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Exploring Smritivan Earthquake Museum: A Tribute to Resilience and Remembrance

micronation / July 4, 2024

Exploring Smritivan Earthquake Museum: A Tribute to Resilience and Remembrance Vastushilpa Consultants, an architecture studio, has designed a museum and memorial in India to honor the victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and celebrate the resilience of the local Kutch community. The project aims to create not only a museum but also a civic space […]

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Roberto Burle Marx: A Landscape Architect Who Painted with Plants

micronation / July 1, 2024

A Landscape Architect Who Painted with Plants Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) wasn’t your typical architect. This Brazilian visionary wasn’t concerned with bricks and mortar, but rather with living, breathing canvases. Burle Marx was a landscape architect who blurred the lines between artist and designer, forever changing the way we see the spaces around our buildings.

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How Architects Use Natural Light to Transform Spaces?

micronation / January 28, 2024

How Architects Use Natural Light to Transform Spaces? One of the primary ways architects use natural light is through the placement of windows. Windows are strategically placed to allow natural light to enter a space and create a sense of openness. Large windows can create a connection between the interior and exterior of a building,

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Is architecture in India a slowly sinking ship?

micronation / March 16, 2022

P.S. – Not a Motivating Post!! Architecture in India is like a slowly sinking ship. We have failed the profession. Do you know why? Let me tell you one by one. 1. Because presently most of the architectural employment adverts are like: Hello folks! Do you need a job post B.Arch.? Great. We also need

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Sustainable Architecture as a field.

micronation / May 29, 2021

The profession of architecture has well-defined boundaries in the form of professional boundaries delineated by a licence to practise. On an ideological level, this design core is hotly debated. Architects are not the only ones who design structures, but they claim to be the only ones who make ‘architecture\’ rather than just structures. As a

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Results MNC-3 (INHABIT)

micronation / December 10, 2020

Micro Nation just announced the results of Micro Nation Challenge – 3 (INHABIT). Challenge is to design a small living unit for stray animals (dogs, cats, cows etc.) at street level, where there is facility of dumping your leftovers and vegetable peels for stray animals. There was a lot of interesting projects submitted. Below we

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Results MNP-1 (MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE)

micronation / October 20, 2020

Micro Nation just announced the results of Micro Nation Photography Challenge – 1 (MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE). The challenge is to capture the essence of minimalist architecture in photographs. There was a lot of amazing entries submitted. Below we present all winning entries: 1st Prize Photo by:- Chen Siyi (Kunming, China) Great, clean composition, a refreshing color

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MICRO NATION CHALLENGE – 3 (INHABIT)

micronation / October 15, 2020

When COVID-19 hit us, it hit us hard. Many lives were affected. Many businesses went down, many people lost their jobs, and a lot of them lost their lives. Government took various steps to compensate its peoples\’ loss. Many schemes were launched, many funds were raised. A lot of NGOs (Non Government Organization) came forward

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9 LIVES OF A BUILDING

micronation / October 10, 2020

Like cats being gifted with a new life every time they just miss their demise, buildings are constantly propelled towards change and reinvention in order to sustain their existence. Here Jill Stoner, Director of the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University in Ottawa, and Professor of Architecture at the University of California,

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MICRO NATION PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE-1

micronation / September 19, 2020

\”Photography helps people to see\” Throughout the history of photography, buildings have been highly valued photographic subjects, mirroring society\’ s appreciation for architecture and its cultural significance. MICRO NATION is launching its very first architecture photography competition for all the photography enthusiasts out there. The theme being ‘MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE’. What is MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE? Minimalist architecture,

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