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Could India’s latticework replace air-conditioners?

 

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Latticework makes it easy for light to shine through doors and windows, which creates a stunning effect in terms of both light and depth. This part of the building’s design, along with the energy-efficient lights, helps keep the carbon footprint of the building small.

Latticework is often called “jaali” in both Central Asia and South Asia. Jaali is a unique part of the architecture that was used in India from the 1600s to the 1800s. Most of the time, it was carved from marble or red sandstone into designs.

The beautifully carved jaalis of the Taj Mahal create a rhythmic mix of solids and voids, concave and convex, lines and curves, light and shadows.  

Architects say that lattice screens let the air flow, block the sun, and act as a curtain to keep people’s privacy. Jaali can reduce the amount of direct heat that gets into a building by dividing the total square metres of a typical window into a number of smaller holes.

Key facts about latticework!

  • Modern architects want to build buildings that are both comfortable and don’t give off a lot of carbon dioxide.
  • By 2050, the number of air conditioning units is expected to have more than tripled around the world. 
  • At the same time, heat waves around the world are getting longer and hotter.
  • India is looking for ways to keep cool that is good for the environment, can last for a long time, and use energy efficiently. 
  • In 2019, the Indian government released the India Cooling Action Plan.
  • This plan shows what needs to be done to give people access to cooling that is both good for the environment and good at using energy.
  • The plan puts a lot of emphasis on how important passive cooling measures are.
  • These things have to do with changing the way buildings are built to make them cooler.

Mary Corbet shows you how to style hand embroidery design as latticework.

 

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