Some of the most powerful spaces reflected something larger.
In ancient India, architecture was never treated as something random.
Temples and sacred spaces were designed around geometry and harmony because space itself was seen as something alive.
Movement, proportion, symmetry, everything had meaning.
Places like Kandariya Mahadeva Temple still reflect this idea today, because architecture was never only shaping space.
It was shaping experience.
Architecture was not only shelter.
It was meaning.
By Roy Boustani
