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1915 MULTI FLOOR SPACES

1915 MULTI FLOOR SPACES -Gautam Shah Multi floor spaces are like atriums. These spaces have greater volume, characteristic diagonal view, and usually with top-down illumination. The multi floor spaces offer many positional views, which encourages elaborate sculpting of the architectonic elements. The diagonal view is accompanied by angular access and inclined visual connections. The combination…

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1854 List of 50 Blogs on ISSUES of DESIGN

 

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WIDE DOORS and MULTIPLE DOORS

Post 176 ⇒   by Gautam Shah  . Very wide doors are required for functional reasons and for splendour. Very wide openings are provided for ceremonies, processions, etc. and in modern times for carriage of wide vehicles like aeroplanes (hangers) and ships (canal gates). Very wide openings are incapable of regulating the multi-element mixed traffic, so need either barricades to channelize the…

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1785 ORIENTATION in PLACE and SPACE

1785 ORIENTATION in PLACE and SPACE –Gautam Shah Orientation is like a hyperlink, offering a linear and one way involvement. It can offer real and virtual connection, as a direct and shortest link to a PLACE. Orientation affects the perceiver, but not the place or objects. How the orientation affects us, depends on our body. The oriented affectations are due to the directionality of stimuli,…

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1782 INSTALLATION ART

1782 INSTALLATION ART -Gautam Shah Artworks have been distinguished by their set placement, spread, edge and point of perception. Sculptures were frame-less art to be observed from any position. Sculptures were nearly exterior art forms, with limited or no inside the body access. Murals, due to their extra-ordinary scale overwhelmed the viewer, but did nothing much in terms of participation.…

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CARBON and STEELS

Post 365 –by Gautam Shah . Iron as a metal is very ancient material. It was difficult to process (smelt), unlike materials with lower melting temperatures, such as copper and its alloys. Iron is rarely obtainable in pure form. The impurities in iron derive from the ore, and carbon through the smelting process. Carbon is one of the most important of impurities, varying between 0.002% and 2.1%.…

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1758 ART of ARCHITECTURE Themes

THEMES in ART of ARCHITECTURE a new series -by Gautam Shah. I hope to present 20-25 articles, each with 30-80 art images. Proposed articles > 1-Illumination in City Twilight Zones 2-Twilight effects in Nature 3-Filling up the skies 4 -Masking the scenes with trees 5 -Real and False Capriccio …. and many more ….. Every Sunday, I was presenting a collection of paintings related to…

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1751 SCENIC STRATIFICATION

1751 SCENIC STRATIFICATION -Gautam Shah Visual stratification relate to the capacity of the eyes to move and concentrate (and ignore) any section of a visual field. The eyes have capacity to move horizontally and capture a wide visual scape, similarly eyes can move in vertical and angular directions, to scan the scene. Besides these eyes can select a particular section and capture greater…

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VENTILATION in TROPICAL BUILDINGS

Post 370 –by Gautam Shah . Ventilation requirements and modalities for Buildings in tropical climates are very different from buildings of cooler climates. For buildings’ indoor climate four important issues are heat, moisture, air movement and contaminants. Of these four, the Heat needs to be removed, Moisture conserved or scrubbed off the air depending on dry or a humid tropical zone, Air…

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1740 SPATIAL DEFINITIONS

1740 SPATIAL DEFINITIONS –Gautam Shah A space is perceived as a transient form with set of purposes. The purposes are location and time related needs. So the same space is perceived as a potential place by different people, in different conditions or references. So a space is value endowment to a place. Some of the most important spatial definitions emerge from, the accommodation, occupation,…

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MANAGING PROJECTS

MANAGING PROJECTS Post 253 ⇒   by Gautam Shah . A project is a unique endeavour undertaken to form a concept, create a product or render a service. Projects take diverse shapes, ethereal ideation or conceptualization, forming a strategy to actualize an idea, recollection of a happening, reproduction of an experience, a search for a match or fit, scaling an effort and detailing for an outward…

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ALUMINIUM BRONZE alloys

ALUMINIUM BRONZE alloys Post 325 –by Gautam Shah  . Since more than 5,000 years the bronze and copper-based metals and their alloys have been used. At that point of time there was some realization that impurities and additives offer a range of properties. Specialized casting, treating and finishing techniques for different grades were improvised. The main reason for early discovery and use of…

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1713 ABSTRACTION a sense of DETACHMENT

Abstraction is an act of reduction. For reduction, one must recognise elements that have some attachment in our realm. Whatever is unnecessary is sensorially not recognised, remembered or expressed. In Hinduism, Vairagya, is an act of a detachment. The process of abstracting, includes separation, withdrawal, rejection, isolation, condensation attrition, distillation, etc. Many of these are…

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1712 CONTEMPORARY TAPESTRIES

1712 CONTEMPORARY TAPESTRIES –Gautam Shah Contemporary tapestries came into being after the WW-II, with beginning of the economic revival, mainly in Europe. The tapestries were for meant for different purposes, and the main application was for vertical surfaces, like wall covering, free hanging, partitioning, panelling. The patterns were holistic designs or prepared in different panels (at…

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1711 SENSE of SMELL

1711 SENSE of SMELL –Gautam Shah Smells contribute, feel good, bad or unconcerned experience. The difference is sensed similarly or differently by individuals, social groups, or communities. The smells result from space use. The architecture of the street and the buildings, both have a role in smell acknowledgment. The sense of smell is strongly related to cooking of foods (including…

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1710 MEDIA for WRITING

1710 MEDIA for WRITING -Gautam Shah There have been several writing-drawing base. These surfaces were receptive or absorbent of the ink or colour. Other requirements were, non-crumbling material, fairly brighter surface, non-peeling, non yellowing (balanced ph), smooth and a large surface. Several materials were used, till paper production matured (in 12-13 C). But, even today, for sentimental…

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1709 OBJECTS and CONDITIONS REVERENCE

1709 OBJECTS and CONDITIONS REVERENCE –Gautam Shah These are few select Blogs(from my site > https://designsynopsis.wordpress.com/ ).These relate to Objects and Conditions of reverence in various communities, religions and regions. The meaning and purpose for such beliefs, behaviour, or their antiquity is not clear. 402 WATER – BIRTH to DEATH575 MORPHED HUMAN and ANIMAL FORMS in ARCHITECTURE658…