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EVOLUTION‌‌OF‌‌BIOCLIMATIC‌‌ARCHITECTURE:‌‌DARWIN’S‌‌PERSPECTIVE‌ 


SIDDHARTHA‌K
‌ ISHORE,‌D
‌ IGVIJAY‌S‌ INGH‌S‌ HEORAN,‌P
‌ OONAM‌K
‌ HAN‌  ‌
 ‌

ABSTRACT‌  ‌
Since‌‌   time‌‌   immemorial,‌‌   architecture‌‌   has‌‌  been‌‌   acting‌‌ like‌‌ a ‌‌tool‌‌ for‌‌ the‌‌ sole‌‌ purpose‌‌ of‌‌ survival‌‌ of‌‌ living‌‌ 
beings.‌  ‌With‌  ‌the‌  ‌invention‌  ‌and‌  ‌discoveries‌  ‌of‌  ‌various‌  ‌tools‌  ‌and‌  ‌phenomena,‌  ‌the‌  ‌lifestyle‌  ‌of‌  ‌human‌‌ 
beings‌‌   changed‌‌   drastically‌‌   and‌‌   so‌‌
  did‌‌ architecture.‌‌ For‌‌ example,‌‌ there‌‌ is‌‌ a ‌‌stark‌‌ difference‌‌ between‌‌ the‌‌ 
dwellings‌‌   found‌‌ in‌‌ stone‌‌ age‌‌ and‌‌ of‌‌ present‌‌ date.‌‌ Hence,‌‌ we‌‌ can‌‌ say‌‌ that‌‌ the‌‌ architecture‌‌ went‌‌ through‌‌ 
a‌‌
  process‌‌   of‌‌  evolution‌‌   on‌‌   a ‌‌macro‌‌   level‌‌ from‌‌ the‌‌ first‌‌ dwelling‌‌ built‌‌ by‌‌ humans‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ last‌‌ building‌‌ built‌‌ 
today.‌‌   This‌‌ process‌‌ of‌‌ evolution‌‌ happened‌‌ only‌‌ because‌‌ there‌‌ was‌‌ a ‌‌change‌‌ in‌‌ lifestyle,‌‌ and‌‌ so‌‌ a ‌‌change‌‌ 
in‌‌  the‌‌  needs‌‌   of‌‌
  humans.‌‌   The‌‌   criterion‌‌ for‌‌ the‌‌ evolution‌‌ is‌‌ only‌‌ to‌‌ produce‌‌ better‌‌ and‌‌ ‘fitter’‌‌ designs.‌‌ Or‌‌ 
it‌‌
  can‌‌   also‌‌   be‌‌   stated‌‌  as‌‌
  the‌‌   design‌‌   which‌‌   is‌‌
  most‌‌ likely‌‌ to‌‌ succeed‌‌ and‌‌ be‌‌ followed‌‌ in‌‌ the‌‌ years‌‌ to‌‌ come‌‌ 
is‌  ‌the‌  ‌‘fitter’‌  ‌one‌  ‌amongst‌  ‌a ‌ ‌large‌  ‌pool‌  ‌of‌  ‌designs.‌  ‌The‌  ‌design‌  ‌can‌  ‌be‌  ‌said‌  ‌to‌  ‌go‌  ‌through‌  ‌‘survival‌‌   of‌‌ 
fittest’‌  ‌as‌  ‌stated‌  ‌by‌‌   Charles‌‌   Darwin‌‌   in‌‌  two‌‌   levels.‌‌  First‌‌  the‌‌
  design‌‌   made‌‌   ‘sense’‌‌  in‌‌
  the‌‌
  architect’s‌‌
  mind‌‌ 
amongst‌  ‌a ‌ ‌pool‌  ‌of‌  ‌other‌‌   ideas‌‌   and‌‌   second‌‌   it‌‌
  made‌‌   ‘sense’‌‌   to‌‌
  the‌‌
  users‌‌   or‌‌
  the‌‌
  public‌‌  amongst‌‌   already‌‌ 
existing‌d ‌ esigns.‌‌   ‌
This‌‌   paper‌‌
  talks‌‌  about‌‌
  the‌‌
  interconnectivity‌‌   of‌‌
  Darwin’s‌‌
  theory‌‌   of‌‌ survival‌‌ of‌‌ fittest‌‌ with‌‌ architecture‌‌ in‌‌ 
the‌‌   context‌‌ of‌‌ bioclimatic‌‌ architecture,‌‌ through‌‌ different‌‌ eras‌‌ and‌‌ how‌‌ the‌‌ process‌‌ of‌‌ ‘survival‌‌ of‌‌ fittest’‌ 
in‌  ‌architecture‌  ‌created‌  ‌‘mutations’‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌design‌  ‌which‌  ‌has‌  ‌only‌  ‌the‌  ‌required‌  ‌traits,‌  ‌eliminating‌  ‌the‌‌ 
unrequired‌o ‌ nes.‌‌   ‌

1.INTRODUCTION‌  ‌
  ‌The‌  ‌famous‌  ‌theory‌  ‌of‌‌   Darwin’s‌‌   evolution‌‌   process‌‌   introduced‌‌   natural‌‌  selection‌‌   as‌‌
  the‌‌  most‌‌   important‌‌ 
process‌‌   of‌‌
  evolution‌‌   at‌‌
  every‌‌   level,‌‌  from‌‌  biological‌‌   systems,‌‌   species,‌‌
  organisms‌‌ to‌‌ a ‌‌micro‌‌ level‌‌ such‌‌ as‌‌ 
molecules,‌‌   cells,‌‌
  DNA‌‌   and‌‌   proteins.‌‌ Similar‌‌ kinds‌‌ of‌‌ evolutions,‌‌ through‌‌ the‌‌ process‌‌ of‌‌ natural‌‌ selection‌‌ 
and‌‌ survival‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ fittest‌‌ can‌‌ be‌‌ found‌‌ in‌‌ architecture‌‌ as‌‌ well.‌‌ The‌‌ different‌‌ concepts‌‌ and‌‌ movements‌‌ in‌‌ 
architecture‌  ‌have‌‌   evolved‌‌   from‌‌   the‌‌  fundamentals‌‌   of‌‌  primitive‌‌  vernacular‌‌   structures.‌‌   As‌‌  humans‌‌   made‌‌ 
advancement‌‌   in‌‌
  science,‌‌   technology‌‌   and‌‌
  living‌‌
  standards,‌‌   architecture‌‌   kept‌‌  evolving‌‌  to‌‌  fulfil‌‌ the‌‌ needs‌‌ 
of‌t‌ hat‌ti‌ me.‌  ‌
Bioclimatic‌‌   architecture‌‌   has‌‌
  been‌‌   of‌‌
  prime‌‌
  need‌‌
  since‌‌ time‌‌ immemorial.‌‌ Humans‌‌ of‌‌ different‌‌ eras‌‌ have‌‌ 
been‌  ‌making‌  ‌their‌  ‌dwellings,‌  ‌to‌  ‌get‌  ‌maximum‌  ‌comfort‌  ‌with‌  ‌whatever‌  ‌the‌  ‌resources‌  ‌available.‌  ‌The‌‌ 
strategies‌  ‌involved‌  ‌have‌  ‌evolved‌  ‌from‌  ‌the‌  ‌simple‌  ‌stone‌  ‌structures‌  ‌of‌  ‌palaeolithic‌  ‌age‌‌   to‌‌
  the‌‌
  complex‌‌ 
strategies‌  ‌used‌  ‌in‌  ‌modern‌  ‌contemporary‌  ‌structures.‌  ‌Keeping‌  ‌the‌  ‌desired‌  ‌traits‌‌   the‌‌  strategies‌‌   kept‌‌
  on‌‌ 
evolving,‌  ‌going‌  ‌through‌  ‌the‌  ‌process‌  ‌of‌  ‌natural‌  ‌selection‌  ‌as‌  ‌stated‌  ‌by‌  ‌Darwin.‌  ‌Studying‌  ‌about‌  ‌the‌‌ 
evolution‌  ‌trend‌  ‌of‌  ‌these‌  ‌strategies‌  ‌and‌  ‌ideas‌  ‌will‌  ‌help‌  ‌us‌  ‌understand‌  ‌the‌  ‌considerably‌  ‌basic‌  ‌idea‌  ‌of‌‌ 
architecture,‌‌   which‌‌   is‌‌
  survival‌‌
  of‌‌
  the‌‌  dwellers.‌‌
  Hence‌‌   the‌‌  aim‌‌  of‌‌
  my‌‌
  research‌‌   will‌‌ be‌‌ to‌‌ understand‌‌ the‌‌ 
evolution‌  ‌of‌  ‌bio-climatic‌  ‌processes‌  ‌involved‌  ‌in‌  ‌architecture‌  ‌through‌  ‌Darwin’s‌  ‌theory‌  ‌of‌  ‌evolution.‌ 
(Ogawa‌e‌ t‌a‌ l.,‌2‌ 012)‌  ‌
 ‌

2.METHODOLOGY‌  ‌
Noticeable‌  ‌structures‌‌   from‌‌  the‌‌
  four‌‌   eras-‌‌
  palaeolithic,‌‌   stone,‌‌   bronze‌‌   and‌‌
  iron‌‌
  age‌‌
  have‌‌   been‌‌  taken‌‌  for‌‌ 
case‌‌   study‌‌
  and‌‌
  have‌‌  been‌‌ analysed‌‌ based‌‌ on‌‌ bioclimatic‌‌ strategies‌‌ used‌‌ in‌‌ them‌‌ in‌‌ order‌‌ to‌‌ understand‌‌ 
the‌‌
  culture,‌‌   needs‌‌  and‌‌   technological‌‌   level‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ time.‌‌ Architecture‌‌ from‌‌ palaeolithic‌‌ and‌‌ stone‌‌ age‌‌ has‌‌ 
been‌  ‌kept‌  ‌concise‌  ‌as‌  ‌there‌  ‌is‌  ‌no‌  ‌accurate‌  ‌and‌  ‌precise‌  ‌information‌  ‌available‌  ‌at‌  ‌this‌  ‌date.‌  ‌Different‌‌ 
archaeologists‌  ‌and‌  ‌architects‌  ‌have‌  ‌different‌  ‌conclusions‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌  ‌architecture.‌  ‌For‌‌   the‌‌  literature‌‌   review‌‌ 
we‌  ‌followed‌  ‌‘PRISMA‌  ‌Flow‌  ‌Diagram’‌  ‌for‌  ‌efficiency‌  ‌and‌‌   to‌‌
  have‌‌  a ‌‌systematic‌‌  review.‌‌   The‌‌   flow‌‌
  diagram‌‌ 
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3.‌B
‌ IOCLIMATIC‌‌ARCHITECTURE‌  ‌
Bioclimatic‌‌  Architecture‌‌   can‌‌
  be‌‌
  defined‌‌   as‌‌
  a ‌‌method‌‌ of‌‌ designing‌‌ buildings‌‌ regarding‌‌ local‌‌ climate‌‌ such‌‌ 
that‌  ‌thermal‌  ‌comfort‌  ‌is‌  ‌achieved‌  ‌using‌  ‌environmental‌  ‌resources.‌  ‌The‌  ‌buildings‌  ‌thus‌  ‌designed‌  ‌by‌‌ 
Bioclimatic‌  ‌Architecture‌  ‌must‌  ‌blend‌  ‌in‌  ‌their‌  ‌surroundings.‌  ‌Most‌  ‌vernacular‌  ‌buildings‌  ‌are‌  ‌bioclimatic,‌‌ 
and‌t‌ his‌m
‌ ethod‌i‌s‌n
‌ ot‌a‌ ‌n‌ ew‌w ‌ ay‌o‌ f‌d
‌ esigning.‌  ‌
Bioclimatic‌‌   architecture‌‌   has‌‌  been‌‌   in‌‌  need‌‌ since‌‌ time‌‌ immemorial.‌‌ Humans‌‌ since‌‌ time‌‌ immemorial‌‌ have‌‌ 
been‌  ‌striving‌  ‌for‌  ‌comfortable‌  ‌living‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌given‌  ‌atmosphere,‌  ‌environment‌  ‌and‌  ‌resources‌  ‌available.‌‌ 
Bio-climatism‌  ‌went‌  ‌through‌  ‌thorough,‌  ‌careful‌  ‌and‌  ‌intricate‌  ‌evolutions,‌  ‌as‌  ‌humans‌  ‌evolved.‌  ‌These‌‌ 
evolutions‌‌   were‌‌   able‌‌  to‌‌
  establish‌‌   in‌‌ the‌‌ society‌‌ only‌‌ because‌‌ it‌‌ made‌‌ ‘sense’‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ people‌‌ and‌‌ mindset‌‌ 
of‌  ‌the‌  ‌time.‌  ‌This‌  ‌brings‌  ‌us‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌‌  popular‌‌   theory‌‌  of‌‌
  Charles‌‌
  Darwin‌‌  ‘survival‌‌   of‌‌
  the‌‌
  fittest’,‌‌
  where‌‌
  the‌‌ 
fittest‌  ‌idea/‌  ‌design‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌‌
  spaces‌‌
  survived‌‌
  and‌‌
  went‌‌
  through‌‌
  several‌‌
  evolutions‌‌
  and‌‌
  mutations‌‌
  for‌‌
  the‌‌ 
time‌t‌ o‌c‌ ome.‌   ‌
Most‌  ‌Modern‌‌   Architects‌‌   are‌‌  looking‌‌
  for‌‌
  methods‌‌   to‌‌
  reduce‌‌  the‌‌
  impact‌‌   of‌‌
  heating‌‌
  and‌‌  cooling‌‌
  process‌‌ 
on‌  ‌the‌  ‌environment,‌  ‌HVAC‌  ‌systems‌  ‌in‌  ‌a ‌ ‌building‌  ‌take‌  ‌up‌  ‌most‌  ‌energy.‌  ‌Thus,‌  ‌Bioclimatic‌  ‌Buildings‌‌ 
provide‌  ‌solutions‌  ‌to‌  ‌these‌‌   problems‌‌   as‌‌
  they‌‌
  incorporate‌‌   construction‌‌   techniques‌‌   and‌‌  design‌‌  methods‌‌ 
that‌‌  are‌‌
  influenced‌‌   by‌‌
  local‌‌  climate.‌‌
  Bioclimatic‌‌  buildings‌‌  achieve‌‌   comfort‌‌ and‌‌ aesthetics‌‌ by‌‌ respecting‌‌ 
nature‌a‌ nd‌u ‌ sing‌e‌ nvironmental‌r‌ esources‌t‌ o‌a‌ chieve‌t‌ hermal‌c‌ omfort.‌‌   ‌
We‌n
‌ otice‌t‌ hat‌m
‌ ost‌o
‌ f‌t‌ he‌b
‌ uildings‌d ‌ esigned‌b
‌ efore‌t‌ he‌a‌ dvent‌o
‌ f‌t‌ he‌2
‌ 0-21st‌c‌ entury‌c‌ an‌b
‌ e‌‌ 
considered‌a‌ s‌b
‌ ioclimatic‌b ‌ uildings.‌‌   ‌

4.SIMILARITY‌‌BETWEEN‌‌DARWIN’S‌‌THEORY‌‌AND‌‌ARCHITECTURE‌‌   ‌
Darwin‌  ‌theorised‌  ‌that‌  ‌all‌  ‌the‌  ‌living‌  ‌organisms‌  ‌on‌  ‌Earth‌  ‌may‌  ‌have‌  ‌been,‌  ‌nonetheless,‌  ‌evolutions‌  ‌of‌‌   a ‌‌
single‌‌  same‌‌   source‌‌   (maybe‌‌ unicellular)‌‌ which‌‌ existed‌‌ around‌‌ 3.5‌‌ to‌‌ 3.8‌‌ years‌‌ back.‌‌ Through‌‌ the‌‌ process‌‌ 
of‌‌
  natural‌‌  selection,‌‌   the‌‌
  desirable‌‌   traits‌‌  of‌‌
  an‌‌
  organism‌‌   living‌‌  under‌‌   any‌‌ given‌‌ condition‌‌ multiplied‌‌ and‌‌ 
evolved‌  ‌whereas‌  ‌the‌  ‌negative‌‌   traits‌‌  kept‌‌   getting‌‌   eliminated‌‌   through‌‌   evolutions.‌‌   Amusingly,‌‌  it‌‌
  is‌‌
  highly‌‌ 
likely‌  ‌that‌  ‌architecture‌  ‌has‌  ‌also‌‌   gone‌‌   through‌‌   the‌‌  same‌‌   process‌‌   of‌‌
  evolution‌‌   processes‌‌
  over‌‌   the‌‌   years‌‌ 
which‌  ‌has‌‌   led‌‌  to‌‌
  various‌‌  architectural‌‌   movements‌‌   and‌‌
  concepts,‌‌   deriving‌‌   predominantly‌‌   from‌‌   a ‌‌single‌‌ 
living‌  ‌structure.‌  ‌Hence,‌  ‌we‌  ‌can‌  ‌assume‌  ‌that‌  ‌we‌  ‌can‌  ‌explain‌  ‌the‌  ‌evolution‌  ‌of‌  ‌architecture‌  ‌through‌‌ 
Darwin’s‌t‌ heory‌o ‌ f‌n
‌ atural‌s‌ election,‌w ‌ hich‌i‌s‌m ‌ ainly‌u ‌ sed‌f‌ or‌l‌iving‌c‌ reatures.‌  ‌

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‌ istoric‌l‌ife‌o
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The‌‌
  world‌‌
  of‌‌
  architecture‌‌   is‌‌
  created‌‌   in‌‌
  an‌‌
  architect’s‌‌
  mind‌‌  regarding‌‌ various‌‌ biological‌‌ processes‌‌ in‌‌ her‌‌ 
brain.‌  ‌With‌  ‌a ‌ ‌competition‌  ‌between‌  ‌various‌  ‌ideas,‌  ‌an‌  ‌idea‌  ‌arises‌  ‌which‌  ‌suits‌  ‌the‌  ‌aesthetical‌  ‌and‌‌ 
functional‌  ‌aspirations‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌architect.‌  ‌The‌  ‌idea‌  ‌arises‌  ‌because‌  ‌it‌  ‌‘makes‌  ‌sense’‌  ‌in‌  ‌some‌  ‌way‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌‌ 
architect.‌  ‌Similarly,‌  ‌the‌  ‌same‌  ‌principle‌  ‌of‌  ‌competition‌  ‌and‌  ‌selection‌  ‌happens‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌minds‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌‌ 
general‌  ‌public‌  ‌regarding‌  ‌the‌  ‌‘acceptance‌  ‌of‌  ‌architecture’.‌  ‌The‌  ‌architecture‌  ‌which‌  ‌endures‌  ‌(not‌  ‌only‌‌ 
structurally‌  ‌but‌  ‌socially‌  ‌too)‌  ‌is‌  ‌the‌  ‌one‌  ‌which‌  ‌‘makes‌  ‌sense’‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌minds‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌general‌  ‌public.‌  ‌This‌‌ 
competition‌  ‌of‌  ‌ideas‌‌   ultimately‌‌   results‌‌  in‌‌  reinforcing‌‌   or‌‌
  suppressing‌‌   certain‌‌   ideas‌‌   which‌‌   are‌‌   not‌‌   fittest‌‌ 
for‌  ‌survival,‌  ‌leading‌  ‌to‌  ‌architectural‌  ‌trends‌  ‌and‌  ‌movements.‌  ‌In‌  ‌other‌  ‌words,‌‌   we‌‌  can‌‌   say‌‌   that‌‌   survival‌‌ 
and‌‌   creativity‌‌  work‌‌
  together,‌‌   compatible‌‌   with‌‌   our‌‌ cognitive‌‌ brains‌‌ which‌‌ stick‌‌ to‌‌ a ‌‌result.‌‌ An‌‌ architect’s‌‌ 
mind‌  ‌has‌  ‌the‌  ‌power‌  ‌to‌  ‌create‌  ‌designs‌  ‌which‌  ‌suit‌  ‌human‌  ‌needs‌‌   and‌‌
  emotions‌‌   or‌‌
  impose‌‌   an‌‌  arbitrary‌‌ 
image‌  ‌which‌  ‌would‌  ‌be‌  ‌stuck‌  ‌in‌  ‌our‌  ‌environment.‌  ‌In‌  ‌architecture,‌  ‌we‌  ‌usually‌  ‌make‌  ‌a ‌ ‌mutant‌  ‌of‌‌   such‌‌ 
ideas‌  ‌by‌  ‌combining‌  ‌two‌  ‌or‌  ‌more‌  ‌primary‌  ‌ideas‌  ‌to‌‌   make‌‌   a ‌‌complex‌‌
  one.‌‌   The‌‌   most‌‌   advantaged‌‌   idea‌‌   is‌‌ 
propagated‌  ‌more‌  ‌and‌  ‌passes‌  ‌its‌  ‌‘wanted’‌  ‌genes‌  ‌to‌  ‌form‌  ‌future‌‌   ideas.‌‌   Thus‌‌  ‘wanted’‌‌   traits‌‌   are‌‌  gained‌‌ 
more‌  ‌and‌  ‌more‌‌   while‌‌  ‘unwanted’‌‌   traits‌‌
  are‌‌   getting‌‌   lesser‌‌   throughout‌‌   the‌‌  evolution.‌‌   As‌‌  a ‌‌result‌‌   of‌‌  this‌‌ 
elimination‌p ‌ rocess‌t‌ he‌e‌ volving‌i‌dea‌g‌ ets‌t‌ he‌a‌ daptability‌e‌ lement.‌(‌ Nguyen‌& ‌ ‌R ‌ eiter,‌2 ‌ 017)‌  ‌
 ‌

5.‌‌PALAEOLITHIC‌‌AGE‌  ‌
  ‌ ‌
Palaeolithic‌A
‌ ge‌o
‌ r‌S‌ tone‌A
‌ ge:‌  ‌
In‌  ‌the‌  ‌earliest‌  ‌period‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌Stone‌  ‌Age,‌  ‌Survival‌  ‌was‌  ‌of‌  ‌utmost‌‌  importance‌‌
  for‌‌
  the‌‌
  people‌‌   of‌‌
  this‌‌
  era‌‌ 
because‌  ‌they‌  ‌had‌  ‌very‌  ‌little‌  ‌technology.‌  ‌These‌  ‌people‌  ‌were‌  ‌nomadic‌  ‌and‌  ‌moved‌  ‌from‌  ‌one‌  ‌place‌  ‌to‌‌ 
another‌a‌ nd‌t‌ hey‌u ‌ sed‌t‌ o‌h ‌ ave‌t‌ emporary‌s‌ ettlements‌a‌ nd‌w ‌ e‌d
‌ on’t‌h
‌ ave‌m
‌ uch‌e‌ vidence‌o ‌ f‌t‌ hem.‌  ‌
From‌  ‌the‌  ‌cave‌  ‌paintings,‌  ‌we‌  ‌come‌  ‌to‌  ‌know‌  ‌that‌  ‌these‌  ‌people‌  ‌made‌  ‌their‌  ‌homes‌  ‌in‌  ‌caves.‌‌   They‌‌   also‌‌ 
used‌  ‌to‌  ‌build‌  ‌huts‌  ‌which‌  ‌had‌  ‌stone‌  ‌bases,‌  ‌walls‌  ‌made‌  ‌up‌  ‌of‌  ‌straws‌  ‌or‌‌
  woods‌‌   and‌‌
  straw‌‌   roofs,‌‌  these‌‌ 
huts‌  ‌were‌  ‌for‌  ‌temporary‌  ‌use.‌  ‌Palaeolithic‌  ‌people‌  ‌also‌  ‌used‌  ‌to‌‌   build‌‌
  stone‌‌  fireplace‌‌  or‌‌
  hearth‌‌   in‌‌
  their‌‌ 
caves‌a‌ nd‌h ‌ uts‌w ‌ hich‌t‌ hey‌u ‌ sed‌f‌ or‌c‌ ooking‌o
‌ r‌s‌ imply‌t‌ o‌k‌ eep‌t‌ heir‌h ‌ ouse‌w ‌ arm.‌  ‌

5.1‌‌Dolni‌‌Vestonice‌  ‌
The‌‌ dwellings‌‌ were‌‌ 6 ‌‌to‌‌ 10m‌‌ in‌‌ diameter‌‌ and‌‌ had‌‌ many‌‌ hundreds‌‌ of‌‌ tusks‌‌ and‌‌ bones‌‌ placed‌‌ in‌‌ the‌‌ form‌‌ 
of‌  ‌a ‌ ‌circle.‌  ‌Stone‌  ‌tools‌  ‌were‌‌
  often‌‌
  scattered‌‌
  all‌‌
  around‌‌   and‌‌
  inside‌‌
  the‌‌
  structure‌‌
  while‌‌
  in‌‌
  the‌‌
  centre‌‌
  of‌‌ 
the‌  ‌dwelling‌  ‌was‌  ‌a ‌ ‌hearth.‌  ‌These‌  ‌dwellings‌  ‌made‌‌   of‌‌
  mammoth‌‌   bone‌‌  were‌‌
  covered‌‌
  with‌‌   animal‌‌
  skins‌‌ 
and‌p ‌ rovided‌s‌ helter‌f‌ rom‌e‌ xtreme‌c‌ old‌w ‌ inds.‌  ‌

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6.‌‌MESOLITHIC‌‌AGE‌‌   ‌
Settlements‌b ‌ egan‌a‌ round‌w‌ ater‌b‌ odies‌a‌ nd‌fi
‌ shing;‌c‌ ultivation‌o‌ f‌v‌ egetables‌a‌ nd‌c‌ ereals‌b
‌ egan.‌M ‌ ore‌‌ 
regular‌p
‌ lan‌h
‌ ouses‌w ‌ ere‌m
‌ ade‌a‌ nd‌t‌ hese‌w‌ ere‌m‌ ore‌d ‌ urable‌a‌ s‌c‌ ompared‌t‌ o‌p‌ alaeolithic‌a‌ ge‌  ‌
7‌.‌N
‌ EOLITHIC‌‌AGE‌  ‌
Development‌o
‌ f‌a‌ griculture‌l‌ead‌t‌ o‌s‌ ettling‌d
‌ own‌a‌ nd‌d
‌ wellings‌w
‌ ere‌m
‌ ade‌m
‌ ore‌s‌ ustainable‌  ‌
7.1‌A
‌ ncient‌E‌ gypt‌  ‌
They‌‌  used‌‌
  to‌‌
  build‌‌
  marvellous‌‌ structures‌‌ without‌‌ tampering‌‌ with‌‌ the‌‌ ecosystem.‌‌ The‌‌ standard‌‌ material‌‌ 
used‌  ‌throughout‌  ‌the‌  ‌Dynastic‌  ‌period‌‌
  was‌‌
  mud‌‌
  and‌‌  stones.‌‌
  Stone‌‌
  was‌‌
  used‌‌
  for‌‌
  architectural‌‌
  elements‌‌ 
occasionally,‌s‌ uch‌a‌ s‌d
‌ oor‌j‌ambs,‌c‌ olumns‌b ‌ ases,‌a‌ nd‌w‌ indows.‌  ‌
All‌  ‌the‌  ‌structures‌  ‌constructed‌  ‌were‌  ‌according‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌  ‌orientation‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌sun‌  ‌and‌  ‌wind‌  ‌directions.‌  ‌A ‌‌
modest‌‌   workman’s‌‌   house‌‌
  used‌‌
  to‌‌  have‌‌   three‌‌
  or‌‌
  four‌‌
  rooms‌‌
  within‌‌
  a ‌‌rectangular‌‌ plan.‌‌ The‌‌ kitchen‌‌ was‌‌ 
usually‌  ‌situated‌  ‌away‌  ‌from‌  ‌the‌  ‌living‌  ‌area‌‌  and‌‌
  bedroom.‌‌   There‌‌
  were‌‌   small‌‌
  windows‌‌   to‌‌
  keep‌‌
  the‌‌
  heat‌‌ 
outside‌a‌ nd‌t‌ o‌l‌ower‌t‌ he‌i‌nside‌t‌ emperature.‌  ‌

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bout-sustainable-architecture/[8]]‌  ‌
   ‌ ‌

8.‌‌BRONZE‌‌AGE‌  ‌
 ‌
8.1‌T‌ he‌R
‌ ow‌H
‌ ouses‌O
‌ f‌T‌ roy‌  ‌
 ‌
Troy‌  ‌was‌  ‌one‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌earliest‌‌
  excavations‌‌   of‌‌
  Bronze‌‌   age‌‌  Anatolia‌‌   and‌‌
  is‌‌  still‌‌
  one‌‌
  of‌‌
  the‌‌   most‌‌   important‌‌ 
Anatolian‌‌   Early‌‌
  Bronze‌‌   Age‌‌
  settlements.‌‌   Due‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ beating‌‌ taken‌‌ by‌‌ time,‌‌ the‌‌ artefacts‌‌ and‌‌ equipment‌‌ 
found‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌excavation‌  ‌were‌  ‌not‌  ‌in‌‌   good‌‌   conditions‌‌   or‌‌
  could‌‌   not‌‌  be‌‌  recognised,‌‌   hence‌‌   there‌‌  are‌‌
  still‌‌ 
various‌‌   inferences‌‌   by‌‌
  different‌‌   archaeologists‌‌   in‌‌
  play.‌‌
  The‌‌   main‌‌   purpose‌‌   of‌‌
  this‌‌
  study‌‌   is‌‌
  to‌‌ know‌‌ about‌‌ 
the‌  ‌reason‌  ‌behind‌  ‌development‌  ‌of‌  ‌such‌‌   designs‌‌   and‌‌  how‌‌   it‌‌
  survived‌‌   the‌‌   process‌‌   of‌‌
  natural‌‌   selection,‌‌ 
culturally‌a‌ nd‌a‌ lso‌i‌n‌t‌ he‌s‌ cope‌o ‌ f‌b
‌ io-climatism.‌‌   ‌
8.1.1‌B
‌ ackground‌  ‌
Since‌‌
  there‌‌   are‌‌
  various‌‌  interpretations‌‌   on‌‌  the‌‌
  excavation‌‌
  of‌‌
  the‌‌
  row‌‌  houses,‌‌
  it‌‌
  cannot‌‌
  be‌‌
  said‌‌ which‌‌ is‌‌ 
wrong‌  ‌and‌  ‌which‌  ‌one‌  ‌would‌  ‌be‌  ‌right.‌  ‌However,‌  ‌two‌  ‌concepts,‌  ‌the‌  ‌‘megaron’‌  ‌by‌  ‌Blegen‌  ‌and‌  ‌the‌‌ 
‘Anatolian‌  ‌settlement‌‌   plan’‌‌  by‌‌
  Karmann,‌‌   have‌‌  been‌‌
  considered‌‌  in‌‌
  previous‌‌
  research‌‌   on‌‌
  architecture‌‌   in‌‌ 
western‌A ‌ natolia.‌‌   ‌
8.1.2‌M ‌ egaron‌  ‌
Dörpfeld‌  ‌was‌  ‌the‌‌   first‌‌
  one‌‌  to‌‌
  coin‌‌
  the‌‌
  term‌‌
  ‘megaron’.‌  ‌The‌‌
  sense‌‌  of‌‌
  the‌‌
  word‌‌   was‌‌
  to‌‌
  describe‌‌
  a ‌‌large‌‌ 
hall‌  ‌in‌  ‌a ‌ ‌castle‌  ‌or‌  ‌a ‌ ‌palace.‌  ‌Blegen’s‌  ‌sense‌  ‌of‌  ‌‘megaron’‌  ‌described‌  ‌the‌  ‌freestanding‌  ‌long-house‌‌ 
structures.‌  ‌‘Essentially‌‌
  a ‌‌megaron‌‌   in‌‌
  plan,‌‌
  comprising‌‌   one‌‌ long‌‌ rectangular‌‌ room,‌‌ through‌‌ the‌‌ western‌‌ 
end‌o
‌ f‌w
‌ hich‌a‌ ‌d
‌ oorway‌l‌ed‌o‌ ut‌t‌ o‌a‌ ‌p
‌ ortico-like‌a‌ rea‌b
‌ eyond.”-Blegen‌(‌ 1987).‌  ‌
8.1.3.‌A
‌ natolian‌S‌ ettlement‌P ‌ lan‌‌   ‌
Defined‌b ‌ y‌M
‌ .‌K
‌ armann‌(‌ 1983:‌2 ‌ 22–23)‌f‌ or‌t‌ he‌s‌ pecific‌l‌ayout‌o ‌ f‌t‌ he‌E‌ arly‌B
‌ ronze‌A
‌ ge‌s‌ ettlement‌a‌ t‌‌ 
Demircihüyük‌n ‌ ear‌E‌ skisehir.‌I‌n‌h
‌ is‌d‌ escription,‌a‌ ‌s‌ ite‌b
‌ uilt‌a‌ ccording‌t‌ o‌t‌ he‌A ‌ natolian‌p
‌ lan‌i‌s‌a‌ ‌H
‌ ofhaus‌‌ 
(‘courtyard‌h ‌ ouse’)‌o‌ f‌i‌mmense‌d ‌ imensions,‌c‌ omprising‌a‌ ‌c‌ ircle‌o ‌ f‌r‌ ooms‌c‌ onstructed‌a‌ round‌a‌ ‌l‌arge‌‌ 
open‌s‌ pace.[3]‌  ‌
For‌t‌ his‌s‌ tudy‌w ‌ e‌w
‌ ill‌t‌ horoughly‌i‌nvestigate‌t‌ he‌s‌ ocial‌a‌ spect‌o
‌ f‌t‌ he‌ti
‌ me,‌w
‌ hich‌l‌ed‌t‌ o‌t‌ he‌s‌ urvival‌o
‌ f‌‌ 
the‌d‌ esign‌b ‌ y‌a‌ cceptance‌o ‌ f‌t‌ he‌u
‌ sers.‌  ‌
8.2‌R ‌ ow‌H
‌ ouse‌C ‌ ompounds‌O ‌ f‌T‌ roy‌I‌ ‌ ‌
The‌m ‌ ain‌f‌ eatures‌o ‌ f‌a‌ rchitecture‌o ‌ f‌T‌ roy‌I‌‌a‌ re‌t‌ he‌l‌ack‌o ‌ f‌f‌ ormal‌i‌nternal‌d ‌ ivisions‌l‌ike‌w ‌ alls‌a‌ nd‌‌ 
multi-room‌s‌ paces.‌A ‌ ‌t‌ ypical‌h‌ ouse‌t‌ ype‌o ‌ f‌T‌ roy‌I‌‌c‌ onsisted‌o ‌ f‌j‌ust‌o‌ ne‌l‌arge,‌e‌ longated‌r‌ oom‌w ‌ ith‌‌ 
proportions‌‘‌1:3'‌f‌ or‌b ‌ readth‌a‌ nd‌l‌ength‌a‌ nd‌t‌ he‌e‌ ntrance‌o ‌ n‌t‌ he‌s‌ horter‌w ‌ all.‌A‌ ‌p‌ ivotal‌a‌ spect‌o ‌ f‌t‌ his‌‌ 
architectural‌t‌ radition‌w ‌ as‌t‌ he‌a‌ rrangement‌o ‌ f‌t‌ he‌d ‌ wellings.‌T‌ he‌h ‌ ouses‌i‌n‌T‌ roy‌I‌‌w ‌ ere‌n‌ ot‌c‌ omposed‌‌ 
of‌s‌ parse‌i‌ndependent‌s‌ tructures.‌R ‌ ather,‌r‌ ows‌o ‌ f‌l‌ong‌r‌ ooms,‌s‌ haring‌c‌ ommon‌s‌ ide‌w ‌ alls,‌f‌ acing‌‌ 
towards‌a‌ ‌c‌ ommon‌n ‌ arrow‌s‌ treet,‌w ‌ ere‌t‌ he‌t‌ rend.‌T‌ he‌c‌ onstruction‌o ‌ f‌r‌ ows‌o ‌ f‌l‌ong‌s‌ eamless‌r‌ ooms‌‌ 
arranged‌i‌n‌r‌ ows‌w ‌ ere‌c‌ onsidered‌t‌ o‌b ‌ e‌a‌ ‌t‌ ypical‌w ‌ estern‌A ‌ natolian‌c‌ oncept‌i‌n‌t‌ he‌e‌ arly‌t‌ hird‌‌ 
millennium‌B ‌ C.‌  ‌

 ‌
‌F‌ ig.‌4
‌ :‌R
‌ ow‌h
‌ ouses‌o
‌ f‌T‌ roy‌   ‌ ‌
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‌ .‌(‌ 2013).‌D
‌ omestic‌a ‌ rchitecture‌i‌n‌t‌ he‌E‌ arly‌B
‌ ronze‌A
‌ ge‌o
‌ f‌w
‌ estern‌A
‌ natolia:‌T‌ he‌‌ 
row-houses‌o ‌ f‌T‌ roy‌i‌.‌A
‌ natolian‌S‌ tudies,‌6
‌ 3(February),‌1‌ 7–33[4]]‌  ‌
       ‌ ‌
   ‌ ‌
8.3‌W
‌ hy‌R
‌ ow‌H
‌ ouses‌  ‌
Judging‌‌   from‌‌   the‌‌
  artefacts‌‌   and‌‌   equipment‌‌   found‌‌  in‌‌
  the‌‌   row‌‌ houses‌‌ of‌‌ Troy‌‌ I,‌‌ the‌‌ buildings‌‌ served‌‌ most‌‌ 
probably‌  ‌as‌  ‌houses.‌  ‌These‌‌   dwellings‌‌   may‌‌   also‌‌
  have‌‌   had‌‌   domestic‌‌   purposes‌‌   and‌‌  met‌‌
  requirements‌‌   for‌‌ 
the‌  ‌storage‌  ‌and‌  ‌preparation‌  ‌of‌  ‌food‌  ‌as‌  ‌well.‌  ‌Spaces‌  ‌for‌  ‌inventory,‌  ‌where‌  ‌the‌  ‌tools‌  ‌can‌  ‌be‌  ‌made,‌‌ 
repaired‌‌   and‌‌  kept‌‌  were‌‌   also‌‌   found‌‌  in‌‌  the‌‌   excavation.‌‌   Long‌‌ rooms‌‌ with‌‌ common‌‌ walls‌‌ provide‌‌ the‌‌ most‌‌ 
efficient‌  ‌way‌  ‌to‌  ‌reduce‌  ‌wastage‌  ‌of‌  ‌space.‌  ‌Long‌  ‌linear‌‌   rooms‌‌   mean‌‌   there‌‌
  will‌‌
  be‌‌
  more‌‌  wall‌‌
  to‌‌
  surface‌‌ 
area‌‌  and‌‌   less‌‌
  area‌‌  to‌‌
  waste‌‌   on‌‌
  outdoor‌‌   spaces‌‌ like‌‌ streets‌‌ and‌‌ passages.‌‌ Some‌‌ believe‌‌ that‌‌ longhouses‌‌ 
were‌‌ preferred‌‌ to‌‌ provide‌‌ the‌‌ people‌‌ of‌‌ Anatolia‌‌ with‌‌ security,‌‌ thus‌‌ reducing‌‌ the‌‌ cost‌‌ of‌‌ boundary‌‌ walls‌‌ 
and‌  ‌fortifications‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌war‌  ‌ridden‌  ‌period.‌  ‌Long‌  ‌rooms‌  ‌with‌  ‌common‌  ‌walls‌  ‌are‌  ‌also‌  ‌an‌  ‌economical‌‌ 
solution‌‌   regarding‌‌   building‌‌   material‌‌   and‌‌   labour.‌‌   Row-housing‌‌   also‌‌
  limits‌‌
  maintenance‌‌   costs‌‌
  since‌‌  most‌ 
of‌‌
  the‌‌  walls‌‌  made‌‌   out‌‌  of‌‌  mudbrick‌‌   were‌‌   protected.‌‌   Finally,‌‌   this‌‌ building‌‌ strategy‌‌ is‌‌ superior‌‌ in‌‌ terms‌‌ of‌‌ 
energy‌e‌ fficiency.‌[‌ 4]‌  ‌
However,‌  ‌efficiency‌  ‌is‌  ‌not‌  ‌the‌  ‌only‌  ‌reason‌  ‌for‌  ‌the‌  ‌success‌  ‌of‌  ‌row-houses‌  ‌in‌  ‌western‌  ‌Anatolia.‌  ‌The‌‌ 
row-house‌  ‌model‌  ‌must‌  ‌have‌  ‌also‌  ‌resonated‌  ‌with‌  ‌the‌  ‌traditional‌  ‌sense‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌people‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌time‌  ‌in‌‌ 
western‌  ‌Anatolia.‌  ‌Both‌  ‌megaron‌  ‌plan‌  ‌and‌  ‌Row-housing‌‌   arrangement‌‌   renders‌‌  a ‌‌crowded‌‌   space‌‌  where‌‌ 
privacy‌  ‌is‌  ‌compromised.‌  ‌Open‌  ‌spaces,‌  ‌sufficient‌  ‌sunlight‌  ‌and‌  ‌ventilation‌  ‌is‌  ‌scarce‌  ‌for‌  ‌a ‌ ‌user‌  ‌in‌  ‌such‌‌ 
arrangement‌‌   of‌‌ spaces.‌‌ The‌‌ linear‌‌ megaron‌‌ plan‌‌ also‌‌ offers‌‌ little‌‌ to‌‌ no‌‌ visual‌‌ privacy.‌‌ The‌‌ streets‌‌ of‌‌ Troy‌‌ 
1‌‌
  were‌‌   narrow‌‌ and‌‌ scarce,‌‌ squares‌‌ generally‌‌ absent,‌‌ the‌‌ flat‌‌ roofs‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ dwelling‌‌ most‌‌ probably‌‌ served‌‌ 
as‌a‌ ‌c‌ ommunity‌c‌ reating‌a‌ ‌‘‌roofscape’‌s‌ cenario.‌‌   ‌

 ‌
F‌ ig‌5
‌ :‌R
‌ ow‌h
‌ ouses‌c‌ ompound‌  ‌
[‌S‌ ource:Ivanova,‌M
‌ .‌(‌ 2013).‌D
‌ omestic‌a ‌ rchitecture‌i‌n‌t‌ he‌E‌ arly‌B
‌ ronze‌A
‌ ge‌o
‌ f‌w
‌ estern‌A
‌ natolia:‌T‌ he‌‌ 
row-houses‌o ‌ f‌T‌ roy‌i‌.‌A
‌ natolian‌S‌ tudies,‌6 ‌ 3(February),‌1 ‌ 7–33[4]]‌  ‌
 ‌
Row‌  ‌houses‌  ‌of‌  ‌Troy‌  ‌1 ‌ ‌were‌  ‌able‌  ‌to‌  ‌withstand‌  ‌the‌  ‌process‌  ‌of‌  ‌natural‌  ‌selection‌  ‌majorly‌  ‌because‌  ‌it‌‌ 
resonated‌‌ with‌‌ the‌‌ cultural‌‌ and‌‌ social‌‌ values‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ people.‌‌ The‌‌ bio-climatic‌‌ aspect‌‌ of‌‌ such‌‌ spaces‌‌ is‌‌ not‌‌ 
so‌‌
  dominant‌‌   when‌‌   compared‌‌   to‌‌
  dwellings‌‌
  of‌‌
  later‌‌
  ages‌‌
  mainly‌‌ due‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ lack‌‌ of‌‌ required‌‌ construction‌‌ 
techniques‌  ‌and‌  ‌frequent‌  ‌wars‌  ‌between‌  ‌tribes‌  ‌and‌  ‌factions.‌  ‌However,‌  ‌these‌  ‌structures‌  ‌were‌  ‌able‌  ‌to‌‌ 
withstand‌‌   natural‌‌   forces‌‌   and‌‌
  harsh‌‌  climates.‌‌ Construction‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ row‌‌ houses‌‌ at‌‌ the‌‌ time‌‌ required‌‌ social‌‌ 
cohesion‌‌   at‌‌
  the‌‌
  time.‌‌   Simultaneously,‌‌ the‌‌ lack‌‌ of‌‌ hierarchy‌‌ indicates‌‌ the‌‌ sense‌‌ of‌‌ equality‌‌ the‌‌ people‌‌ of‌‌ 
Troy‌I‌‌s‌ hared.‌  ‌

8.4‌E‌ valuation‌  ‌
The‌  ‌row‌  ‌house‌‌   settlements‌‌   of‌‌  Troy‌‌  I ‌‌were‌‌
  not‌‌   only‌‌
  easy‌‌
  to‌‌
  build,‌‌
  required‌‌   less‌‌
  sources‌‌  and‌‌
  minimized‌‌ 
the‌  ‌need‌  ‌of‌  ‌public‌  ‌spaces,‌  ‌but‌‌   also‌‌
  iterated‌‌   with‌‌  the‌‌
  very‌‌
  culture‌‌   of‌‌
  the‌‌
  people.‌‌   The‌‌
  design/mutation‌‌ 
was‌‌  accepted‌‌ by‌‌ the‌‌ users‌‌ and‌‌ created‌‌ a ‌‌sense‌‌ of‌‌ equality‌‌ amongst‌‌ the‌‌ denizens‌‌ of‌‌ Anatolia.‌‌ The‌‌ future‌‌ 
use‌  ‌of‌  ‌this‌  ‌type‌  ‌of‌  ‌design‌  ‌has‌  ‌been‌  ‌seen‌  ‌as‌  ‌including‌  ‌the‌  ‌desirable‌  ‌parts‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌design‌  ‌like‌  ‌ease‌  ‌of‌‌ 
workability,‌‌   equality‌‌   and‌‌
  less‌‌  requirement‌‌   for‌‌
  resources,‌‌ whereas‌‌ the‌‌ undesirable‌‌ part‌‌ like‌‌ the‌‌ linearity‌‌ 
and‌‌  lack‌‌   of‌‌
  open‌‌   spaces‌‌   and‌‌   natural‌‌ sunlight‌‌ and‌‌ ventilation‌‌ has‌‌ been‌‌ discarded.‌‌ This‌‌ was‌‌ the‌‌ first‌‌ time‌‌ 
we‌‌
  see‌‌
  such‌‌   row‌‌  houses‌‌
  coming‌‌  up‌‌ in‌‌ history‌‌ along‌‌ with‌‌ the‌‌ use‌‌ of‌‌ courtyards‌‌ for‌‌ natural‌‌ ventilation‌‌ to‌‌ 
counter‌  ‌the‌  ‌Mediterranean‌  ‌climate.‌  ‌Long‌  ‌linear‌  ‌houses‌  ‌also‌  ‌provided‌  ‌for‌  ‌the‌  ‌cross‌  ‌ventilation‌  ‌much‌‌ 
required‌  ‌in‌  ‌high‌  ‌humidity.‌  ‌The‌  ‌roof‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌houses‌  ‌was‌  ‌used‌  ‌as‌  ‌public‌  ‌areas‌  ‌and‌  ‌circulation‌  ‌much‌‌ 
because‌o ‌ f‌t‌ he‌v‌ erticality‌g‌ ained,‌f‌ or‌n‌ ice‌b‌ reezes.‌‌   ‌
 ‌

9.‌‌IRON‌‌AGE‌  ‌
 ‌
9.1‌M
‌ ountain‌D
‌ welling‌(‌ ‌by‌B
‌ jarke‌I‌ngels‌)  ‌‌ ‌
 ‌
Ingels,‌  ‌inspired‌  ‌by‌  ‌Charles‌  ‌Darwin,‌  ‌aims‌  ‌to‌  ‌design‌  ‌new‌  ‌mutant‌  ‌spaces‌  ‌by‌  ‌combining‌‌   two‌‌
  prototypes.‌‌ 
This‌  ‌study‌  ‌aims‌  ‌to‌  ‌compare‌  ‌open‌  ‌and‌  ‌public‌  ‌spaces‌  ‌alternatives‌  ‌with‌  ‌the‌‌   pixel‌‌
  buildings‌‌  designed‌‌  by‌‌ 
Bjarke‌‌   Ingels‌‌   which‌‌   offers‌‌  public‌‌   spaces‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ users‌‌ allowing‌‌ for‌‌ an‌‌ urban‌‌ dialogue.‌‌ Ingels‌‌ believes‌‌ that‌‌ 
the‌‌   tree‌‌   of‌‌
  evolution‌‌   given‌‌ by‌‌ Darwin‌‌ is‌‌ the‌‌ way‌‌ of‌‌ working‌‌ for‌‌ his‌‌ firm.‌  ‌“I‌n‌‌ every‌‌ architectural‌‌ process,‌‌ 
a‌  ‌lot‌  ‌of‌‌
  ideas‌‌   initially‌‌
  arise,‌‌
  but‌‌
  only‌‌  a ‌‌few‌‌
  of‌‌
  them‌‌  continue.‌‌  In‌‌
  the‌‌  architectural‌‌   selection‌‌  process,‌‌
  we‌‌ 
combine‌t‌ hem,‌t‌ hat‌i‌s,‌w ‌ e‌c‌ reate‌a ‌ ‌m
‌ utant‌”-‌(‌ Bjarke‌I‌ngels‌2 ‌ 019).‌   ‌ ‌
 ‌

9.2‌‌D
‌ esign‌A
‌ pproach‌  ‌
Bjarke‌  ‌Ingels’‌  ‌design‌  ‌philosophy‌  ‌includes‌  ‌a ‌ ‌conceptual‌‌   approach‌‌   to‌‌
  study,‌‌
  prepared‌‌   by‌‌
  using‌‌
  different‌‌ 
architect’s‌  ‌discourse,‌  ‌interviews,‌  ‌videos,‌  ‌digital‌  ‌audio‌  ‌etc.‌  ‌Focussing‌  ‌on‌  ‌the‌  ‌topic‌  ‌of‌  ‌this‌‌
  study,‌‌
  Ingels‌‌ 
went‌‌
  on‌‌   dividing‌‌
  an‌‌
  object‌‌
  on‌‌  a ‌‌micro‌‌
  level‌‌
  into‌‌
  pixels‌‌
  and‌‌
  then‌‌ recreating‌‌ it‌‌ in‌‌ a ‌‌macro‌‌ level.‌‌ Trying‌‌ to‌‌ 
achieve‌‌   a ‌‌human‌‌ scale‌‌ with‌‌ the‌‌ divisions‌‌ his‌‌ proposal‌‌ came‌‌ out‌‌ to‌‌ be‌‌ an‌‌ experiential‌‌ space‌‌ in‌‌ the‌‌ urban‌‌ 
context.‌‌   ‌

‌  ‌
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‌ jark‌I‌ngles‌  ‌
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‌ f‌D
‌ esign‌I‌deas.‌D
‌ esign‌I‌ssues,‌2
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4–19.[6]]‌  ‌
For‌t‌ his‌s‌ tudy,‌a‌ mongst‌t‌ he‌v‌ arious‌p
‌ ixel‌b
‌ uildings‌d
‌ esigned‌b
‌ y‌I‌ngels,‌w
‌ e‌w
‌ ill‌b
‌ e‌t‌ alking‌a‌ bout‌‌ 
Mountain‌D ‌ wellings‌‌i‌n‌C
‌ openhagen,‌c‌ ompleted‌i‌n‌t‌ he‌y‌ ear‌2
‌ 007.‌‌   ‌
 ‌
9.3‌M‌ ountain‌D ‌ welling‌  ‌
The‌‌  project‌‌   is‌‌
  built‌‌
  next‌‌
  to‌‌
  the‌‌
  VM‌‌ house‌‌ in‌‌ Orestad‌‌ (also‌‌ built‌‌ by‌‌ BIG‌‌ Architects)‌‌ provides‌‌ a ‌‌solution‌‌ to‌‌ 
parking‌  ‌and‌  ‌housing‌  ‌demand.‌  ‌The‌  ‌building‌  ‌was‌  ‌designed‌  ‌in‌  ‌flat‌‌   grounds,‌‌   to‌‌
  get‌‌   the‌‌
  beautiful‌‌
  view‌‌  of‌‌ 
South‌  ‌Copenhagen,‌  ‌Ingels‌  ‌designed‌  ‌artificial‌  ‌mountains‌‌   himself.‌‌   “I‌f‌‌
  you‌‌
  want‌‌   a ‌‌beautiful‌‌
  view‌‌
  looking‌‌ 
south‌  ‌in‌  ‌Copenhagen,‌  ‌you‌‌   simply‌‌
  do‌‌
  this‌‌
  yourself‌” ‌‌(Ingels,‌‌
  2009)‌‌  defined‌‌   his‌‌
  artificial‌‌   mountain.‌‌  Ingels‌‌ 
inspired‌‌   by‌‌  Rem‌‌ Koolhaas‌‌ also‌‌ disregarded‌‌ the‌‌ natural‌‌ context‌‌ and‌‌ created‌‌ his‌‌ own‌‌ context‌‌ through‌‌ the‌‌ 
built‌  ‌experiences.‌  ‌However,‌  ‌it‌  ‌also‌  ‌emphasizes‌  ‌proposing‌  ‌a ‌ ‌positive,‌  ‌humorous,‌  ‌even‌  ‌hedonic,‌  ‌and‌‌ 
utilitarian‌a‌ rchitectural‌f‌ orm.‌‌   ‌
Keeping‌  ‌the‌  ‌city‌  ‌and‌  ‌suburban‌  ‌life‌  ‌together‌  ‌was‌  ‌the‌  ‌basic‌  ‌concept‌  ‌of‌‌   this‌‌   project.‌‌   This‌‌   structure‌‌   was‌‌ 
described‌  ‌by‌  ‌Ingels‌  ‌as‌  ‌““What‌  ‌was‌  ‌interesting‌  ‌in‌  ‌Mountain‌  ‌Dwellings‌  ‌was‌  ‌the‌  ‌merging‌  ‌of‌  ‌a ‌ ‌large‌‌ 
residential‌‌   building‌‌   with‌‌   the‌‌   parking‌‌   garage.‌‌   The‌‌ fact‌‌ that‌‌ the‌‌ parking‌‌ lot‌‌ was‌‌ placed‌‌ under‌‌ the‌‌ housing‌‌ 
units‌‌   made‌‌   the‌‌   apartments‌‌   a ‌‌flat‌‌   with‌‌   a ‌‌garden.‌‌ If‌‌ you‌‌ look‌‌ at‌‌ the‌‌ project,‌‌ it‌‌ seems‌‌ as‌‌ if‌‌ you‌‌ cut‌‌ a ‌‌piece‌‌ 
from‌‌   a ‌‌very‌‌   huge‌‌   suburban‌‌   area‌‌   and‌‌   placed‌‌   it‌‌
  in‌‌  the‌‌ parking‌‌ garage.‌‌ If‌‌ you‌‌ enlarge‌‌ the‌‌ parking‌‌ area‌‌ we‌‌ 
take‌‌ as‌‌ the‌‌ ground,‌‌ you‌‌ get‌‌ more‌‌ suburbs.‌‌ With‌‌ this‌‌ approach,‌‌ the‌‌ suburban‌‌ lifestyle‌‌ combines‌‌ with‌‌ the‌‌ 
urban‌  ‌lifestyle‌‌   represented‌‌   by‌‌   the‌‌   parking‌‌   lot”.‌‌   While‌‌   each‌‌   pixel‌‌   represents‌‌   a ‌‌residential‌‌   unit,‌‌   terraces‌‌ 
serve‌  ‌as‌  ‌a ‌ ‌garden.‌  ‌These‌  ‌pixelated‌  ‌terraces‌  ‌facing‌  ‌south‌  ‌have‌  ‌risen‌  ‌from‌  ‌the‌  ‌ground‌  ‌level‌‌   and‌‌   when‌‌ 
viewed‌  ‌from‌  ‌this‌  ‌point,‌‌   the‌‌   building‌‌   has‌‌   been‌‌   brought‌‌   closer‌‌   to‌‌  the‌‌   human‌‌   scale.‌‌   The‌‌   parking‌‌   garage,‌‌ 
gymnasium,‌  ‌and‌  ‌commercial‌  ‌units‌  ‌are‌  ‌designed‌  ‌by‌  ‌evaluating‌‌   the‌‌   space‌‌   under‌‌   the‌‌   graded‌‌   residential‌‌ 
units.‌  ‌Reference‌  ‌was‌  ‌made‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌  ‌mountain‌  ‌metaphor‌  ‌on‌  ‌the‌  ‌stepless‌‌   surfaces‌‌   with‌‌   these‌‌   functions,‌‌ 
and‌  ‌the‌  ‌image‌  ‌of‌  ‌Mount‌  ‌Everest‌  ‌was‌  ‌pixelated‌  ‌on‌‌   the‌‌   perforated‌‌   metal‌‌   coating‌‌   and‌‌   displayed‌‌   on‌‌   the‌‌ 
facade.‌‌   In‌‌  the‌‌   project,‌‌   which‌‌   presents‌‌   the‌‌   ‘imitation’‌‌   experience‌‌   of‌‌
  living‌‌   in‌‌  a ‌‌mountain,‌‌   the‌‌ architects‌‌ 
have‌‌   prepared‌‌   a ‌‌project‌‌   that‌‌   includes‌‌   not‌‌   only‌‌   the‌‌ wrapped‌‌ image‌‌ of‌‌ a ‌‌mountain‌‌ applied‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ facade‌‌ 
of‌  ‌the‌  ‌building‌  ‌but‌  ‌also‌  ‌other‌  ‌‘mountain’‌  ‌experiences‌  ‌such‌  ‌as‌  ‌climbing.‌  ‌In‌  ‌Mountain‌  ‌Houses,‌  ‌the‌‌ 
experience‌  ‌idea‌‌   of‌‌
  the‌‌   architect‌‌   was‌‌   tried‌‌   to‌‌  be‌‌   kept‌‌   alive‌‌
  with‌‌   the‌‌   metaphor‌‌   of‌‌
  the‌‌   ‘mountain’,‌‌   but‌‌  a ‌‌
common‌‌   open‌‌   area‌‌   where‌‌   the‌‌ users‌‌ could‌‌ be‌‌ together‌‌ was‌‌ not‌‌ described.‌‌ While‌‌ the‌‌ gym,‌‌ car‌‌ park,‌‌ and‌‌ 
commercial‌  ‌spaces‌  ‌located‌  ‌on‌  ‌the‌  ‌ground‌  ‌level‌  ‌are‌  ‌open‌  ‌to‌  ‌everyone,‌  ‌the‌  ‌pixels‌  ‌containing‌  ‌the‌‌ 
residences‌  ‌do‌  ‌not‌  ‌have‌  ‌any‌  ‌concerns‌  ‌about‌  ‌creating‌  ‌an‌  ‌urban‌  ‌common‌  ‌area.‌  ‌Each‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌levels‌  ‌is‌‌ 
private‌  ‌terraces‌  ‌belonging‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌  ‌users.‌  ‌At‌  ‌this‌  ‌point,‌  ‌it‌  ‌is‌  ‌noteworthy‌  ‌that‌  ‌the‌  ‌terraces‌‌   on‌‌  the‌‌   same‌‌ 
floor‌  ‌are‌  ‌connected‌  ‌by‌  ‌the‌  ‌door.‌  ‌Here,‌  ‌the‌  ‌architect‌  ‌touched‌  ‌on‌  ‌neighbourhood‌  ‌relationships‌  ‌and‌‌ 
defined‌‌   semi-private‌‌   open‌‌   spaces‌‌   for‌‌  the‌‌   dialogue‌‌   between‌‌   neighbours‌‌   by‌‌   a ‌‌transitive‌‌ terrace‌‌ pattern.‌‌ 
At‌‌
  this‌‌   point,‌‌   the‌‌ concepts‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ architect‌‌ have‌‌ been‌‌ mutated,‌‌ but‌‌ the‌‌ passion‌‌ to‌‌ rise‌‌ by‌‌ pixelation‌‌ and‌‌ 
the‌d ‌ esire‌t‌ o‌c‌ reate‌e‌ xperience‌h ‌ as‌n ‌ ot‌c‌ hanged.‌  ‌
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9.4‌E‌ valuation‌  ‌
The‌  ‌pixels‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌project‌  ‌have‌  ‌been‌  ‌brought‌  ‌together‌  ‌with‌  ‌the‌  ‌idea‌  ‌of‌  ‌a ‌ ‌vertical‌  ‌suburb.‌  ‌The‌‌   terrace‌‌ 
garden‌  ‌integrated‌  ‌with‌  ‌the‌  ‌pixels‌  ‌serves‌  ‌as‌  ‌a ‌ ‌private‌  ‌lawn‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌  ‌users.‌  ‌The‌  ‌language‌  ‌of‌  ‌form‌  ‌and‌‌ 
concept‌‌   has‌‌   been‌‌   the‌‌   mountains.‌‌ However,‌‌ there‌‌ are‌‌ no‌‌ public‌‌ spaces‌‌ like‌‌ courtyards,‌‌ or‌‌ such‌‌ provided‌‌ 
for‌  ‌public‌  ‌interactions‌  ‌or‌  ‌to‌  ‌cultivate‌  ‌the‌  ‌suburban‌  ‌idea.‌  ‌Through‌  ‌Darwin’s‌  ‌perspective,‌  ‌this‌  ‌project‌‌ 
survived‌  ‌the‌  ‌natural‌  ‌order‌‌   and‌‌
  was‌‌   mutated‌‌   further‌‌   in‌‌
  another‌‌   project‌‌   by‌‌  BIG‌‌
  architects‌‌   namely‌‌   ‘King‌‌ 
Street‌‌   West’‌‌   which‌‌   is‌‌
  still‌‌
  under‌‌ construction.‌‌ The‌‌ main‌‌ reason‌‌ for‌‌ the‌‌ survival‌‌ of‌‌ this‌‌ mutation‌‌ was‌‌ the‌‌ 
acceptance‌‌   by‌‌  the‌‌   public,‌‌   creating‌‌   a ‌‌normal‌‌   housing‌‌   on‌‌  a ‌‌flat‌‌
  ground‌‌   into‌‌   a ‌‌mountain,‌‌ which‌‌ provided‌‌ 
views‌  ‌to‌  ‌South‌  ‌Copenhagen,‌  ‌while‌  ‌also‌  ‌providing‌  ‌a ‌ ‌private‌  ‌lawn‌  ‌to‌  ‌the‌  ‌apartments‌  ‌which‌  ‌can‌  ‌be‌‌ 
arguably‌  ‌stated‌  ‌as‌  ‌a ‌ ‌major‌  ‌need‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌21st‌  ‌century.‌  ‌Climate‌  ‌plays‌  ‌an‌  ‌important‌  ‌role‌  ‌in‌  ‌not‌  ‌only‌‌ 
providing‌‌   comfort‌‌   and‌‌   natural‌‌   ventilation‌‌   to‌‌
  the‌‌  denizens,‌‌   but‌‌   also‌‌
  in‌‌ the‌‌ whole‌‌ façade‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ building.‌‌ 
The‌  ‌perforated‌  ‌aluminium‌  ‌plates‌  ‌installed‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌north‌  ‌and‌  ‌west‌  ‌façade‌‌   form‌‌   a ‌‌huge‌‌
  reproduction‌‌   of‌‌ 
Mount‌‌   Everest.‌‌   At‌‌  day‌‌   the‌‌  holes‌‌  in‌‌
  the‌‌  aluminium‌‌   plates‌‌   will‌‌  appear‌‌   black‌‌   and‌‌
  the‌‌ gigantic‌‌ picture‌‌ will‌‌ 
resemble‌‌   that‌‌   of‌‌  a ‌‌rasterized‌‌ picture.‌‌ At‌‌ night‌‌ the‌‌ façade‌‌ will‌‌ be‌‌ lit‌‌ from‌‌ the‌‌ inside‌‌ and‌‌ appear‌‌ as‌‌ photo‌‌ 
negative‌i‌n‌d ‌ ifferent‌c‌ olours‌a‌ s‌e‌ ach‌fl ‌ oor‌i‌n‌t‌ he‌p ‌ arking‌a‌ rea‌h ‌ as‌a‌ ‌b‌ right‌c‌ olour.[1]‌  ‌
10.‌‌CONCLUSION‌‌   ‌
Through‌‌   case‌‌   study‌‌   of‌‌  various‌‌   time‌‌   periods,‌‌   it‌‌
  can‌‌   be‌‌
  concluded‌‌   that‌‌
  the‌‌ main‌‌ purpose‌‌ of‌‌ architecture‌‌ 
has‌‌   always‌‌   been‌‌   survival‌‌   for‌‌
  human‌‌   beings.‌‌   The‌‌ designs‌‌ which‌‌ provided‌‌ more‌‌ comfort‌‌ and‌‌ met‌‌ various‌‌ 
needs‌‌   of‌‌ the‌‌ user‌‌ were‌‌ promoted.‌‌ As‌‌ the‌‌ human,‌‌ who‌‌ used‌‌ to‌‌ hunt‌‌ and‌‌ move‌‌ from‌‌ place‌‌ to‌‌ place‌‌ living‌‌ 
a‌  ‌nomadic‌  ‌life,‌  ‌invented‌  ‌wheels‌  ‌and‌  ‌other‌  ‌tools,‌  ‌the‌  ‌lifestyle‌  ‌completely‌  ‌changed.‌  ‌The‌  ‌human‌  ‌now‌‌ 
would‌‌   live‌‌  in‌‌
  one‌‌   place‌‌   mostly‌‌   and‌‌   store‌‌ food,‌‌ changing‌‌ the‌‌ architectural‌‌ needs‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ dwellings.‌‌ These‌‌ 
changes‌‌   were‌‌   met‌‌   by‌‌  various‌‌   ideas,‌‌   out‌‌
  of‌‌
  which‌‌   only‌‌  the‌‌
  fitter‌‌
  one‌‌
  would‌‌   survive.‌‌
  The‌‌  survival‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ 
idea‌  ‌is‌  ‌based‌  ‌not‌  ‌just‌  ‌because‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌architect‌  ‌but‌  ‌also‌  ‌because‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌users‌  ‌and‌  ‌the‌  ‌people‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌‌ 
community.‌‌   The‌‌  idea‌‌   or‌‌  design‌‌   should‌‌   not‌‌  only‌‌   meet‌‌   the‌‌
  needs‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ people‌‌ but‌‌ also‌‌ should‌‌ resonate‌‌ 
with‌  ‌the‌  ‌cultural‌  ‌beliefs‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌people.‌  ‌Each‌  ‌design‌  ‌has‌  ‌some‌  ‌flaws‌  ‌in‌  ‌it.‌  ‌These‌  ‌flaws‌  ‌would‌  ‌be‌ 
disregarded‌‌   and‌‌  only‌‌   the‌‌   positive‌‌   traits‌‌  would‌‌   be‌‌  carried‌‌ over‌‌ to‌‌ the‌‌ next‌‌ generation‌‌ of‌‌ design‌‌ through‌‌ 
the‌p ‌ rocess‌o ‌ f‌‘‌survival‌o ‌ f‌t‌ he‌fi
‌ ttest’.‌T‌ his‌a‌ pproach‌i‌n‌d ‌ esign‌g‌ enerates‌m ‌ utations.‌‌   ‌
The‌  ‌bio-climatic‌  ‌aspect‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌design‌  ‌is‌  ‌like‌  ‌what‌  ‌a ‌ ‌reflex‌  ‌action‌  ‌is‌  ‌to‌  ‌humans.‌‌   Designs‌‌   which‌‌  do‌‌
  not‌‌ 
provide‌‌   comfort‌‌   to‌‌
  humans‌‌   from‌‌   the‌‌
  harsh‌‌  climate‌‌   cannot‌‌ survive.‌‌ For‌‌ it‌‌ is‌‌ one‌‌ of‌‌ the‌‌ main‌‌ reasons‌‌ for‌‌ 
the‌‌
  advent‌‌   of‌‌
  architecture.‌‌   The‌‌  fitter‌‌
  design‌‌   going‌‌ through‌‌ various‌‌ mutations‌‌ would‌‌ ultimately‌‌ become‌‌ 
the‌  ‌best‌  ‌design,‌  ‌the‌  ‌design‌‌   without‌‌   any‌‌
  flaws‌‌   for‌‌
  a ‌‌certain‌‌
  context.‌‌   Hence‌‌   the‌‌
  Darwinian‌‌   approach‌‌   to‌‌ 
bio-climatic‌d ‌ esigns‌i‌s‌o ‌ f‌v‌ ital‌i‌mportance.‌  ‌
Humans‌  ‌are‌  ‌predicted‌  ‌to‌  ‌grow‌  ‌fins‌  ‌and‌  ‌gills‌  ‌through‌  ‌evolution.‌  ‌Similarly,‌  ‌the‌  ‌evolution‌‌   of‌‌
  design‌‌   can‌‌ 
also‌‌   be‌‌   predicted,‌‌   varying‌‌   through‌‌   different‌‌   contexts.‌‌ As‌‌ for‌‌ the‌‌ context‌‌ of‌‌ bioclimatic‌‌ architecture,‌‌ it‌‌ is‌‌ 
observed‌  ‌that‌  ‌throughout‌  ‌the‌  ‌ages,‌  ‌the‌  ‌spaces‌  ‌have‌  ‌started‌  ‌to‌  ‌disregard‌  ‌the‌  ‌natural‌  ‌context‌  ‌and‌‌ 
construct‌  ‌their‌  ‌own‌  ‌context‌  ‌through‌  ‌experience.‌  ‌The‌  ‌rendering‌  ‌shared‌  ‌by‌  ‌History‌  ‌channel‌  ‌in‌  ‌their‌‌ 
competition‌  ‌“city‌  ‌of‌  ‌the‌  ‌future”‌  ‌shows‌  ‌us‌  ‌that‌  ‌if‌  ‌architecture‌  ‌flows‌  ‌in‌  ‌the‌  ‌right‌  ‌direction‌  ‌in‌  ‌future‌‌ 
buildings,‌‌   may‌‌  it‌‌
  be‌‌  high-rise‌‌   or‌‌  low-rise,‌‌   squares,‌‌   the‌‌
  city‌‌
  can‌‌   become‌‌   a ‌‌living‌‌ organism.‌‌ This‌‌ happens‌‌ 
when‌‌   plants‌‌  become‌‌   the‌‌
  power‌‌   producers‌‌   themselves.‌‌   The‌‌   reliance‌‌  on‌‌ nature‌‌ would‌‌ be‌‌ increased‌‌ and‌‌ 
so‌  ‌it‌  ‌will‌  ‌have‌  ‌to‌  ‌be‌‌  reckoned‌‌   with.‌‌   As‌‌
  plants‌‌   grow,‌‌
  they‌‌  take‌‌   over‌‌
  the‌‌   whole‌‌   city,‌‌
  transforming‌‌   into‌‌
  a ‌‌
hybrid‌p ‌ lace.‌T‌ his‌t‌ ype‌o ‌ f‌c‌ ity‌c‌ an‌b ‌ e‌b ‌ etter‌c‌ alled‌‘‌part‌c‌ ity,‌p ‌ art‌f‌ orest’.‌‌   ‌
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‌ ‌F‌ ig‌1
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‌ ender‌o
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‌ ushner,‌T‌ he‌F‌ uture‌o
‌ f‌A
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‌ uildings‌(‌ 2015)[7]]‌  ‌
   ‌ ‌
ACKNOWLEDGMENT‌‌   ‌
First‌  ‌and‌  ‌foremost‌  ‌we‌  ‌would‌  ‌like‌  ‌to‌  ‌thank‌  ‌the‌  ‌Almighty‌  ‌to‌  ‌help‌‌
  us‌‌
  persevere‌‌
  in‌‌
  these‌‌
  tough‌‌
  times‌‌
  of‌‌ 
pandemic,‌b ‌ y‌b
‌ lessing‌u
‌ s‌w
‌ ith‌g‌ ood‌h ‌ ealth‌a‌ nd‌o ‌ pportunity‌f‌ or‌r‌ esearch.‌  ‌
Sincere‌  ‌gratitude‌  ‌to‌  ‌Poonam‌  ‌Khan,‌  ‌Doctor‌  ‌of‌  ‌Philosophy-‌  ‌Ongoing‌  ‌Master‌  ‌of‌  ‌Architecture‌  ‌– ‌‌
Architecture‌  ‌Education,‌  ‌RTMNU,‌  ‌Nagpur‌  ‌University‌  ‌Bachelor‌  ‌of‌  ‌Architecture‌  ‌– ‌ ‌RTMNU,‌  ‌Nagpur‌‌ 
University,‌‌
  assistant‌‌   professor‌‌
  @School‌‌
  of‌‌ Planning‌‌ and‌‌ Architecture,‌‌ Bhopal,‌‌ for‌‌ guiding‌‌ us‌‌ throughout‌‌ 
the‌j‌ourney‌o ‌ f‌t‌ his‌r‌ esearch‌a‌ nd‌e‌ ncouraging‌u ‌ s‌t‌ o‌g‌ et‌t‌ his‌r‌ esearch‌p
‌ ublished.‌  ‌
We‌‌ would‌‌ also‌‌ like‌‌ to‌‌ thank‌‌ the‌‌ Dept.‌‌ of‌‌ Architecture‌‌ @ ‌‌School‌‌ of‌‌ Planning‌‌ and‌‌ Architecture,‌‌ Bhopal‌‌ for‌‌ 
conducting‌‌   the‌‌  seminar‌‌   and‌‌
  providing‌‌ us‌‌ with‌‌ enough‌‌ opportunities‌‌ and‌‌ education‌‌ even‌‌ in‌‌ these‌‌ tough‌‌ 
times.‌  ‌
Last‌‌
  but‌‌
  not‌‌
  the‌‌ least,‌‌ we‌‌ would‌‌ like‌‌ to‌‌ thank‌‌ our‌‌ college‌‌ mates‌‌ for‌‌ showing‌‌ keen‌‌ interest‌‌ in‌‌ the‌‌ subject‌‌ 
and‌s‌ haring‌t‌ heir‌i‌deas.‌‌   ‌

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