Book

Description

This book looks at the evolution of courtyard as a design element in global as well as in Indian context and its various attributes in human life. The book traces the value of courtyard as a shared space and skillfully tries to narrate how it has contributed at large in boosting socialization since ages. With the help of case studies from India, the book presents how the attributes of courtyard fulfill the parameters of a social shared space. A very interesting read, the book will become a seminal work to understand social attributes of courtyard. Hope the book will be helpful for initial readers, especially the students of Architecture, Urban Design and Interior Design, who want to gain a first-hand knowledge about Courtyard – a significant spatial component of built-form.