The cleaning lady moved on to a better job.so been cleaning today.The dishes mainly.
Its amazing how ad-hoc home fixtures can be in Delhi. A tiny kitchen sink placed far inside the L corner of the platform. Me with my above average height find it difficult to reach across it to do the dishes. Slopes of the platform designed to ensure all the dirty/soapy water trickles down on to your feet & clothes.It is truly a nightmare. And to think if it was built with even minimum care & a vague idea of usability lives could have been so much better.
Same goes for architecture.The DDA (Delhi Development Authority) constructed apartments & homes in which most of the Delhi middle class lives is built with the least thought to usability. Imagine a 4th floor flat with window panes that can only be replaced from the out side! In some cases the poor chap has to hang outside the window using less than secure equipment to replace the glass. As it is not easy to find somebody to do that many homes have broken glass panes, letting in the dust & leaking out the airconditioning.
And to think we have above 150 Architecture schools & many more teaching Interior design in the country. Not to mention the new up & coming design schools.Where does the problem lie?quality of education? or does it lie somewhere deeper. In an attitude of concentrating on 'how does it look' rather than 'how does it function' in addition to doing things for the sake of it & not really following the intent through.
Its amazing how ad-hoc home fixtures can be in Delhi. A tiny kitchen sink placed far inside the L corner of the platform. Me with my above average height find it difficult to reach across it to do the dishes. Slopes of the platform designed to ensure all the dirty/soapy water trickles down on to your feet & clothes.It is truly a nightmare. And to think if it was built with even minimum care & a vague idea of usability lives could have been so much better.
Same goes for architecture.The DDA (Delhi Development Authority) constructed apartments & homes in which most of the Delhi middle class lives is built with the least thought to usability. Imagine a 4th floor flat with window panes that can only be replaced from the out side! In some cases the poor chap has to hang outside the window using less than secure equipment to replace the glass. As it is not easy to find somebody to do that many homes have broken glass panes, letting in the dust & leaking out the airconditioning.
And to think we have above 150 Architecture schools & many more teaching Interior design in the country. Not to mention the new up & coming design schools.Where does the problem lie?quality of education? or does it lie somewhere deeper. In an attitude of concentrating on 'how does it look' rather than 'how does it function' in addition to doing things for the sake of it & not really following the intent through.
