Nurturing Environment Conscious Architects: TSAP

How we design spaces directly impacts how individuals interact, share and feel in relation to each other. Architecture is not just a matter of building buildings; it is about influencing the way people behave. The arrangement of spaces, natural light and views, and connections or division between spaces can foster teamwork, create friendships or isolation. Each choice you make as an architect contributes to creating social experiences.   At Thakur School of Architecture and Planning, students learn that open and closed spaces can produce various moods and interaction. Learning how architectural design affects social life, students can create environments conducive to relationships while honouring the need for privacy and concentration.   Let us discuss how open spaces and closed spaces contribute to social interaction separately and why balanced consideration is so important in architectural design.   Open Spaces Create Opportunities for Connection   Open spaces ...

There is a growing demand in Industry for experts capable of providing services for evaluating the performance of a building project for its efficiency in terms of green design. The program of EDGE Expert Training is Accredited by International Finance Corporation.  The  EDGE Experts bring their skills, insights and thorough understanding of the EDGE software to instill confidence that a project is certifiably green. Their persuasiveness paves the way for a client to imagine and realize an entirely green project. At the individual level, becoming an EDGE Expert results in greater knowledge, career growth and an opportunity to promote professional work. At the firm level, credentialing your team helps to upskill the existing practice while attracting and retaining fresh talent. A sole practitioner, in-house staff or a member of an engineering or architecture practice can all become EDGE Experts. They are an integral force that binds the design process together while providing o...

  Introduction   While starting architectural sketching, students often ask! Which is the best medium to use? My answer to them is "Every medium is good, maybe we need to learn methods to use them effectively.’ Architectural sketching has an endless possibility. We can use simple to highly advanced digital tools to create visualizations. Each medium gives a different experience of use and presentation. Some mediums appear difficult and others easy. Some give informal looks and others formal ones. Some look professional and others amateur.   Some are time-consuming, whereas others may be very quick. In order to draw effectively. One must know which tool to choose under a particular situation or for   a particular building design. Even the sketcher’s mood and time in hand   affects the choice of medium.   In this blog I have compiled the various mediums and tools that can be used at will to sketch. Using different medium helps one to gather varied ...