Architecture and Design

Not just ultra futuristic designs, but also the diversity of old architecture across India. Surprising ancient building materials and reasons for their longevity and cutting edge (ancient) materials. How long do architects intend a design for? If their work lasts 2000 years, it will be put to some creative uses. Why not get creative at the beginning and apply some VR, AR and LIDAR on your next work!

© 2020 Tanay and Sach 

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Film quote, presumed under Fair Use: Voices of Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon from There's Something About Mary (1998). He claims to be an architect; she takes him to an exhibit as a surprise! 

Golden Gate bridge icon by mynamepong. 

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Links: 

On the mysteries of Roman concrete 

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/why-modern-mortar-crumbles-roman-concrete-lasts-millennia 

‘Subtractive building’ (rock temples of India) 

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/in-cave-16-the-kailasa-temple/article24604281.ece 

World’s earliest construction was not for housing but for religion! 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/gobeki-tepe/ 

Traditional disaster-proof architecture in India 

https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/the-earthquake-proof-huts-of-kutch/ 

NASA looked at Henry VIII’s armour for inspiration! 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/blog/audio/2009/apr/01/henry-viii 

Modular homes 

https://www.americaninno.com/austin/austin-startup/home-stretch-kasita-has-a-new-ceo-and-plans-to-expand/ 

Container Architecture 

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/shipping-container-homes-460309 

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/gallery/2017/apr/23/shipping-container-architecture-in-pictures 

Wooden skyscrapers! 

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/wood-skyscrapers/ 

Additive ‘temples’ 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90109358/this-is-the-most-complex-architectural-structure-in-history 

Casa Brutale 

http://inhabitat.com/crazy-home-carved-into-a-coastal-cliff-has-a-swimming-pool-roof/ 

Eiji Nakatsu’s birds and trains 

https://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/10/19/how-one-engineers-birdwatching-made-japans-bullet-train-better