The face of our world Have you ever reminisced those sights when you’d just stop by and observe birds hovering over that beautiful old rustic window? or seeing a grandma across the street, sitting in front of an ornamented door enjoying the sun?
Picture-1, Rustic window
Picture-2, Ornamented door
These frames get registered into our memory, sometimes because of our interaction with them, or for the remembrance of time and place, or simply for their candid beauty! You may be thinking, what is the point here? As the journey of our breed progressed, the world around us evolved miraculously and within that world, lie the enclosures that we designed and built to protect our very existence. Enclosures turned into dwellings, dwellings into villages, villages into towns, and towns into cities with impressive architectural expression. However, in this imagery, it is the ‘rustic windows’, ‘colorful doors’, and many such elements that separate our man-made world from outside. With time, it does not go unnoticed that the architectural essence of any place showcases this expression at the first glance by the “FAC” ADE; the face of our world. So, what is the façade? and why is it so important? The word “façade” is a French foreign loan word and has its origin from the Italian word “facciata” where faccia means face. It is the outer layer, the principal front, or any face of the building given special architectural treatment. Façade is a fascinating component of design, which in today’s world, not only enhances the building’s visual attribute but also acts as a canvas, expressing new perspectives and concepts of design. Leaving the experts who are well versed in the language of architecture, for a layman it is the façade that impresses and sells the idea. With the advancement of technology, the industry is on a turning point, while its