Adaptive , Building , Built Environment , Cities , Environment , Livability , Morphology , Sustainability Social Inclusivity : Pushing the Envelope of Sustainable Architecture By Morphogenesis Currently, 55% of the global population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050, compounding problems such as housing shortage, traffic congestion, and pollution, and impact the quality of life of citizens. The built environment affects its surroundings and the people who inhabit it. Sustainable archite ...
Adaptive , Biophilia , Built Environment , Environment , Jaali , Landscape , Light , Livability , Sustainability How can we design sustainable buildings across different scales and contexts? By Morphogenesis Sustainable design can reduce a building's energy consumption by up to 80%. However, sustainable design strategies should respond to the context— they should balance the site's unique geography and weather conditions with functional and budgetary restrictions. At Morphogenesis, we consciously attempt to undertake projects across India’s di ...
Biophilia , Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Landscape , Livability , Sustainability Understanding Sustainable Architecture By Morphogenesis Sustainability and architecture are part of a symbiotic system; they are not two different entities. In a world that is battling global crises like climate change and environmental degradation, buildings, by far, are one of the biggest consumers of energy. With the increased significance of building sensitively, there is no need to develop a new, futur ...
Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Identity , Livability , Research , Sustainability Manit and Sonali Rastogi in Conversation With Dr Nirmal Kishnani | Ecogradia By Morphogenesis An Architecture of Almost Somewhere Founding Partners Manit and Sonali Rastogi recently chatted with Dr Nirmal Kishnani, host and editor-in-chief of Ecogradia (Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction), a global platform on sustainable architecture and urbanism. The talk traces Manit and Sonali’s upbringing and influence ...
Adaptive , Building , Climate , Environment , Exposure , Facade , Glare , Light , Livability , Morphology , Research , Sustainability , Vision , Workplace PLEA 2017 Edinburgh: The Practice of Architecture in the Tropics By Nitin Bansal, Manit Rastogi and Piya Gupta Integrated Design Approach Architecture in some of the densest cities in India (and the world) demands highly conscious spatial consumption with office design standards reaching efficiencies as low as 50sq.ft./person. Consequently, high internal gains and stress on available resources have led to innovative developments in the way these buildings need to be designed and built. Sustainable architecture mus ...
Building , Corporate , Environment , Livability , Masterplanning Maker Maxity, Mumbai By Manit Rastogi Maker Maxity is truly a microcosm of a Smart City – where Morphogenesis departed from a traditional Master Planning approach to one of Urban Design. The horizontal plane has been designed for walkability, and with a focus on public art & sculpture, both rare conditions in India today. The offices and other buildings integrate strongly with the landscape, through plazas and squares crafted as an integral part of the lands ...
Cities , Environment , Landscape , Livability Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future By Siddharth Joshi, Amritha Krishnan & Rishikesh AG Abstract: In this talk, Professor Nagendra examines the past, present, and future of nature in Bengaluru, one of India’s largest cities. Though threatened, nature in the city exhibits a remarkable tenacity. She charts changes in nature from the 6th century CE to the present, drawing on original social-ecological field research, coupled with archival analysis, satellite remote sensing, and oral histories. She ...
Biophilia , Environment , Landscape , Livability Japanese Style of Landscape By Aakanksha Mehta While picturesque English gardens with tea houses and pavilions and ‘eye catcher’ French Gardens have become more popular with Western World as discussed in the previous blogs, most folks also devote all or part of their backyards to this style of landscaping. Japanese gardens are traditional gardens that create miniature idealized landscapes, often in a highly abstract and stylized way.[1] These garden ...
Built Environment , Cities , Livability , Research , Residential Framing Views: Improving the User Experience of Spaces By Rahat Varma We, as users of the built environment, spend most of our days in heavily cordoned off spaces, attempting to both be productive during our work day and to turn-off the hustle and relax after work hours. The unpleasant truth is that we do not have enough time to be outdoors and experience what nature has to offer. With the prevalent introverted construction style being applied to most new developments, it is essential for us as ...