The Ecological Intelligence of Sacred Landscapes (opens in new tab)

Architecture often speaks about as though it were a recent discovery. Biodiversity corridors, , sponge cities, and are presented as emerging responses to contemporary environmental crises. Across India and the SWANA region, landscapes shaped through religious practice have long organized relationships between people, water, vegetation, and animals. Long before ecological performance became a design metric, temple tanks stored monsoon water, sacred groves protected biodiversity, and oasis sett...