Mandala urbanism, landscape, and ecology : interpreting classic Indian texts and Vaastupurusha Mandala as a framework for organizing towns / Archana Sharma.
Sharma, Archana, author.
2022
NA1505
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Title Mandala urbanism, landscape, and ecology : interpreting classic Indian texts and Vaastupurusha Mandala as a framework for organizing towns / Archana Sharma.
Author Sharma, Archana, author.
ISBN 9783030872854 (electronic bk.)
3030872858 (electronic bk.)
9783030872847
303087284X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87285-4
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-87285-4 doi
Call Number NA1505
Dewey Decimal Classification 720.954
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chapter1. Introduction and Methodology
Chapter2. Ancient Indian Design and Town Planning Principles as a Frame for Case Studies
Chapter3. Other Interpretive Frameworks
Chapter4. Shiva Temples
Chapter5. Deliberations.

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