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| It's a never ending process of building |
Today we study architecture, but when did it start back then? Who was
the first architect? What did he design first? Imhotep, who lived
around 2600 BCE and served the Egyptian Pharaoh Djoser, as the
first identified architect in history. He designed first Egyptian pyramid complex, the world's first
known extensive stone structure, inspired the later more extravagant pyramids. Is it?
The first
architect ever known to humankind dates back to 4.5 billion years, the greatest
architect of all time. It worked along one principle and evolved over a million
years, BALANCE between all the elements and energies. Over the years, it learned
to adopt surrounding conditions and maintain balanced relation among all of
them. Created spectacular structures which are out of range for human kind.
From the Mariana trench to the Everest lies the creations of greatest architect,
master of every aspect it carries. THE EARTH (nature).
First human
appeared on earth 66 million years ago, while the anatomically modern humans
appeared 8000 years ago and started making unbalanced elements from balanced
once i.e. concrete, plastic. This interference in extremely balanced process of
nature steered us where we are standing now. Even though we have mastered many
things, we lags in very important rule of balance, efficiency and
sustainability. Architecture gave new dimension to the human life, but on the
graph of efficiency vs time period we are way beyond the nature. Each Step
taken by early humans impacted the society very much. It took earth 4.5 billion
years to evolve, humans made a significant impact on nature in very short
period of time. Humans impacted on the environment in several ways, some are overpopulation,
pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have
triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable
water.
Major part
affecting the environment is construction. We have excelled in many
construction techniques, but why can’t a human see the drawbacks at the same
time? WE are pushing ourselves into the locus of compulsions. Buildings account for
around 35% of resources, 40% of energy use, consume 12% of the world’s
drinkable water and produce almost 40% of global carbon emissions. It is a fact
of realization that we should take some serious steps toward global issue. We
have experienced during a world pandemic situation, how nature heals with only
small relief from human interaction.
Humans are excellent observers and
learners, ability to process information stands out the humans from rest.
Humans have developed such a methods that earth took many years to create. Humans
are best in creating and worst is destroying. We are in the era, where we require severe actions on the issues of tomorrow. It is the time to observe
right things and take actions accordingly. It is the responsibility of every
designer/architect to work on efficiency as major concern. The design process
should start with the concern of efficiency, sustainability and balance.
Here is the method that every designer should take in account while designing:
OBSERVE- Observe that feelings of site
INDENTIFY- Get to know its feelings
IMPROVE- Try to improve their condition
RESOLVE- Solve the unknown
SUSTAIN- Sustain it through lows and highs
Architecture is
not about building, it’s about your responsibility towards the society, it’s
your gratitude towards the earth, it’s your duty towards future.
OBSERVE
Context is very
important aspect of any project, retaining the goods and improving the odds is
the duty of designer. Context should not be limited to the site only, but how
the surrounding would be impacted by the design is also needed to take in
account. Todays practices are limited to, how the context is used to make design
batter. The fact is, design can be replicated anywhere, but the context is
unique for each location. Contextualization is very important in design.
Context is the joining line between design and nature.
IDENTIFY
After observing the context,
identify the problem on site or off site related to human interference and try
to address it through design positively. It need not to be the visible problem
only, but the psychological problems could also be addressed. Main moto behind
making out the problem is to take the design as near to the nature.
IMPROVE
Identified problem needs to be
improved other than architectural design. Making environment better is the foremost
duty of an architect, as we design for better conditions inside the building,
outside environment is also important to make design better to great.
RESOLVE
Take one issue
on a larger scale, maybe related to materials or living conditions, and try to
improve the conditions on that level. This practice will lead us to a better
future where we will be out of compulsive orders.
SUSTAIN
Identification to
execution is ok for one project, but sustaining the process is important to
think of a better tomorrow. If we are creating one green building in 1000
buildings the impact of the green building is negligible, so sustaining the
process and method is crucial if we think on larger scale.
Architects are
blessed with a natural power to serve a society and nature. Using the powers on the correct path and serve the future with maximum efficiency and consciousness is
the duty of an architect. No one can predict the future, but architects can design the future.
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