Glimpses of The Bygone Eras - Goa
During my course in Architectural Studies, it was mandatory to make 3D models of some of the buildings we designed: a few of them as basic presentations and others with extremely minute details like the windows, corbeling, roof tiles etc. Occasionally, we had to do detailed internal layouts as well. AutoCAD had just been introduced in Goa during my final year, hence CAD design in 3D was not included in our syllabus. Contrarily, today’s students are on par with modern technology and make use of it for their presentations. Nevertheless, the patience required and detailing involved in the construction of a miniature model with one’s own hands provides a level of satisfaction that software simply cannot. Watching documentaries of excavated sites and analysis of artefacts has always been my favourite pastime, so much so that I remember designing an Archeological Study and Research Centre for Goa - a topic for my thesis project. In later years, as I travelled the world and ...