Author: Mehar
Salutogenic Architecture: Harnessing Design for Holistic Well-Being
Salutogenic Architecture is a fascinating design approach that prioritizes promoting holistic well-being through the built environment. This article delves into the concept of Salutogenic design and how it integrates the Salutogenic theory with architecture and design to create healthy spaces.
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Assessing Gender Inclusive User Preferences: A Case of Urban Public Spaces in Chandigarh
This study highlights the importance of gender inclusiveness in urban public spaces and identifies the parameters that impact user preference based on gender in Chandigarh, India. Through qualitative research methodology, the study validates four constructs – comfort, image, usage, and vitality – to analyze user preferences.
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Mainstreaming Urban Design for Quintessential Contemporary Metamorphosis of Indian Urbanscapes
The literary piece presents a critical overview of the Urban Design discipline in India through examples from ongoing urban design processes and development trends in the country. It further argues the need for mainstreaming Urban Design tools for holistic and sensitive development of cities, and for effectively transforming the future of Indian urban life.
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Forensic Architecture – Towards a Spatial Take on Justice
A critical component of the justice system, “Forensics” refers to the study and application of scientific techniques for investigating criminal activities and establishing their related facts. Its synergy with the discipline of architecture buttresses the process of deciphering the reality behind the felony-related events by exercising appropriate architectural tools and mechanisms…..
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Urban Nudges: Veering Human Behaviour for Optimized Cities
The core assumption of classical economics is that humans make decisions based on logic. However, this notion was challenged and proved wrong by the pioneering works of social scientists – Kahneman and Traversky in the 1970s which established, through extensive research, that humans are in fact highly irrational decision-makers…
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Grandmillenial Style – An Antidote to Minimalist Interiors
A confluence of the old and new – Grandmillenial style, also termed as “granny chic” or “grandma chic”, is a nostalgic interior décor style that insinuates a modern take on the traditional way of design.
Grandmillenial interiors seek inspiration from the quaint times that…
Azulejos – The Hallmark of Traditional Portuguese Architecture
The Azulejos are Portuguese hand-painted, tin-glazed tiles made up of ceramic material. The tile is typically a square plaque (5-6 inches), one side of which is adorned and varnished. Azulejos were essentially introduced as ornamentation over flat plastered surfaces such as floors, walls, and ceilings…
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A-Z Urban Design Glossary – An Edition of The Eclipsed Terms
Urban Design is a hybrid discipline with its main principles fundamentally rooted in public and socio-economic welfare through an appropriate physical design of the environment. Given some pondering on the terminological spectrum of urban design, while terms like public realm, walkability, activity node, and legibility steal the limelight more frequently, it verily comprises a multitude of additional words and expressions that remain relatively obscure…
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Japandi – A Neoteric Style in Interior Design
The word “Japandi” is a portmanteau of Japan and Scandinavia, thus evidently suggesting that this type of interior design is a hybrid of aesthetic elements from both of these countries. Even though the two nations may not seem to have many similarities prima facie, both styles propagate a common set of principles such as minimalism, functionality, and artistic values of modesty…
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