The Bookish Architect

The word 'social' dictates the link and exchange of information and 'media' refers to a medium to transfer such data among the people concerned in various parts of the world. To serve this purpose various social media platforms have been introduced most popular being used are Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. The idea of social media came into being to create a medium of connection among the people who are distant and connecting to them in person, is not an option. In the past few years, the usage of social media has expanded finding its way in marketing, business, exploration, etc. depending on the subject of study. The social media analysis strategy has also paved the way in urban planning and design. The exploitation of data available due to the user usage and analyzing it to our advantage to extract relevant data impacting the traditional design techniques to create more equitable spaces. It is a source of valuable data in the form of geotagged images on L

Jewish Museum, Berlin Architecture is not just what we see, but how we perceive a given space. Architecture triggers the senses to bring about emotions that a person could associate with a particular space. Daniel Libeskind is a modern architect with a Polish background and a contemporary thinker. He understood architecture's intangible aspects and tangible vocabulary and created a harmonic balance between the physical and the metaphysical. Libeskind used architecture to design a flow of energies in the nothingness of the spaces. The design of the Jewish Museum in Berlin was proposed as competition, for which Libeskind's entry was selected. He did not romanticize his design like other entrants, he proposed the idea of "Blitz," a zig-zag design, to show an approach towards deconstructivism infused with the phenomenological process. The architect got his inspiration from Levinasian Philosophy and Yaffa Eliach, "Horrific Tales of the Holocaust," that inspir