02 WhatsApp : +91-9833665446

DEMYSTIFYING ARCHITECTURE OF AR. DANIEL LIBESKIND

Image
  DEMYSTIFYING ARCHITECTURE OF AR. DANIEL LIBESKIND                        (https://www.inexhibit.com/architects-artists/daniel-libeskind-works-of-architecture-art-and-design/, n.d.)                         The aim here is to have an overview on the works of Daniel Libeskind, along with his talk on the subject of his Architectural practice. Daniel Libeskind has been labelled amongst the Deconstructivist Architects to the likes of Zaha Hadid, and others. However, Architecture of Daniel doesn’t represent any stylization or pattern, it is an ideological pedagogy that sets itself in the emotion of the site, program and culture. His style of Architecture is unique and believes in narration of a story. He says “It’s not the material that makes architecture”. According to him it is a story told through lig...

Rains to adapt

Image
The arrival of the monsoon brings a huge sigh of relief, accompanied by the entire city preparing for their ANNUAL MONSOON ROUTINES. Shopkeepers begin adding an affordable canopy to their shops for the customers to stand. People living in chawls make sure to air-tighten their homes, preventing rainwater from entering.   The child in every human wanders with the thoughts of getting wet in the rains and letting the water drops hit the core of your soul, making every length count. The city also adapts itself to the subduing onset, and it's also the people who alter their patterns and find ways to crawl into a nap sack, keeping out the rains.   For the city’s homeless, it is time to find a makeshift shelter to sleep under. Some of them smiled as they explained matter-of-factly how they improvised to keep dry during the nights. But to them, it is exactly where the constant rhythm of rain drops ceases and those forty-winks are put to rest.   I believe- the human bra...