Saturday, January 31, 2015

CLUSTER MEETING AT SWITZERLAND (BASEL + LAUSANNE)

THE LABORATORY APPROACH TO BUILT ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION.
(ABSTRACT FROM SYMPOSIUM MEETING HELD AT TU-BERLIN)

The project URBAN LAB+ is an initiation to set the interactive platform for various educational institutes who are involved in higher education in urban studies. The URBAN LAB+ is involved eight partners with TU BERLIN (Technische Universitat, Berlin, Germany) as host and coordinator for the entire project.

The Larger interest of URBAN LAB+ is to promote higher education, improve services of international students & strengthening relation among the institutes across the world. The partners of the URBAN LAB+ are as follows:

-       Technische Universitat, Berlin, Germany (TU)
-       University College, London, UK
-       Ecole Ploytechnique Federale De Lausanne, Switzerland.
-       Universita Della Calabria, Italy
-       Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile.
-       University of The Witwatersrand, South Arfrica
-       Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture & Env. Studies, Mumbai, India
-       The Chinese University of Honkong.
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URBAN INCLUSION

It began with emphasize on process of urban dynamics of our cities that needs clear planning strategies for future projection that may have impact of our daily life. It needs to be articulated through dialogue that needs to be synchronized within academics setups,  especially among universities across the section for global learning. The URBAN LAB+ invited the international partners and elaborated the subject of international urban issues which requires collaborative research,  Intellectual and disciplinary resources & how URBAN LAB+ can facilitate the entire process with in collaboration with EU.
















































Monday, December 29, 2014

ARCHITECTURE OF BRANDS















When question is raised on ideological rooting within the moral stamp & canonical paramount of architecture, the resultant cultural manifestation, very often remains aloof and outside the discourse on architectural criticism and its responsibilities. It can take various forms and finds its treacherous escape from its representational responsibilities. The most didactic forms of cultural manifestation becomes most material & subservient expression of product. Architecture oscillates between two extremes condition of shaped and being shaped. The recent visit to Vitra Campus (Germany) & Novartis Campus (Switzerland) revealed collection, consumption of most branded & signature architecture. The ideological grounding of place for production of knowledge, innovation and interaction seems way beyond the didactic meaning. 

The presentation and guided tour outrageously proclaimed the need for brand architecture and design as a symbol and expression of moving with time & innovation. In the process its assuming to be philanthropic mentoring of diverse and international bandwidth of knowledge & culture, which perhaps may go beyond the secular & critical range of architectural appreciation.



Credit: www.arcspace.com

















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Credit: Manoj Parmar Architects




























Ethical and Moral Construct of Modern