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Naksha Satish2024-12-03Of Order, Ornament and Orchestration
ProjectArchitectural Essay
TranslationReflective essay on Design Process excerpts
CollaboratorsSrinivas Narayan
Structural support of the lotus structure
Of Order
Walking through the world trade center transportation hub everyday- I thank the NYC City for choosing Calatrava’s awe- striking structure over mundane efficient buildings for a railway station. If only an everyday space can instill awe and create a wow moment, then the biggest joy is in making complexity accessible to a common man!
Of Ornament
Craft in Indian temples have always been an object of awe. With modernism and question of ornament - ornament and crime —
Now with technology - without manual severe labor - we can bring back the ornament - and make complexity accessible to everyday and everyone!
Of Orchestration
The city today is one of the most important sites where religion is produced and entangled with many other aspects of civic life.