Design Cues
Wednesday, 26. September 2007, 19:44:13
This site has been mentioned somewhere previously but it's just too good not to mention again.
Cool Hunter
On the topic of design another site, this time with an Indian perspective, well worth visiting is the official site of Laurie Baker.
Laurie Baker : Official Site of the Architect
It's a real pity then that given the construction boom all over India that more designers and architects don't employ a bit more originality in their work. There's no real verve or wow factor to most of the new buildings that we see. No intrigue. All of them tend to be modeled after one template : upright rectangular structure with a choice of blue\black\green glass.
Heck, you get more choices when you order a subway.
Taking this a bit further, examples of energy efficient buildings are few and far between. We live in a country that gets it's fair share of sunshine so why not capitalise on this? Surely there has to be a correlation between inventive design and the mental health of people who use the building. A bit of wonder and amazement can't be a bad thing. If I wanted cubes I'd stare at a cardboard box all day.
Perhaps, it is an indicator about how we as a nation tend to get be rather myopic on matters that requite long term planning. Too often we go in for the short term fix. Because it's cheaper, because it gets completed faster and most probably because no ones gives a damn anyway.
Who cares about minor details like the environment as long as the engines of the economy keep chugging away?
Cool Hunter
On the topic of design another site, this time with an Indian perspective, well worth visiting is the official site of Laurie Baker.
Laurie Baker : Official Site of the Architect
It's a real pity then that given the construction boom all over India that more designers and architects don't employ a bit more originality in their work. There's no real verve or wow factor to most of the new buildings that we see. No intrigue. All of them tend to be modeled after one template : upright rectangular structure with a choice of blue\black\green glass.
Heck, you get more choices when you order a subway.
Taking this a bit further, examples of energy efficient buildings are few and far between. We live in a country that gets it's fair share of sunshine so why not capitalise on this? Surely there has to be a correlation between inventive design and the mental health of people who use the building. A bit of wonder and amazement can't be a bad thing. If I wanted cubes I'd stare at a cardboard box all day.
Perhaps, it is an indicator about how we as a nation tend to get be rather myopic on matters that requite long term planning. Too often we go in for the short term fix. Because it's cheaper, because it gets completed faster and most probably because no ones gives a damn anyway.
Who cares about minor details like the environment as long as the engines of the economy keep chugging away?
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