Architectural shot
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 6:23 pm
Jaiprakash Narayan Interpretation Centre , Lucknow
The legacy of the multiple-layered architecture of the past can sometimes become India’s Achilles heel. If this century is believed to belong to designers, then contemporary architecture must be centre stage and must take responsibility for creating what will be tomorrow’s history. A city is a place of availabilities says Louis Kahn. But the relentless pursuit of these availabilities and the resultant usurping of space and resources chokes the very lungs of the city till it asphyxiates. ‘Respiratory apparatus’ in the form of breathing spaces that also double up as phenomenal community…
The legacy of the multiple-layered architecture of the past can sometimes become India’s Achilles heel. If this century is believed to belong to designers, then contemporary architecture must be centre stage and must take responsibility for creating what will be tomorrow’s history. A city is a place of availabilities says Louis Kahn. But the relentless pursuit of these availabilities and the resultant usurping of space and resources chokes the very lungs of the city till it asphyxiates. ‘Respiratory apparatus’ in the form of breathing spaces that also double up as phenomenal community…