Sharique Ahmed

1599 - B

All cities are in a state of continuous transition hence losing their identity and visual integrity rapidly. This overall decline in the built environment is inevitable, as factors of urbanization take prominence. While the smaller cities and towns retain their unique character and identity longer as we have seen, but are equally at a risk of becoming anonymous like the metros. Its here, within the dense city fabric of these small cities lies the potential to make buildings which are both, true to their times and yet rooted in the strong fabric of that place. The new premise with a bold architectural response can be meaningful with its emergence and yet be inevitably contextual.