A CONVERSATION ACROSS CULTURES
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JN Tata Auditorium
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore / 22nd February 2024
Swiss architect and Pritzker Prize Winner Peter Zumthor in conversation with Bengaluru-based Architect Bijoy Ramachandran.
Continue reading Dialogue: Peter Zumthor and Bijoy RamachandranIn this lecture, Ashoke Chatterjee talks about the inception of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, its formative years, the pedagogy provided to the students, the experiments with the curriculum, the challenges, successes, and failures it faced in becoming the ‘world-class’ institute it sought out to be today.
I am delighted to have this opportunity to be back in Goa after forty-one years. The last time I came here, it was to assist the Government of Goa with a clue on what was called ‘carrying capacity in the tourism business; how will Goa manage its tourism prospects in those years?’ I need not tell you that my report was trashed well before the Hall of Nations, but it is good to be back, and I am grateful to the organisers, to FRAME Conclave for inviting me.
I need to start, however, by indicating what this brief talk will not be about. This is a very personal view of one part of contemporary Indian design history around the experience of one institution, the National Institute of Design, its educators, and those who studied there. This is part of a very interesting story. The NID had a catalytic effect, so it is quite valid to use that example.
Continue reading DESIGN EDUCATION IN INDIA: AN EXPERIMENT IN MODERNITYThis book puts into print the universe of architect Ramu Katakam’s ideas, inspirations and thoughts and their translation into his work. The essays and accompanying visuals chronicle the initiation and growth of a practice in the context of a newly independent India. Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture passes down an intuitive model of design to a new generation of architects.
An editorial project by Matter in partnership with Şişecam Flat Glass, PRAXIS investigates the work and positions of diverse contemporary architecture practices in India. This episode features a discussion with Sunitha Kondur and Bijoy Ramachandran from the Bengaluru-based practice, Hundredhands. Their work spans public and private typologies with an intent to navigate abstract as well as real world conditions. Reflecting on their journey from the years of study at MIT, collaborations within and outside India, family, peer groups in Bengaluru, the conversation delves into the grounding influences and ideologies that have shaped over twenty years of practice. At the core of the practice is, as they articulate, ‘how does one create places of intimacy, places for congregation, places for celebration’.
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