Author: betweenarchitectureandurbanism
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SRILANKA
The trip to Srilanka came up with low expectation but ended with deep impression about the terrain/ people. Srilanka has abundand naturaly gifted situations. The east and west with coastal region while central has mix of plane and mountains. The Batticulao city was real surprise as it has been hidden all these years behing the…
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IUDI: THESIS SEMINAR:2010:
The IUDI seminar on thesis at Ahemdabad brings about several issues related to the discipline of Urban Design that are central to debate all the time. The very nature of design domain activity is appeared to be relegated to secondary in most of the cases. The first session on place making/imageability had two cases hinging…
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9ON260610
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The day that perhaps embedded for years to come, as recent as just now & perhaps as not real as it can. But its reality & it may take as many years to accept & get embedded deep within psych. Still fresh memory of coming back from institute, desperately stopped by every signal on…
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AKHIL DADKAR
Perhaps the most unknown figure among architecture fraternity that I have witness is Akhil Dadkar. Akhil Dadkar was a product of Bandra School of Architecture & completed planning from CEPT. in late seventies. I had my first encounter with him, way back in 1986 in Group Seven Office. The few project model on display showed…
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KRVIA THESIS JURY 2010
The jury performances are always remain inadequate, when one look at only final product. However this year jury managed to raise that queries to level of acceptability. The overall work has been satisfactory however quality of design queries vs quality of architecture has alway been uncomfortable. THE INCIDENTAL URBANISM DIAGRAMATIC URBANISM RECIPORCAL URBANISM HYBIRD URBANISM…
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MASTER’ JURY
The jury went with few notes as i began to question many things that may bring the discourse of abstraction in center. The ideal of representation & concreteness are duality within which entire idea of manifestation oscillates. The notion of academics is real vs real than perhaps we are limited by choices but if real…
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MEMORY
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UNDISCIPLINED ETYMOLOGY
The undisciplined city conference on 30/11/09 had some interesting views & interpretation of our city that are going through rigorous transformation. The list of deformities that surfaces through rationlization of our cities are beyond the scope of even multi-disciplinary approaches we talk about. The undisciplined etymology is the store of such deformities. Legal deficit Delienation…
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EASTERN CARICATURE
The metaphor that attached with east is rising & perhaps manifested somewhere in our rituals & our cultural manifestation. The east is histoically a historical, that cannot be slightest exaggeration in that since we are facinated by narrative more than monuments. We have limited discussion on the very idea of east, especially from western biases.…
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SAURASHTRA
The cyclical route to Saurashtra seems analogus to cyclical notion of time that exist in our memory. The travelling distance of 2000 km appeared like one cinema with several character, each is individual yet bounded by larger theme. The Saurashtra has architecture, which are distorted & defaced along the time, yet pride to exist with…
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SHIMLA
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LINGUISTIC LAMENTATION
The linguistic territorial behavior is at display right across the state in search for identifiable camp. The politics of linguistic aggression is criticized all across in the name of secular & nationalism. The media, other political camp in disguise of secular clone has joined the mass combat on such endeavour. The several well to do…
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CHANOD
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FORMLESS URBANISM
There are several ghat cities in India associated to myth, religion & rites. The city close to Bharuch know as Chanod is perhaps less unknown among Indians compare to Banaras, Nashik & Dwarka although it has similar significance related to last rites. The only difference is that Chanod is known for performing last rites for…
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MEMORY
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CITY OF 69
The city of oxford had not changed as mush as people. The city was predictably different: it was bigger: the cars: and shops were numerous and more garish: and the streets were more crowded. But the predominant characteristics of the place was still the cream- coloured stone of the college buildings: with occasional glimpse through…
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THE LOST CITY
The city constantly neogtiating with what is central and what is marginal. The ghats are victims of constant negotiation. Once being a central are now backyard of the city. How cruel… the significance of death once was celebrated in central space is now marginal or backyard activity. The city grow on belief & decays on…
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DENUDE DUALITY
The often visit to Karjat has been ritual for past two years without much attentive to emerging built reality. The saturday visit had revealed some striking and perpetual reality of similar town across the nation. The most surprising thing was that, we are able to ignore such emergence built form without much resistance. Perhaps this…
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MASTERS THESIS: 2009
I was once told by my professor when discussing about research at post graduate level… its about what not to do than what to do.. he cited an example that imagine that Mies had to design building with climatic concern… wouldn’t that be disaster,” he could design most adorable & fragile architecture because he could…
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MEMORY
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TRANSFER OF DE-GRADABLE RIGHTS
The time is about to come for new convenient associations, for old betraying habit, for new convenient relation, for ideological disguise. Nowhere in the world one may find parallel example of political alignment of convenience than in India, perhaps that’s the ideological stem of democratic root. It’s fascinating to see donkey’s trading for power, where…
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COMMON MINIMUM PRGRAM=3+1+1
Five years back when UPA framed the CPM with CPM, its derived from two contradictory forces. One was to restrained while other was to expand globally. The one was right while other was non-conformist. It builds excuses for not taking any action on crucial issues & finding excuses for new program. Well, the meeting on…
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ELECTION FOR SECULAR FANATICISM
The years after Indian independence has yielded the power to Nehru was unparallel. The task of creating some sense of pan Indian or nationalism was huge. However amidst of that we followed secular path within the wisdom of non-align status. The constitutionally evolved freedom coupled with secular & democratic virtues trying to dwell on non-align…
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PROFESSOR JOSHI.
Year 1980, few young students of 12th standard attending Prof. Joshi lecture on Organic Chemistry, floored by his immense knowledge on subject. He could cite page numbers for related topics from various books. He was perhaps best faculty by then, naturally, each student would follow his method to prepare for exams. The time has gone…
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MELANCHOLIC FRIDAY
The failures are vanquished, perhaps redundant of so called civilized society. The misery of such despondent thoughts are very much Indian & perhaps victors are like epic heroism. The paranoia over failure is assumed to be horror, which one may not able to rationalize even if one indulge in practiced anti-system. To work against the…
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3×3 IMPASSE
Five year old boy was much influenced by his father imagination of locomotive & fast moving machines. Boy would take up as keen interest on understanding of moving machines, from cars to aero planes. He began to understand technical aspects slowly, & would identify by sheer sound of machine. He took up drawing of machine…
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SURAT
SURAT ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE RIVERSIDE ARCHITECTURE INNER CITYRIVER SIDE SATURDAY FLEE MARKET
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DUMB SLOGGED FOR YEARS I saw two movies back to back, Slum dog Millionaire & Escape to Victory without any intention of comparing two (both movies are separated by span of 28 years). First movie I saw was by shear inquisitiveness while later by passion. However, comparison was unavoidable, since both movies hinges on idea…
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PHILOSOPHY OF MISERY Josheph Proudhon, a french moralist & social reformer, voiced in his book ” Philosophy of Misery” the typical middle class objection to the concetration of economic power and consequent difficulties. He advocated the abolition of private property law for communal or mutual benifit association. The publication had background in the year (1865)…
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The poona visit had strange encounter with lakhs of people flooding Pune-Banglore Highway. Five Kilometer stretch was standstill for almost half a day. The gathering was in honour of citation offered to the disciple of swami samarth follower by sharad pawar. The temperature was around 37 Degree, yet it did not mar the spirit &…
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OTHER BAMBOOZLE (FORWARD) CLASS: In 1979, a young 10th standard graduate aspired to do engineering, and left for Gujarat for desired study. He is innocent about his background, not did he understood the meaning of complex web of class stratification. He took pride in the explicit meaning of hammer associated to his background of caste…
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BLACK CROWS & DETERMINISTIC THICK LINE The effort of art is to mould the social, political advances or their institutions etc. into critical manifestation. It is an inquiry into socio-cultural process which every individual are engaged to. The reciprocal process of interaction between existential order & manifestation is a dialogue between abstract & isolated individuals.…
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HISTORIOGRAPHY & HEGELIAN DIALECTIC
HISTORIOGRAPHY & HEGELIAN DIALECTIC Taking cues of Idealistic period of history & philosophy (Rousseau) as will rather than pure cartesian fixation like newton’s law, Hegel moved further by inducting idealism through powefull weapon of dialectic. However there concern about moral & natural order which might have been overlooked by idealist. He further enlarged the concept…
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INFRASTRUCTURE INFATUATION
The recent statistic shows that BMC spends only 30% of the cost on infrastructure development in Bombay. However the quantum of work carried out do not justify that or the statistics are underplayed. The whole argument is not about the expenditure but rather about the planing issues related to the infrastructure for the city. The…
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CHANDNI CHOWK
The bizarre advent of new wave of metabolism group in sixties, proclaiming the need to change the approach to way we design our cities. The city is like a giant block constantly negotiating to forces that being exerted on it, changing it tactics, adopting new realities, & transforming the living conditions. Perhaps the movement was…
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BREAK HO MAMA
The rise of an under privilege almost after more than 200 years of independence history is mockery of most forward, democratic & supposed to be civilized nation. I am really amazed & shocked by the frenzied Indians all around, as if their daughters married to the hero of MB straight out of new princely state.…
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WET DREAM
The imagination of 14th January is a psychological clock, prevailed for almost as old as I am, except three years of stay in USA. The new calendar has been demarcated with the day it falls; the closer it is to weekend the brighter the New Year would be. The normal kite flying would start at…
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IUDI, COLLOQIUM: 2009
The formation of IUDI is much awaiting formations, awaited for many years. Although it its formation has to wait for even IID organization, that was really surprising. The formation of IID has given rise to many events if not for cause definitely for strengthening bourgeois & gentrified culture practice. The one day conference was well…
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OSCAR OSPREY
There seems to be sudden urge for another award for acclamation within Hindi cinema. The regional acclamations are denounced for global presence. It seems to be the flavour of contemporary practice in art, architecture & any other form of art. The remote connection I can establish of Hindi cinema within the realm art is only…
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KRVIA ANNUAL-2008
The annual event on house & housing was partly successful, since it gave chance to each faculty to speak on related issues. However the failure was perhaps on part of defining the limitation or scope of the topic, since KRVIA being design school. The majority of presentation were hinging on idea at policy level which…
