The fourth year in architectural education is one where preliminary intentions and final designs have more similarities than differences. The preceding three years of architectural education has brought an understanding of issues in architecture, which is to be nurtured and brought forth both by faculty and students. This programme will showcase fourth-year work from different colleges which will be presented by students in front of a student jury and a participative student and faculty audience.
The Students presenting their design projects are:
Harshal Ajani Sir J. J College of Architecture Project – Commercial Complex at Malad.
Abdul Rehman Kapadia L B.H.S.S College of Architecture Project – Residential Cum Shopping Complex at Dadar.
Sunanda Satwah Rizvi College of Architecture Project – Revitalisation of Ghat Gate at Jaipur.
Suketu Shah K. R. V. I. College of Architecture Project – Housing Project at Goa.
Focusing on the symbolic and functional meaning of water for the Kolis, Uday Shanbhag inscribed the invocation ‘kuberanige niru beku’ (The Sea God wants more water, in Kannada) at dawn and dusk on the sands of Juhu beach. Through this auspicious incantation, he pleaded to the Sea God for good weather and good catch for the fishermen as they embarked on their daily journey. During the day, the artist set up a tea shop in one shack on the beach, where he listened to stories of the Kolis and entertained the passers-by in a relational performance. The time spent with the fishermen and the daily incantations was documented in a 10-minute video.
]]>Date: November 3, 1997
Venue: NCPA, Mumbai
Asha and Prabhakar Baste are Mumbai-based architects who have been doing mainly residential projects in the hot, humid Western coastal region of Maharashtra and Goa for the last twenty years.
A family of sloping roofs huddled amidst natural surroundings constitutes the image of `home’ in this region. The essence of Bastes’ very contemporary buildings is in providing a sense of shelter, both physical and emotional while keeping in step with the vernacular images of the region.
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