Uncategorized – Mohile Parikh Center

4 O’clock Studio Come Forth At The Fourth

MPC — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:48:35 +0000

Speakers: Students of Architecture

February 15, 2001
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

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.

Golconde Pondicherry

MPC — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:18:05 +0000

Speaker: Smita Dalvi
September 14, 2001

Little Theater, National Centre for Performing Arts

Golconde embodies the finest aspects of modern architecture, with its simplicity, clear and sincere expression of structure, the directness of purpose and closeness to nature. Golconde is more than a building. it is a finely crafted institution, jealously preserved by the inmates who are intensely aware of its preciousness.

[En]counters: The Fluid City | Kuberanige Niru Beku (The Sea God Wants Water)

MPC — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:09:23 +0000

Artist: Uday Shanbag
Interactive Art Performance
January 6 to 9, 2011 | 5.00 am – 10.00 pm
Juhu Beach, Mumbai

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.

The Sheltering Angle

MPC — Mon, 03 Nov 1997 17:01:23 +0000

Speaker: Asha and Prabhakar Baste

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.