CONCEPT • The late modernist concept of Space, geometry, and light • Neutral grid • The structure is used as an ornament • Foster’s design preserves the forty six-story façade of the landmark • From its hollowed-out core rises a geodesic-like office tower featuring triangular steel bracing from the 10th floor up. • It will …
In essence, the Design Thinking process is iterative, flexible and focused on collaboration between designers and users, with an emphasis on bringing ideas to life based on how real users think, feel and behave. Design Thinking Abroad; a general perspective: Empathy is crucial to a human-centered design process such as Design Thinking, and empathy allows design thinkers …
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Earthen building systems include adobe, rammed earth, cob, cast earth, and other earthen building technologies used as structural and non-structural wall systems. Natural Materials includes a variety of wall construction techniques & depends upon the traditional styles, availability of materials, and climate of the respective place. This wall system creates a micro climate & provide …
The history of textile in architecture is very old. With the history of human nomad cultures portable dwelling was a key to survival. Tents are a prime example of vernacular architecture. Light structures are a big part of this. Tents are the first type of dwellings using textile as a cover. The valued qualities of …
With the Global warming issues raging the globe, and the construction sector a major contributor, scientists across the globe are looking towards low energy, resource efficient building materials and technologies for solving the problem of keeping the pace of development without further raising the carbon levels. It is in view of these facts, the world …
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There are so many pieces of furniture that we come across in many movies and in a friend’s home, but we always tend to brush away that thought, thinking our homes don’t require or deserve it. Have you always dreamed of having that upholstered couch? That massive bean bag? That rustic Victorian bed? The pop …
Usually when one sees a photo of an open floor plan they think of a spacious and modern design. One would visualize that the kitchen sits way off in the distance, large windows let in plenty of natural sunlight and there may even be space for multiple sitting areas. But just because one might have …
The term suprematism refers to an abstract art based upon \”the supremacy of pure artistic feeling\” rather than on visual depiction of objects. Kazimir Malevich developed the concept of Suprematism when he was already an established painter, having exhibited in the Donkey\’s Tail and the Der Blaue Reiter(The Blue Rider) exhibitions of 1912 with cubo-futurist …
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Our brains are “wired for pleasure,” and that games are an effective way to learn because they simulate adventure and keep our brains engaged and happy.Many previous studies have demonstrated that learning motivation and efficiency can be enhanced through educational games, and the recent introduction of enriched gaming elements has made such games increasingly popular. …
Leonardo Da Vinci must have been ahead of his time when, rather than advocating the joys of a sprawling palazzo, he wrote: “Small rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.” In design for small space, storage is vital to keep visual clutter to an absolute …