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ARCHITECTURAL THESIS: Practice of Academics or Academics of Practice
Studio @ KRVIA Last several decades one could see the altered responsibilities of architecture towards itself, cities, environment and other interdisciplinary dimensions. This has perhaps…
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THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
The recent annual lecture series at KRVIA titled as “Discourse on Technology” concluded with the talk by keynote speaker Prof. Dhruv Raina. The keynote address…
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KRVIA MASTERS: LOCAL AREA PLAN: 2018
SEMESTER III STUDIO (URBAN DESIGN + URBAN CONSERVATION) The new paradigm called for planning practice to be “bottom up” and “people centred”, and not relies…
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KRVIA BRIDGE STUDIO IX: HALL OF NATION | NEW DELHI
QUESTION OF BRIDGE STUDIOThe bridge studio is a space where the intellectual formalisation of practice begins to configure with the academic space or academic space…
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Positioning Architectural Theory
The article attempts to articulate the theoretical discourse in Architecture with epistemological understanding.
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NON STRAIGHT FORWARD ARCHITECTURE: ROBERT VENTURI
CARTESIAN RIGOR VS COMPROMISED FRAGMENTATION ” This is no an easy book. It requires professional commitment and close visual attention, and is not for those architects…
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FALSE CREEK HOUSING: VANCOUVER
The history of False creek is slightly deceptive, as Britisher arrived with assumption that its going up to south via creek but ended in a…
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URBANISM ECOLOGY AND PLACE: Reading "City Riffs"
The recent publication of book titled ” City Riffs” by Richard Plunz ( Columbia University, GSAPP) is based on urbanism discourse (dialogue) in relation to place…
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ARCHITECTURE OF THE ENMESHED CULTURE
The recent trends of architecture demonstrates the pugnacious departure from disciplined modernism. The traditional notion of creativity is slowly replaced by innovation in technological inputs and…
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ARTHUR ERICKSON: A CANADIAN MODERNIST
Arthur Erickson was first generation of Canadian Modernist Architect. His role in shaping modern ethos in architecture and planning domain is noteworthy. His practice involved…
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KRVIA MASTERS THESIS: 2018
How cities treat its natural reserves & ecology, how its cultural phenomena re-invents or reproduces its own city or how cities social conditions is a…
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CITY RENEWAL & URBAN RESTRUCTURING
The post-1990s experience in Mumbai represents urban renewal processes as in other cities of Asia. As a city that is topographically challenged with land constraints…
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UDVADA: COMMUNITY | WORSHIP
Lots have been written on Udvada town, its importance as Parsi community town, its history and most importantly the worship place. However the recent attempt…
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ZAHA HADID: INNOVATION TOWER, HONG KONG
The recently opened Innovation tower building in Hon kong Polytechnic University is fine example of contemporary building practice by Zaha Hadid. The building has spectacular…
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TRENDS AND ISSUES IN HOUSING IN ASIA: Book Review
The recently launched publication attempting to address housing situation in Asia, derives its momentum from current theoretical inquiries into Asian Urbanism at large. The earlier…
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KRVIA Masters Studio: Local Area Planning: 2017
In continuation of last year post on local area plan in Mumbai at various location, ranging from historic core, transportation corridor, indigenous villages and peripheries,…
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REPRESENTING IRREGULAR URBANISM: SYMPOSIUM
Roundtable at the ICA London Saturday, March 25, 11am – 5pm, ICA London, Studio (Credit: Kingston University, Prof: Christoph Leuder.) RESCALE (RESearch into Cities, Architecture,…
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Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Museum in PARIS
The Museum building designed and constructed in 2006 by known architect Jean Nouvel. The museum building located just behind the Eiffel tower and along the…
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CHURCHES: BRUSSELS & COLOGNE
The Brussels Church (S.Gudule) and Cologne Church are two finest example of Gothic Architecture, but moving in line with ecclesiastical architecture of early 1200 to 1475 AD.…
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DECODING EVERYDAY
The KRVIA masters thesis presented by Shalaka on “Representing Third place ” brings about the argument of representation of every day. The thesis argued that…
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KRVIA MASTERS STUDIO: HOUSING AND WATER SYSTEM IN KOLKATA
The KRVIA Master’s studio continued its academic exploration into various kind of housing systems and its typological formation in different geographical landscape. The Daman explored the housing…
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TATE MODERN EXTENSION: LONDON
The bankside turbin power station was converted into a national art gallery and public place in 1995, which has set an example of readaptive use…
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ROCA MUSEUM-LONDON: ZAHA HADID
The world of art has seen significant development in art domain during early 1900. The initial period led by Henry Matisse, attempted to abandon any…
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THE MOVING ICONOGRAPHY: PANDHARPUR
Architecture and Urbanism of pilgrimage cities are complex and constantly transforming by forces that shaped religious beliefs and customs. They are complex due to its…
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RESTORATION OF SARDAR PATEL HOUSE: BARDOLI
The field of conservation is often elite and niche practice, it often trapped into the conversation of what is contextual history and what is fabricated context. This…
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KRVIA MASTERS STUDIO – LOCAL AREA PLAN
The planning domain traditionally governed by monolithic & top-down understanding of master plan approach. The centralized approach has been widely criticized for not being able to be inclusive…
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KRVIA – SPA 2016
The exchange workshop (Masters Semester I) moved from its earlier mono-directional transformation through new transportation corridor to multi-directional transformation through new ring road metro. The…
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CHURCH: LUND, SWEDEN.
The church in lund represent the fine Romanesque Architecture built out of sandstone, built in 1000 AD. The similar time frame the various monuments built…
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HOUSE AND HOUSING: SWEDEN & NETHERLAND
This is in addition to earlier post ” HOUSING EXPERIMENTS”, it is interesting to observe the new experiments and issues in housing in different region of similar context.…
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RE-CONSERVATION: KREMS, AUSTRIA
The town of Krems along the Danube Valley is an important historical town, which has witnessed the consistence architectural sustenance across the centuries. The old…
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VIENNA: HOUSING EXPERIMENTS
Due to increasing complexity of metros and large urban areas, the planning mechanism has perhaps not able to resolve through mechanism of entrepreneurial market or…
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KRVIA MASTERS CONFERENCE: COMMUNITY HERITAGE
KRVIA Urban Conservation Department initiated the workshop and conference (Collaboration with University of Coimbra, Portugal) on Community Heritage on the fringes of an Indian Metropolis.…
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PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE & CONTAMINATION
The knowledge paradigm in Architecture is asymptotic representation of imagined communication. The relationship of codes and referents to their architectonics facilitate the possibilities of the…
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VENGURLA: ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNITY
The town of Vengurla is located in Konkan stretch of Maharashtra and entry point of North Goa from Konkan belt. The town is sprawling form…
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KRVIA MASTERS: SEM I- STUDIO: 2015
The cities are accumulation of unexpected events and details, the diverse and unseen imagery, and the complex listing of objects, people, resulting into fascinating tactile…
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CHAMPANER: THE ABANDONED CAPITAL
The city of Champaner, historically was seized by several ruler due to its scenic backdrop and architectural importance. The history of establishment of regime dates…
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KRVIA MASTERS: OCTOBER 2015
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THE OTHER CITY
This thesis brings my earlier reading on “FORMLESS URBANISM” city of Chanod. The formlessness condition that exist in the city are valuable tradition of soft…
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UNKNOWN MONUMENTS: GWALIOR
The tomb of master Muhammad Ghaus lies near the central market and visibly close to the Gwalior fort. The magnificent architecture is not easily accessible or…
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SPA-KRVIA 2015
The SPA-KRVIA 2015 joint workshop, like last previous years, it continued to explore the newly built metro transit route of Badarpur to Kashmere Gate. The…
PUBLICATION
RECENT RESEARCH PAPER: “Architectural Thinking in a Time of Climate Emergency” https://publications.waset.org/10013583/architectural-thinking-in-a-time-of-climate-emergency
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