Sriram Warrier

Design workspace is never conventional I would love to compare the present Indian architecture to a typical romantic Indian film in which there is a hero, villian, the hero goes behind the heroine, the villian conduct occasional attack, the hero defeats the villian in the climax. There are couple of fight sequence, song and dance, and almost every Indian cinema is predictable today! Earlier, the audience never felt boring about the film quality, but they enjoyed the humors and lame jokes inside the film. But today's audience can not really love such film anymore. They need more practical and naturalistic elements. The space in which I have learnt designing was just a typical array of lintels and beams with regular typical arrangement of doors and windows. I do not really want to think the designer/engineer had really known the users inside, because from my personal experience, it is horrible. Just like Indian cinema, these spaces inside my college are just a typical space which can...

Is sustainable architecture important? Photo: Luis Dalvan Thanks to the rapid industrialization, earth had suffered a lot in such a small time frame. There was merciless killings of so many animals, cutting down the trees even if there were no important use for it, spilling dangerous chemicals on the nutritious soil, we have to talk about sustainability now. Take the time to understand that sustainable architecture is not planting bushes and creepers on your terrace. This area of study is very huge and indigestible to few. Mentioned below are few points on the sustainable architecture. Reducing human impact Everyday life of more than an average human being impact the nature negatively. We are excellent at throwing out waste, even a small bit of toffee wrapper on wherever we are present at that time. We can build a house without completely wiping the plot out of trees and plants right! Why don't people maintain the slope of a space instead of slicing a huge quantity of soil out?! Yo...

Patriarchy  in Kerala Architecture There is a systematic algorithm in which a house plan is rendered by a designer to the client. The client, and the designer may not give respect to the surrounding members including the other members of the patriarchal family. Although this practice is quite less as of now, the people who came back from the Arabian gulf will definitely know how to define the activities in a kitchen. This post speak through the eyes of the system of architecture followed in Kerala.  Vernacular architecture of Kerala. | Source:  https://architecturesstyle.com Kerala had witnessed a lot of different feudal chiefs who hailed themselves to be superior and powerful. Untouchability was a practice amongst the different race of people, which is found even today. But back then, there was a time when women were not allowed to come into a group of men, sometimes women were forced not to show themselves before the men as well. Thinking about the architecture back the...

Frozen Anachrony by Ego Design Studio Architects:  Ego Design Studio Location: Kottiyam, Kerala Area:  4244  sq.ft Year of completion: 2016 Photographs:  Running Studios The project was a question on relevance? The relationship between a particular architectural style, time, context and its repetition in this society, which is heavily media, dictated. The built form in its style questioned its relevance in the time and context in which it was conceived and executed and the connecting mass in the center questioned its own relevance amidst the already irrelevant mass. The brief demanded a Victorian style residence. After tedious attempt to convince the client of its irrelevance, the project was perceived as an installation which would question the idea of relevance. The built form was designed as two parts, the guest and living spaces in front and the personal spaces behind. These spaces were designed in Victorian style in terms of their architectural elements, scale a...

Message to frustrated young architects  I'm perusing an online media post of a youthful architect that I might want to cite verbatim as it gives a knowledge into the brain of the youthful architects of India.  "Try not to go for architecture except if you have a force hallway to misuse, or a family that is into development! The calling is a sinking boat, and it's 99% disappointment and misuse once you see through the shallow fabulousness."  With the title "architect" decreased to a joke by courts that have believed that any Amar, Akbar and Anthony can begin a business of offering architectural types of assistance, a small child procuring the expert title has little to begin with, and if that isn't sufficient, the plan business can really give exercises on nepotism to even Bollywood.  All in all, is there any expect a very much prepared and gifted youthful architect?  The appropriate response is "Yes" if architects comprehend what their identity...

Relief from architectural stress. There are certain moments in your life when you feel like giving up learning architecture. If you feel yourself down, you would not really look at your college works anymore. You will try to sit back and relax thinking of why you are not able to do this thing properly. You are confused about what work you are supposed to do. You want to plan your work accordingly but unable to do so. You want to outsmart your friends and perform the best in front of the juror or the reviewer. But you don’t know where to start. This is a very not so serious case when you are in the middle of nowhere, you work is not started and you don’t know where to start from. In this case, you should not think of quitting the course, because these aforementioned situations don’t mean that you are bad at work. It is only an active force in you that is stopping you from working your stuff properly. You can think of the following points as a solutions Talk to your friend. Take your...