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A vacation without leaving your home

The unpredictability of the pandemic and the negativity of news around, coupled with the strain of adjusting to new realities of work, child-care and their school, have almost everyone I know craving for a vacation. Yet with multiple travel restrictions and quarantine process in place, a carefree getaway doesn’t look like a great possibility.

However, vacations are proven to be an important part of well-being. Various studies show that people who took annual vacations are physically fitter and have a better sleep quality. But in the given situation when stepping out of one’s house is looked to be brought with risk, how does take a vacation. For those, who don’t feel safe to venture out in the current circumstances or with a newborn or an elderly at home,  a staycation can provide some of the same benefits- A chance to rest, a break from usual routines, opportunities for freedom and play.

A vacation without leaving your home
A vacation without leaving your home

In fact, sometimes a staycation can be a better option than a vacation during holiday season. Haven’t all of us faced frayed nerves, when we travel through the crowded airports or railway stations? Remember the scenes of all tourist places, which we see as pictures in newspaper around New Year holidays. Long traffic jams and people all around don’t let you rest and often make the whole experience more tiring. The only thing that is difficult to bring in a staycation is the adventure that you may get in a travel.

Here are some ideas to have adventure without leaving your home:

  1. If you stay in a well-developed housing complex by a reputed developer, you can find enough places to go out on a picnic within its perimeter. You can involve a couple of families more and organize a small singing party around fire and order food from outside. This could be more fun than your vacation at any hotel in a tourist place.
  2. If you like reading books and watching movies, get your best picks and enjoy with these. With some of the largest hotels, like Taj in the town offering a home dinner, you can just relax and get a sumptuous dinner served to you by the best in business. This could be a wonderful surprise to your spouse and kids, and will cost you a fraction of cost that you might have incurred on travel otherwise.
  3. Camping out is another idea that excites young and old alike. If you are living in a township, you can find enough nice places to camp out an evening. You can have a bonfire and the whole family can cook together. The whole experience will be a learning experience for kids and stress relieving for elders.
  4. Home swap is another wonderful idea during staycation. You could do this house swap with a relative or a friend for a few days. If you are part of different housing complexes, you will enjoy a different life around you. The flora and fauna and the whole routine change itself will have a very calming effect.

These adventurous ideas will make your life take a break from routine and will have similar benefits as when you go out on a vacation. With wonderful facilities and large green areas, Paarth Republic Township in Lucknow offers you an opportunity to take a vacation without stepping out of the boundaries, which keep you safe in these uncertain situation.

Why Architectural Design

Home is the place where we spend most of our life, along with our near and dear ones. Our parents and children would need all their requirements to be met in the house you buy. It could only be achieved if a house is designed well. What we keep hearing from our friends, who have bought houses, all the times – no air-circulation, no sunlight, lot of seepage etc. This problem is more acute in an apartment than an independent house. But how does a good house design help this cause. Let’s understand.

We all understand that different parts of the world have different weather conditions. It is also well explained by scientists and engineers by now that at different times of the year, sun rays reach earth at different angles. In fact the movement of sun and where it rises (the direction) also varies through the year. Winter and summer solstices amply provide this understanding. In this situation, it is very important to realize that sun rays have to fall at different parts of an apartment at different times. Good architects use this to design great houses, which are also energy efficient.

Another aspect which affects good home designing is the fact that air movement in different parts of the world is different. It depends on factors like proximity to sea or mountains as well as the location near or away from tropics. The strength of storm-like winds is also a crucial factor to be noted. When the elements of a house or a building are designed basis this, the result will be a house which will have a good ventilation. A good ventilation always ensures a home free of micro-organisms, which is critical for good health. A well-designed home also reduces energy consumption, as it ensures optimal temperature to be maintained at all times. One can argue that with today’s technological development, Air-conditioners and heaters can be used to maintain optimum temperature, however, without proper ventilation, the air inside the house will not be healthy. Also, such devices make air drier, which has negative impact on various body organs.

But how to get a well-designed flats in Lucknow. The only answer to this is that one needs the services of a good architectural team, who understands these aspects and has a portfolio of projects can achieve it scientifically. Especially when one is talking of an apartment building, it becomes extremely important. You can’t have wannabe designers creating a house design which can provide the required amount of sunlight and air circulation. One of the best designed building, I have seen in Lucknow in Gomti Nagar Extension area in Lucknow is Paarth Infrabuild’s Arka. This is designed by Hafeez contractor, arguably the best architectural team in the country. A half-circular shape of the project ensures great air circulation to every single flat. The beauty of it lies in designing each apartment as if these have been designed individually to create perfect homes. The direction for each is managed to ensure optimal sunlight and air – circulation as needed.