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Life and Architecture

“It is neither the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to the change.” –Charles Darwin, The father of evolution   The theory of evolution applies not only to any living species, but to the space upon which it lives. Dwelling, the place where these lives reside is everything from the nest of a bird to the Palace of a king. These are built from the nature, upon nature and with the nature giving a new picturesque to the surrounding. These shelters are thus born; ready to adapt, for it to survive in the nature. They grow along with the nature, undergoing all the changes that come by the passage of time. The birth and death of these are governed by architectural principles of the coming era. While certain principles help the growth, some work against it, making the survival difficult. As Le Corbusier has the personification of the Chandigarh city plan to a human body, every single built environme