The Importance Of Architecture In Architecture

Abstract: Technological advancements have reached in every sector including architecture, using it in the right way can lead to great results. The fallacy of energy efficient building being more commoditized than being sustainable should be eliminated, and for energy efficient buildings one may also opt for vernacular technologies fused with optimal technologies. Architecture is becoming a commodity and the essence is getting lost somewhere, architecture and technology may complement each other only when used aptly. Shaping a building through technological influences or vice versa is one prime and initial object in architecture, which is some time overlooked by the designers. Using the right tools at the right time for the right ideas is what

Early Deeds

Just a rapid analysis of orientation and options created by a designer through any energy software like Design Builder, Ecotect, Revit, Vasari, Energy Plus or any other software capable of doing the analysis may give a quantified basic sheet of probable energy saving parameters, like for cold climates, longer sides facing sun and vice versa for the hot climates or just finding a better location for a courtyard in a building when talking about humid and moderate climates, like in many areas in India.

But consequently we have to think as a designer too, and should come with an option which has a better planning, architecture and energy response. Finding this optimal solution is the very responsibility of the architect. This needs an architect to have some technical knowledge of the building physics that constitute to the built environment or micro-climates , like the temperature’s fluctuations in the building that have been hampered because of some building designing parameters, this applies not on just building levels but on urban levels too.

4. Hybridization levels

There are some basic factors that affect the energy consumption and also dictate the design of the buildings. They do have some significant impacts on solar heat gain, lighting, humidity, ventilation etc. that defines the indoor environment. Following are some such