Blog 1 - First step towards Steel Architecture


It turned out as a surprise when I got an assignment to write a blog for a technical subject like Steel Architecture! Since I love writing, I’m excited about this journey.  

The minute we all were asked to select an elective; I quickly asked my senior as to which elective will be useful for my internship and in Indian practices as well. Her recommendation was to prefer steel architecture if I am willing to work on residential and small commercial projects in my internship period and, on the other hand, Glass architecture for big commercial projects.

I have been wondering from some time that why steel hasn’t been practiced in India or if I am wrong, why is it that I am unaware? I probably have to question the places and buildings I visit, more.

With properties of steel like rusting, sound transmission, its weakness during extreme temperatures, higher market price, and some more cons, what makes steel qualified enough to be used as an Architecturally exposed structural steel? What kind of engineering does it go through?

And then I decided to choose Steel Architecture, to get to know the answers to all of my questions.

In today’s class, we brushed up basics of the process of manufacturing of steel, like forging, rolling, drawing, extruding and casting and how steel evolved from the primitive ages to the current stage of AESS, a new term I came across today. Well, the question was left to us to find out how and what led steel to reach the point it is today. 

The material Steel has been experimented with a lot, way before it was started to be used structurally. 

"I believe, Steel is what it is today because of the excellence in the integrated teamwork, possible prefabrication of the material, and the engineering involved throughout the construction."


- Janani Venkateswaran

No.of words - 306

Location: India

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