International Journal in Management & Social Science
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 12

Architectural interventions on International Borders Evolved as consequences and alternatives of existing conditions

  • Author:
  • B. Deepthi1, S. Rajasree2
  • Total Page Count: 23
  • Page Number: 197 to 219

1B. Arch. Department of Architecture, College of Engineering Trivandrum, India

2Head of Department Department of Architecture College of Engineering Trivandrum, India

Online published on 8 August, 2018.

Abstract

International Borderswhich divide geographical areas, culture and ecology lead to the creation of uniqueenvironments. These environments form the setting for different architectural spaces dependent on the border conditions. The Border itself has been an architectural entity from historic times. These spaces as such may evolve or be evolved as solutions to problems caused by the border itself, as a better alternative to the existing border condition or as political alliances for better co-operation. The line that divides can become a link that unites through architectural intervention. The present study focuses on identification of such spaces around the world, their evolution, nature and the factors that led to their creation. The study is focused on five international borders and case studies of interventions which exist or have been proposed. A detailed site analysis and the architectural analysis of the border present has been done to analyze the dependence of the factors of the context and establish the scope of intervention.

Keywords

Border, borderwall, international, boundaries, alternatives, intervention