From the early stage until now architecture is something that is growing along with human vision and opportunities. Taking into account the very early times What were the social connections between people? How did it happen? From many basic needs we take in many temporary solutions that gave rise to many permanent developments. Starting from the need for shelter for humans to protect against climate and animals also a space for gathering.
The existence of humans gave rise to development starting from huts which grew into villages. Human beings collaborate on talent, emotions, and culture every behavioral aspect brings into a group of such people forming societies.
Architecture would have begun from the very first discovery of how huts differed from one another in the way it was built according to material, talent placement, and form.
Also now people wanted to know elements like time, death, and life that gave rise to pyramids in Egypt, and Stonehenge in England– which archeologists believe has been made for several reasons like being a cemetery or even as a calendar, for every question they started finding answers. Now societies started discriminating over the power each held which gave rise to building palaces, towers and temples where we respected god as the most powerful. So giant structures started taking shape with several new materials coming out.
Every new solution gave rise to questions and techniques to make life easier.
Human existence had a major role in the growth of architecture. This can be envisioned from the way all cities look different. How old vernacular passive strategies used in different areas gave rise to design solutions and identity for each place.
Versatile Phases of Human Existence that Enforces Urban Entities
Buildings are made for humans for their certain necessities and requirements. It is the structural elements that humans invented that started making it into communities, society, cities, and from there to all the development till date.
Every field in the societies is connected with architecture whether it’s tourism, transport, or religion in all forms there lies an imaginary line that makes all these a single entity.
From finding out things to do in a day to scheduling it by space and time – spaces started forming then came the functionality. It all lies within the way they execute it which makes each city unique.
Many colors, materials, climates, and ecosystems all define the architecture of that place. See how a river runs, how a tree gives shade to an area, and how mountains are formed. So architecture is an organic process that follows nature.
The Major Execution of Architecture
From the very first when man started living in caves they studied the mechanism of wind, and light sound which was required for them. That’s when they started finding solutions in their ability that formed their very own vernacular architecture which varies in different areas.
Tourism is yet another topic that enhances architecture. People visit different places for what it is known for, maybe the huge monuments, temples, and other structures that are different from their place. So architecture is a very varying entity that has a single ideology but a different vision.
Every city has its identity as the Great Wall of China in China, the Great Pyramid in Egypt, Taj Mahal in India all are made for different purposes like security, and social and personal reasons in those times which are now the identity of that place.
In the same way, materials are yet another entity that defines the architecture of a place. In Egypt, the famous New Gourna Village by Hassan Fathy –was built with mudbrick, The stone structures in Europe in the Neolithic village in Skara Bee.
Societal development through memories and people
Nowadays people are more to stories and histories, so what were the memories of architecture – it lies mainly in the stories behind the hard work of humans to find solutions to different problems, how they faced all the difficulties to live in adjusting with marine and ecosystems they are in Maybe we can foresee the famous movies like “The life of pie”, “Jungle”, “The River Wild” and many more. So let’s see some memories that are inside the local communities around the world, how they adapted themselves forming a society.
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The image descriptions and references sources are mentioned below -:
- Image.1 – Life at the early stage
Source – https://ct6aj.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/weir-woodworking.jpg
- Image.2 – Dorze Huts – In the Rift Valley Mountains of Southern Ethiopia
Source – https://www.archdaily.com/1012623/e-xploring-african-vernacular-huts-weaving-as-a-climatic-and-social-architecture
- Image.3 – Bhungas -circular structures are very common in the desert region of Gujarat and Rajasthan
Source- https://www.foaid.com/school-of-architecture-3/
- Image.4 – Aerial View of Stonehenge
Source – https://www.historyextra.com/period/stone-age/10-facts-about-stonehenge/
- Image.5 – Plan and Alignment of Stonehenge
Source – https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/exploringarchitectureandlandscape/chapter/stonehenge/
- Image.6 – City view of Varanasi
Source – https://www.archdaily.com/1010384/top-stories-of-the-year-exploring-the-architectural-identity-of-local-communities
- Image.7 – Switzerland’s Villa Vals
Source – https://www.archdaily.com/1010384/top-stories-of-the-year-exploring-the-architectural-identity-of-local-communities
- Image.8 – Cityscape of Venice, Italy
Source – https://www.archdaily.com/1000784/venice-architecture-city-guide-15-historical-and-contemporary-attractions-to-discover-in-italys-city-of-canals
- Image.9 – Image showing different entities that join to form a society
Source – https://illustrarch.com/articles/13955-10-successful-architectural-diagrams-by-architects.html#google_vignette
- Image.10 – Image showing how an ecosystem effects how a building takes into shape
Source – Architectural Diagram Design Process | illustrarch
https://illustrarch.com/articles/13955-10-successful-architectural-diagrams-by-architects.html#google_vignette
- Image.11 – The Great Wall of China
Photo: Stock Photos from sofiaworld/Shutterstock
Source – https://mymodernmet.com/great-wall-china-facts/
- Image.12 – The Great Pyramids of Giza
Photo: Nick Brundle/Getty Images
Source – https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/secrets-pyramids-giza
- Image.13 – New Barris Village By Hassan Fathy
Source – https://www.archidatum.com/articles/focus-hassan-fathy/
Websites referred for data and information
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328628769_The_Human_in_Architecture_and_Philosophy_Steps_towards_an_Architectural_Anthropology
- https://www.archdaily.com/1010384/top-stories-of-the-year-exploring-the-architectural-identity-of-local-communities
- https://thoughteconomics.com/the-role-of-architecture-in-humanitys-story/
- https://medium.com/@dixit.megha.1908/human-existence-without-architecture-cbea4c5c5809#:~:text=Since%20humans%20showed%20the%20very,driven%20for%20cities%20and%20societies.
