| Dear friends, the emergence of architecture in | | | | for walls. Depending upon the wall material the |
| human societyhas taken a wide and distinct role in | | | | internalfinishes also have limitations. This is |
| itself. Starting fromearly eras where man used to | | | | especially true forstructure that face extreme |
| live in caves, we have seen aremarkable growth | | | | climatic ups and downs, such aslocations in the |
| in architecture and allied fields, whichincludes | | | | gulf countries. |
| landscape and interior design | | | | Hence selecting materials that can sustain heavy |
| The recent being the use of computers and | | | | climatic changeson a daily scale is challenging. |
| "Computer Aided Design"in architecture, which | | | | 3) Humidity and Rainfall. |
| allows a kind of perfection in designand execution | | | | Because of the salty nature of air around coastal |
| process of any building and its interiors. | | | | areas extra careis taken for building construction |
| In spite of all the technological advances, the | | | | materials, which can directlyaffect the entire |
| primary functionof any building structure remains | | | | budget of the project. |
| the same, protection fromoutside environment | | | | 4)Wind Direction. |
| and natural calamities. | | | | Wind direction and wind speed also has direct |
| Starting from a place to "protect yourself' from | | | | affect on the interiors. |
| nature, interiordesign has become a "status | | | | Heavy winds exert a load on the external walls of |
| symbol". Today's interior spaces havea two way | | | | the structure,thus affecting the construction |
| channel, first and the obvious one is the function | | | | technology. |
| andsecond one is aesthetical, which is a little | | | | 5)Land Structure and Topography. |
| complex one. | | | | Land structure is the nature of land on which the |
| It is quite obvious that the interior design of a | | | | structure stands. |
| space is directlyrelated to the function of the | | | | Various types of land structures include rock solid, |
| space. This means that two spaceslike a home | | | | marshy land,etc...Topography of land is classified |
| and an office have two well defined functions, | | | | as plane or a site with slope. |
| henceit will reflect in every aspect of the interior | | | | If the site of the structure is on a hill slope, extra |
| design solution. | | | | precautionsare taken to allow the natural flow of |
| But apart from the there is one more important | | | | rainwater that the structuremight block. Depending |
| factor thatwill affect each and every aspect of | | | | upon the quality of land surface the |
| the final design solution,and that's the geographical | | | | constructiontechnology will change. |
| location of the architectural structure. | | | | As far as interiors are concerned a well planned |
| A hotel building at seashore and the other one at | | | | structure withproperly thought spaces is a must |
| a hill stationwill have a completely different sets of | | | | because internally the spacesget divided into |
| problems to deal with. | | | | various floors. |
| Lets see in a short way what are the external | | | | From the above short discussion it can be said |
| factors that canaffect an interior design solution | | | | that external factorsand environment greatly |
| 1) Amount of direct sunlight. | | | | affect the way structures are built and |
| Locations on the far northern or southern | | | | thusdirectly affecting the interior qualities of the |
| hemisphere receive lessamount of sunlight than | | | | structure. |
| those at the equator. That's why here thebuilding | | | | Technological advancements have allowed us to |
| with more use of plane glass are used. Also | | | | artificially controlthe internal environment of a |
| artificiallighting is given much importance. | | | | building irrespective of what'shappening outside. |
| 2) External temperature. | | | | But a carefully studied and well |
| External temperature directly affects the comfort | | | | plannedarchitectural space can easily cut the extra |
| level of internalspaces. Since external walls act as | | | | cost of air conditioningand other ventilation |
| a "buffer" between internaland external climate, it | | | | services. |
| is necessary to use the right constructionmaterial | | | | I hope this article was informative to everyone. |