The Fragile Himalyas.
When one sees how we are building in the hills or matter of fact even in the plains the feeling of sealing yourself from the surrounding seems to be the architectural driving force. Dependence on ACs, Air Filters and Artificial heating is the visible choice of today's affluent housing. This escalates energy demand. As a results in hunger for Energy creation harming people miles away from our artificially constructed comfortable housing nest. Displacing population, Increasing Carbon foot print , creating ecological damage to our fragile country side (Read: the Himalayan Region) are to name a few disastrous effects of this. How we build affects our overall environment, our waterways, our terrain sustainability and our future quality of life. India's Agriculture and our food security are sustained by the Himalayas which feed our waterways by the melting snows and glaciers. A phenomenon unique where a peninsula with two seas is bordered by a Mountai...