Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Design Thinking, Projects, Site Visit, Urban Design

IQ CITY PROJECT BY ABIN DESIGN STUDIO – REVIEW BY AYAN SEN

November 28, 2017 Nikita Bokde Leave a comment

Amidst the urban conglomeration of Durgapur sits the IQ City Township, replete with a dedicated institutional and medical precinct. A recent addition to this is a 45000 sqft Nursing College designed by Kolkata-based Abin Design Studio. Ayan Sen, Principal, Ayan Sen Architects, analyses the response and rhythm of this new insert into the existing planning scheme and writes this piece as an insight into the functional and spatial aspects of the design.

Masterplan with Location

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Books & Films, Conservation, Contemporary Practice, Design Thinking, Discourse

Book: CONSERVING ARCHITECTURE BY KULBHUSHAN JAIN [Ed]

September 25, 2017 Nikita Bokde Leave a comment

With a collection of essays on preserving our architectural heritage, Kulbhushan Jain attempts to spark the ever-passive conversation on conservation practices in India: the good, the bad and the ignored parts of it; in his recent work titled- ‘Conserving Architecture’. The compendium discusses the multifarious approaches that are needed to address the grey area between heritage and modernity, the need to find a common ground between the two. Continue reading Book: CONSERVING ARCHITECTURE BY KULBHUSHAN JAIN [Ed] →

Architectural Education, Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Design Thinking, Discourse, Essays, Lectures

Humanising Architecture by Sandeep Virmani

September 13, 2017 matter 7 Comments

In this transcript of a lecture presented by Sandeep Virmani of Bhuj-based Hunnarshala Foundation at the Z-Axis Conference 2016, he talks about the inclusive process of design and planning at Hunnarshala which hinges on the idea of human resource as the fountainhead of all building activity.

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Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Design Thinking, Projects, Site Visit, Studio

B.S. Abdur Rahman University by architectureRED

July 28, 2017 matter Leave a comment

With our cities growing at an incomprehensible pace, reformative delineations negotiating our built fabric often manifest into dense, ad-hoc environments with rocketing skylines and misplaced
socio-cultural semiotics. Responding to a consequential influx, the revival of B.S. Abdur Rahman University by architectureRED presents a case of place-making that attempts to restore an institutional culture by thriving on the nitty-gritty of a radically transformed, peripheral Chennai. Continue reading B.S. Abdur Rahman University by architectureRED →

Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Design Thinking, Dialogues, Interviews, Praxis

Architects on Architecture : mayaPRAXIS: Dimple Mittal and Vijay Narnapatti

July 10, 2017 matter Leave a comment

In this edition of ‘Architects on Architecture’ series, we speak with Dimple Mittal and Vijay Narnapatti of mayaPRAXIS about their influences, practice, design thinking, and engagement with the discourse of architecture in India today.