Why Don’t We Build The Way We Used To? Is it positive?
Khushbu Bhatt
How the evolving economic and class structures are changing not only who we are, but the very world we live in. People are saying India is a developing country. But is it really? When we are losing our identity as is it really our progress, which is a debatable issue. Many of the buildings are made in international style as a result we are losing our identity which is unique and you cannot find anywhere else. Nowadays looking at buildings we cannot identify if it is Indian or international. Most of the artists are adopting an international style. At this juncture it is essential to protect our traditional style which is losing their importance as they represent culture. If we take ten recent buildings without background and ask someone to identify the place of building it will be difficult for the person to identify. It is not compulsory for every person to design in a traditional way but someone has to take responsibility to preserve and to continue our importance by building elevations which our identity.
Nowadays, there are an increasing number of modern buildings to meet different needs of office workers and residents. Modern buildings, as one of the most important urban architectures, are playing a significant role in society from different aspects. However, at the same time it is difficult to erect buildings in traditional ways. But the point is that we should build traditional buildings because modern architectures are the same and buildings should be distinctive.
Integral to the identity of any country is its architectural heritage, combining modern and traditional architecture designs or product of the blend between splendid modern and traditional architecture.