The Changing Culture of ARCHITECTURE in Modern India
The changing culture of architecture in modern India, both as a lifestyle and as a profession, has been eye-opening. In terms of lifestyle, we never predicted the extent to which architecture and design could affect us as well as the society and culture we live in, nor did we predict how deeply symbolic of our beliefs and attitudes they’d become.
As a profession, the huge wave of development and technology that caused us to try and ape everything that didn’t belong to us, has made us question and search for our own identity and provoked us to revisit the solid traditional roots and foundation of Indian architecture.
The Indian government’s massive Smart Cities Mission, which aims to develop 100 sustainable and citizen-friendly cities all over the country, has done very little to include architectural voices into the conversation. Same goes for our heritage structures that are being replaced by modern structures despite resistance shown by architects.
At the onset of your career as an architect, you will be ideally required to understand all the practical aspects of being on the job and strike the right balance between understanding client requirements and coming out with a design, which is creative and practically correct.
Options are available with construction companies, builders, private consultancies, and many more. For those who want to build a career in shaping the country’s future infrastructure, jobs are available in the public sector in departments such as National Institute of Urban Affairs, National Building Organization, Public Works Department, Housing and Urban Development Corporation, Ministry of Defence, Departments of Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Public Sector Undertakings, NationBrinda Somayaal Building Construction Corporation Ltd., Town and Country Planning Organization, etc
