Overview
- Investigates the applicability and revision of ancient planning frameworks
- Introduces ancient Indian design and planning principles and grid templates
- Explains landscape, urbanism, and ecology centered around Hindu temples
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Classic Indian texts and Vaastupurusha Mandala are not often discussed in the western discourse on urbanism, even while much of these predate the commonly taught European writings. This book sheds light on some of those forgotten concepts, thus making the lesser discussed classic Indian town organization ideas accessible to architecture, landscape, and urban planning students worldwide. The resonance of these concepts in present times are reviewed through case studies of select Hindu temple towns in India. Furthermore, the author underscores the formal abstraction of the classic Indian Mandala and transplants the discourse from sociology to socio-ecologically adept trans-disciplinary design thinking. The creative interpretations offer a premise to start revising classic models for current practice to influence the urbanism and ecology of a place in accordance with the changing climate.
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About the author
Archana Sharma seeks ways for cities to coexist in mutualistic symbiosis with nature from the intersectional vortices of design, planning, science, and policy. Dr. Sharma is an Associate Professor at Morgan State University. Past affiliations with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Maharaja Sayajirao University, National University of Singapore, RMIT University in Australia, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government continue to shape her ongoing transdisciplinary works. She has offered advisory services to local and international stakeholders ranging from the City of Baltimore to the United Nations, underscored by the ethos of an equitable and just environment for all. This is the second book on design thinking for Dr. Sharma.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mandala Urbanism, Landscape, and Ecology
Book Subtitle: Interpreting classic Indian texts and Vaastupurusha mandala as a framework for organizing towns
Authors: Archana Sharma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87285-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87284-7Published: 12 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87287-8Published: 13 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87285-4Published: 11 April 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 112
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geography, general, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecology