Ana Design is the Architectural firm in India. Ana has designed architect landscapes for many industries like Reliance Technological Group, Kashmir University Satellite Campus Leh and many more Design facades.
It is extremely important for buildings. It is something to do with not just human and individual commitment but with business commitment. When one works in a traditional structure where the architect is responsible for the space planning and envelope design of the building and other professionals who operate from a different corporation, are responsible …
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1. What are the major advantages of using steel vis-à-vis conventional materials? To begin with, from the stand point of buildings, steel really cannot be qualified as a “non conventional material”. Not just globally, but in India as well, steel has been used as a building material for a long time. The …
“Please do something simple….. we are not that rich…..” Or…. “budget is a constraint”… They want to work with us… we are most certainly not a “star” practice…They have seen or experienced our work and, most likely, been recommended by people who have worked with us earlier. It took me ages to realise, that it …
Living in different countries, each time we find the opportunity of being a part of someone’s vision, I find it an infinite mercy of God, and hope that our efforts and ideas will be worth your time. Since we are located in a different geography, and having worked in your region for the last seven …
Probably one of those sexy misnomers, that not just accords undue “intelligence” to electronic chips, but rather, trivializes the role of the owner and designer in the appropriateness of design actions. Perhaps a better description would be : Building Owned by an Intelligent Owner!!! ( can’t think of a sexy adverb). Predominantly, failure of building …
Trombe Walls Trombe Wall technology is a passive heating technology, that uses solar energy to raise the temperature and store heat in a thermal mass. In A Trombe Wall concept, galls is used as an outer skin to allow ingress of sunlight and trap heat. A small distance ( 100 to 200 mm) is created between …
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Psychrometry is the science of “feeling comfortable” in a given set of conditions, by utilizing the variables of Temperature, Relative Humidity and Air Speed. Each of these factors affect human comfort, and ASHRAE has generated data for generally accepted comfort conditions for human beings. This data/ benchmark, is used to predict the behavior of buildings. …
With revolutionary smart building concepts, building automation over IP where Building automation and IT merge completely with IP-based system. The intelligent network reduces the interfaces between IT and building automation systems and requires no separate infrastructures. They utilise the existing local data network to ensure a high degree of convenience, productivity and security. The smart …
In this day and age of continuous innovation, a workplace needs to be as advanced in its offerings as the work carried out inside it. An architect’s intent is to always exceed expectations and provide innovative designs to best use the space provided to them and fulfill the vision of the client. Having said that, …
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Designing functional buildings operating in high altitudes with an extremely cold climate is a challenge for even the most talented professionals. It requires in-depth knowledge of the area, the climate pattern, direction and amount of the sun’s rays, façade design, and etcetera; amongst a lot of other factors. For example, let us take into consideration …
