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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York: an Art inside an Art

In between the busy city of New York, there is an art museum which is inside an art, you don’t understand? The Solomon Guggenheim Museum – the Temple of Spirit or the Home of Contemporary Art is one of the finest ever built museums in the world, the architecture behind it is still a mystery how on earth legend Frank Lloyd Wright designed the spiral shape in the middle of New York.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York: an Art inside an Art

Many criticized the work of Frank at the beginning but today hundreds of visitors from around the world are astonished by his work, it is even mysterious in the view of architecture, the well-known organic architect Frank Lloyd broke the rule of architecture and built the cylindrical-shaped dome building without a first floor. The Guggenheim Museum located on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, in between the uniform architecture is one such treat to the eyes.

Architecture Philosophy

In all works of Frank Lloyd, there is a sense of nature, the organic style exposes itself to the core but the Guggenheim Museum is apart from the organic architecture even famous architects from around the world are astonished by the work of Frank Lloyd and his design for the Guggenheim museum, it can be either called as futuristic architecture or we can even call it as an experimental architecture of frank wright and finally, architect’s concluded it as the international architecture style to resemble the work in the international standard.

Guggenheim Museum

With standard concrete and glass dome, it is a difficult task to even build but today it is considered as a pre-model architecture for young and future generation architects. Frank Wright might have been designed in a dome shape because he wanted to show something unique to the world of architecture and also to show them sometimes we can break the principles to create a new one.

Interior Work Guggenheim Museum

The structural design of the Guggenheim Museum is the shape increases in size as the height increases, with limited space for the art to be displayed it even created a new methodology for museums, the ramp in the architecture created a unique experience for the visitors to watch and experience the art inside the museum.

Guggenheim Museum

The glass at the end of the roof created an impact on its architecture, it is inspired by the ancient empire building architecture style.

About the Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the best architects who ever lived and is also considered the master of organic architecture style, the Guggenheim Museum is the only architecture of Frank that is unique and crosses boundaries among his all other works.

The special thing about the Guggenheim Museum is that “it is an art museum inside a great art in the form of architecture”, the visitors are astonished at its architecture rather than the art which is inside that’s the magic done by legend Frank Lloyd.

Every art is a sense of nature and every artist is a cook who mixes the imagination and the materials to form a delicious architecture, it is one such delicious to the eyes and heart.

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Animal Rehabilitation Centre | 3D views

Animal Rehabilitation center

Name- Khushboo Boro

Batch- 2015-2020

Institute- North-Eastern Hill University Shillong, Meghalaya, India

Introduction

An animal rehabilitation center is a place of a facility dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and adaptation of victims of wild animals and human cruelty.

Concept

The linkage between human and animals are embodied and strengthened by the reciprocal benefits to both of them to promote an interrelationship between human and animals, Also, various environmental activities will be incorporated to fulfill the goal. For human and environmental connection, several eco-friendly and natural spaces are integrated into the shelter landscape.

Animal Rehabilitation Centre

Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Animal Rehabilitation Centre
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Architecture Thesis sheets | Animal Rehabilitation Centre

Architecture Thesis Project | Animal Rehabilitation center

Name- Khushboo Boro

Batch- 2015-2020

Institute- North-Eastern Hill University Shillong, Meghalaya, India

Introduction

An animal rehabilitation center is a place of a facility dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and adaptation of victims of wild animals and human cruelty.

Concept

The linkage between human and animals are embodied and strengthened by the reciprocal benefits to both of them to promote an interrelationship between human and animals, Also, various environmental activities will be incorporated to fulfill the goal. For human and environmental connection, several eco-friendly and natural spaces are integrated into the shelter landscape.

Architecture Thesis sheets

Architecture Thesis sheets
Architecture Thesis sheets
Architecture Thesis sheets
Architecture Thesis sheets
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Architecture Thesis Project | Academy of Performing Arts Centre

The Initialization of the Idea

With the passage of time, our generation is losing touch with their roots and cultural heritage. One such heritage is our cultural art forms of Shrimanta Shankara deva. So I wanted to design something where all his art forms are taught in a single place so that people from our generation can learn about that and be able to grasp the very concept of it. Moreover, no such institution has been built in Assam, India where traditional art forms of Assamese culture can be studied together. The handful of institutes that do exist today are fragmented where unification is missing. So I wanted to design an institution where all of these art forms are collectively accessible.

Architecture Thesis Project

Architecture Thesis Project
Architecture Thesis Project
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High and low rise building comparisons

If you look a little deeper into the world, this world is full of magic and wonders with various versions and various shapes, architecture is one such shape of magic in the world.

Imagine you love to wake up in the morning and plan to go Beech and see the sunrise and you’re living on the 13th floor, unfortunately, the list isn’t working so you have to walk the entire 13 floors and you feel exhausted when you reach the first floor, practically you give up the plan of going to beach and see the sunrise, it is in the case of high rise building, on the other hand, you’re living in the same 13th floor and see the amazing view of all the lights in the city from the balcony, see in a low rise building it is not possible.

High rise building and low rise building

Majorly there are only two types of architecture that dominate all others: Low rise building and High rise building, a building that defines the advancement of urbanization and a simple way of living with lesser technology.

High-rise buildings, with taller and lighter a structure built with steel, and glass as the major material, majorly used for office buildings, hotels, and houses in the latest world, on the other side low rise building with shorter and thicker structures built with bricks majorly and woods along, build majorly for houses and government buildings.

As buildings define the way people live, high-rise buildings define the modern lifestyle whether low-rise define the ordinary lifestyle, we feel more secure and feel the touch of nature in the low-rise buildings with lesser no lifts at all and always having the connection with the ground making it a more flexible way of living and independent.

Low-rise buildings allow us to live with people like a community and also make us more engaged with the lifestyle of ordinary people and society unlike getting caged inside the 13th floor in our apartment building, it gives us more security and helps us be connected with the world.

High-rise buildings which are the modern definition of the high tech cities and also define the lavish way of lifestyle with tall buildings, high rise building or architecture gave us a new solution to living in a lesser place, it made something possible which isn’t before,  with better ventilation and lesser noise from the society, high rise buildings indeed give us peace from the world of machines and traffic lights, in a city with millions of population we can only find the calm in the bedroom which located about 13floor above from the ground, even though the cost is higher than the low rise buildings, the amount of privacy and peace we get in the high rise building is more and it satisfies the soul.

Again the world is full of magic and wonders, architecture is one such thing it defines the way we live, of all the magic behind the buildings you come across in the morning, do think of the hard work people have gone through to make the magic possible…

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Difference and Discernation: Architects and Civil Engineers

The topic at hand today is also one of the most aggravating and frustrating issues for architects all around the country. And I say in our country because Indians are ignorant and unbeknownst towards the fact that architects do exist in India and even if they do so, their attitude and credit-giving heart fail out when it comes to us. Not just in India but this fact has remained true for the Asian nations since ancient times. There are so many beautiful temples and other structures all around the country and even throughout the Oriental world, but the first thing that history books teach us is how great the benefactor who funded the structure and how great his/her vision was. The architect is rarely mentioned. Secondly, we learn and wonder about the engineering that was so sophisticated as to be able to conjure such a great structure that stands tall and keeps us in awe even for generations to come. What we never think of when documenting such things is how beautifully devised and designed such ancient treasures are and how rich the cultural incorporation in them was done by a handful of people who were geniuses forgotten from the tabloids of history. But hypocrisy exists today in the eyes of everyone when looking towards a European structure, wherein suddenly everyone remembers to praise the architects who designed those gems. And then, internal depreciation hits hard on a people without ever understanding the core of such reasons and the respect for the profession remains long lost.

Architectural work


This is the attitude that remains still at large to this day. And what hurts the most, in the end, is the fact that civil engineers take advantage of this situation and put themselves forward with dauntless and confident acclamation of being fully educated architects. People who just want to spend a fancy amount without doing proper research as such encourage these wrongdoers in their fraud. I would like to inform everyone that in this society of India where engineering is encouraged a lot and has become a prime profession for the youth of the country, the job expectancy of these posts has drastically reduced in the years that preceded and continues to do so. The result of this is hard-hitting fraudulent malpractice of civil engineers posing as architects. This is a serious case because when thinking of taking up higher studies, very few students think of going into architecture. The turn-up for engineering is extremely high in proportion to the former. If one is willing to practice architecture, then please truly pursue the course and do your part to spread awareness regarding the subject and study it. I do not want to be wrongly speculating anything or rather demean the course of engineering. Neither do I want to praise architecture to a mantle where everyone sees it differently. But it is a proven truth that architecture has been granted the position of No.1 concerning being the most difficult course in the world. To practice, architects need a government-approved license. The lack of which is surely existent among the many “so-called professional architects” freshly brewed out of engineering colleges.

DIFFERENCE AND DISCERNATION: ARCHITECTS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS


I am very sure the interest and zeal towards a good and beautiful home to live in exist among the masses in society. But this is a heartfelt request to everyone reading this to also respect the people who are professionals who help achieve this for you. The people of the architectural community feel highly disrespected and hurt when such cases of engineers posing as architects come up. Engineers are professionals who are better at dealing with the technicality of any machinery or man-made matter. Civil engineers are only good enough to help with the structural integrity of a building or a structure, a subject that is stressed enough in the course of architecture itself. So, relying on an architect for a building’s structure is not an option so far-fetched. But architects never go around taking that laurel away from them. Architecture, however, is a mixture of art and a very intricate process of designing that involves a lot of hard work and technical elements as well. Something civil engineers don’t know the world of.

Difference and Discernation: Architects and Civil Engineers


This is my request to all my readers to please understand the plight of us architects and also our efforts. The difference between us architects and engineers is clear as crystal. Please spread awareness about our profession, pursue it if you will, and respect and love the tradition and culture that architects who came before have built. Make society aware of it and help stop such misguided advantage from being taken of unaware people by a handful of miscreants who should be punished for their folly.

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Striving towards better Architectural methods

Architecture is a profession that does not only teach one how to design a building but to design a space that can merge with the surrounding making it whole. It teaches us about all the things happening in the world that can affect mankind in general. As an architecture student, I am concerned about a lot of things. From global warming to lack of space, we have read about it all and are constantly curious and willing to contribute our share of help to make the earth a much nicer place to live in.

Striving towards better architectural methods

One such thing that I am usually very curious about is Glass Structures. When we look at Indian Architecture today, we don’t see much creativity or the use of eco-friendly ways. When we design buildings the only thing that strikes our mind is to make it as tall as we can and then clad it with glass. But as beautiful as they look, these glass structures are not a healthy habitat to be living in. They may look nice and shiny from the outside but the interiors have no natural ventilation and must be air-conditioned 24X7. As a result, people get sick.

Our historical monuments which were constructed many years ago had natural ventilation and some of them even followed the so-called “Neighborhood system”. They were magnificent and eco-friendly at the same time. If our historical leaders could make such masterpieces why can’t we with today’s variety of technology? We don’t have to adapt to the Western style all the time when we have so many examples in our very country to take inspiration from.

Striving towards better architectural methods

Secondly, as we are approaching a world so developed and sophisticated, where we don’t give any second thoughts about building structures so massive that even the name skyscrapers don’t do justice to them, we are also on the verge of destroying mother nature. The massive amount of trees that are cut down to make such huge structures not only makes the environment poor but also takes away the livability of the habitats that are going to inhabit those places. As architects, we must look for means and ways to make structures that blend and act as one with the environment. We must look for ways that do minimum damage to the environment we are building the structure into. The number of trees we cut must be taken into account and we must plant the same in that very surroundings. The lawn grass and planting a few flower pots on the balconies won’t make our atmosphere breathable. We must take a step towards a positive eco-friendly design career where we design only good natural buildings.

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9 Types of Kids in Architecture

There is always at least one folk among the crowd who knows his way with the brush. Watercolor, poster, oil, Staedtler you name it and he’ll know it. Suppose there is an assignment where you feel pretty good with what you have done and then you see the artist’s work and suddenly your world comes to an end. Trust me you will meet such people.

9 TYPES OF KIDS IN ARCHITECTURE

The Nocturnal Being

So there are humans who sleep at night and there are those Martians who don’t. they work at night doing who knows what and come to class looking like the cast of The Walking Dead.

The Research Psycho

Ah yes, the topper category. They like to invest their time doing thorough research about things ranging from gothic architecture to the meaning of a full stop. And alas they do good in exams. 

The Procrastinator

The most famous category. Every course has people of such kind. Now gets pushed to later and the later never actually comes. But don’t get me wrong they do manage to submit their work…. Somehow at the end of the day.

The Structural Analyst

So there is this subject called structural design in architecture. Speaking from experience this is the subject that most students struggle with. More often than so when an assignment is given the said analyst does the work and the rest just copies from him. And it’s not about whether one knows the solution or not it’s downright about choice and most folks tend to just not do it.

The Fashionista

 The nocturnals and the humans will come looking like post-apocalyptic folks barely hanging on to life whereas these other species come so well dressed it is as if they came straight out of a met gala function. Hair, shoes, clothes everything so well done. Well, truth be told they are the face of the class. So cheers mate whoever you are.

The Movie Freak 

The new season of Orange is the new black, the latest episode of peaky blinders, the 2nd installment in the Spiderman franchise, etc. All these events become the main topic of conversation when you converse with such people. They are pretty fun to be around as they would always be constantly talking about their new favorite show.

The Loner

So the one or two souls who don’t like to deal with other humans. They keep it to themselves all the time in spite of being asked to hang out. They may be wonderful humans but we do not know as we don’t know them. It’s pretty difficult for them in situations where they need to be in groups.

The Party Freak

The mood of the crowd, the sliver of happiness and laughter in every situation, the harbinger of joy. These are the party freaks. Their ‘life of the party attitude’ is something that keeps us going sometimes. Be it any situation they do Know how to turn it around for the better. So I would say one of the most important ones in any class. And trust me you will find people as such in every batch

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Architecture: What it is and About?

Architecture or Vastukala as translated in Hindi is the science or study of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures. The need and desire, as well as the importance of architecture, have been recognized since the inception of civilization. One of the best examples of such can be seen in the detailed planning in the cities of the Harappan/Indus Valley Civilization.  Even though architecture has been a priority throughout the world in all the continents inhabited, the affinity, lack, and consciousness towards it have always varied from society to society.

Architecture: What it is and About?

Scopes

Architecture if ever so roughly put in the simplest of terms can be described as a “Jack of all trades”. The variety of fields that one could pursue through the proper understanding of this subject is only limited by one’s imagination. That being said, the best feature of pursuing architecture is the freedom it grants an individual to choose between a career or a job since it is a subject that depends heavily on a practitioner’s creativity. 

A stark contrast can be presented between the variant fields of architecture in that it provides scopes to work into the more conventional fields of design such as Landscape Design, Interior Design, Product design, etc., or more analytical subjects that include Climatology, Architectural Documentation (historical buildings and sites of architectural value), Material Study, etc. It even provides scope for subjects that are more calculative such as Structural Design, Service Planning, Urban design, and Planning, etc. The oddest and most miscible forms of career paths that one could pursue out of architecture include the fields of Architectural Journalism, Architectural Photography Architectural Videography, etc.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of an architect are quite heavy concerning a societal as well as an individual level. The social responsibilities of an architect range from a very wide field of specifics in which one has to spread awareness about the profession first and foremost in a society like India. Secondly but just as equally important is the awareness and education of the masses regarding the harmful effects of buildings on the environment.

Buildings comprise more than 40% of the annual carbon emission of the entire world and thus it naturally comes down to the fact that an architect has a huge responsibility for the environment and climate change factor of the Earth through his/her design or work.

ARCHITECTURE: WHAT IT IS AND ABOUT

This is just one basic example of how an architect has to be self-conscious regarding his profession and knowledge before proceeding with any project. A conscious and well-educated decision has to be taken at every step to achieve maximum efficiency with equal responsibility. Half-hearted and unsure measures are something very dangerous and bear ill results, so being bold self-confident, and self-conscious is one of the most important factors to being an architect and in many ways a responsibility of an architect to cultivate within.