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Latest Apartment Architecture What are the most essential necessities that we humans need to survive the short time that we spend after birth here in this planet called earth? The answer is simple. They are Shelter, Food and Clothing! The early humans also needed the same three things to survive during the time they lived in this planet! We can live at least some days without food. May be we can also trace back our ancestors in dresses made of tree leaves or animal hides! But they needed shelters to protect themselves from all sort of known or unknown dangers including the vagaries of weather more during the prehistoric days than now! Did the prehistoric humans know how to build a secured shelter for them to live? No, they did not know! However, they knew how to protect themselves! They found out that the natural environments, that were available to them, could provide them with shelters! However, we can safely say without fear of contradiction that the early humans did not need the presence of a present day architect among themselves to build the earliest form of shelters in trees! Still, “even at this simplest level, means the beginning of something approaching architecture!” Early humans were said to be Cave dwellers. They used to live in the caves during winter and would come out in the open during summer for hunting and gathering that suggested the need for at least a temporary shelter! So they learned to lean on some form of protective cover against a support that could have been a leafy branch against the trunk of a tree or to lean branches against each other in such a way that looked like an inverted V-shaped natural tent! Could we not therefore consider these activities of the early humans as the early form of the architecture? We can, therefore, trace back the history of architecture throughout the ages since early humans learned to build shelters in the open spaces for protecting themselves! However, I am not going to trace back the history of architecture and describe them in detail here in this short article for obvious reason! The purpose for putting up the above few paragraphs is the prelude to post pictures of some amazing Apartment Buildings built for modern day humans to live! Picture Details:1 2 & 3. The Interlace, Singapore.Building of the year 2015. 4. Luciano pia 25 verde, Turin. 5. A Modern Apartment in London. City Life. 6. Sugar Hill, New York, Adjaye Associates 7. V_Itaim, Sao Paulo, Studio MK27 8.Nakayama architects, Japan. 9. The Block Building. 10. Laurie baker brick jaile. ________________________________________           |
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Should we consider these types of apartments as creative solutions for our overcrowded cities?
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Another solution to the overcrowded cities might be to move out of them? Of course, in some countries, that would not be possible as even land is limited. Personally, I could not stand living in a city......... too crowded, noisy, and busy. Perhaps a person used to city dwelling could not stand the peace and quiet and solitude of my existence? I also know that I could not live on any of those top floors. I might enjoy the view from a distance away from the windows, but the height would give me too much anxiety to enjoy living way up there. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Thank you so much,earthytaurus for your meaningful comments. Frankly speaking, i have no response to make to your questions which I consider as important!
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Some of these buildings are very unusual and interesting designs.
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Another solution to the overcrowded cities might be to move out of them? Of course, in some countries, that would not be possible as even land is limited. Personally, I could not stand living in a city......... too crowded, noisy, and busy. Perhaps a person used to city dwelling could not stand the peace and quiet and solitude of my existence? I also know that I could not live on any of those top floors. I might enjoy the view from a distance away from the windows, but the height would give me too much anxiety to enjoy living way up there.
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Some of these buildings are very unusual and interesting designs.
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There are very few lucky people like you who could have enjoyed both urban and rural life during a single life time. Your boys are lucky too. They can also breathe fresh air now and live a peaceful quiet life. Dallas has grown up rapidly and now turned itself into a Mega city! My niece, who lives there with her husband and her little son, was telling me the vastness of the city when they came to visit us recently. Though I have seen many of the important cities of your country when I had to travel to USA on official visits, I skipped Texas entirely. Dallas was not however unknown to me! Thanks to that great TV serial involving Oil Barons! I am happy to learn that you have since liked the pictures and are looking forward to read my next blog! Take Care, Deborahsu, and Stay Well and Cheerful always.
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I dont know why, but everytime I look at anything over 2 stories I think about how they'd survive an earthquake. Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.
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I dont know why, but everytime I look at anything over 2 stories I think about how they'd survive an earthquake. Thank you so much for stopping by this blog of mine and also for your response! Stay well and happy always!
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Carolyn,hello.... I am delighted to read from you once again here on my blog page after a considerable long time. These Apartments are now thought to be the only solution to accommodate a huge number of people living in the over crowded Mega cities of the world. Just look at the massive apartment complex named “The Interlace”, built reportedly on 20 acres of land in Singapore, the Mega City State of the world. I am sure if I enter in this apartment complex for the first time, I would surely get lost there unless someone accompanies me inside the complex! I agree with what you have mentioned about the occupants of such buildings! Stay well and happy always.
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Boogie,hello... Thank you so much for your wonderful response! The hugeness of the buildings make me scared even though my daughter who is an architect herself assured me that these buildings are safe from earthquakes of normal magnitudes and are usually build in areas not prone to earthquakes!! Have pleasant times, boogie.
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Boogie, I myself live in an earthquake prone area of the sub-continent! We consider an earthquake below magnitude 3 as normal because it is less scary! However, unexpected damages can occur in such cases also! After reading your comment at above, I looked into the matter and found out as follows: Quote ... Some things that affect the amount of damage that occurs are: the building designs, the distance from the epicenter, and the type of surface material (rock or dirt) the buildings rest on....unquote. Thanks again for taking interest on the article. Take Care and stay happy always!
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