The Mutation – Urban Design Workshop was held from 23rd to 29th March, 2025 at Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel. It was a week-long workshop designed for M.Arch. (Urban Design) students. The event began with a detailed session by the guest expert, followed by a week of independent student project development, culminating in final...Read More

Introduction: Innovation is necessary in everyone’s life. At every level in every kind of organization, design thinking provides the tools you need to become an innovative thinker and uncover creative opportunities that are there. Design thinking brings together what is desirable from a human point of view with what is technologically feasible and economically viable....Read More

The site visits was conducted to have a practical and hands on experience of building construction methods and understanding of site dynamics. Objectives were to observe on-going basement construction work on site, different components associated with precast concrete construction and to understand the methods and techniques for precast construction, method of manufacturing precast girders, precast...Read More

The event was conducted on the 10th March 2025, Monday, in 2nd floor studio at 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The drive was initiated by Nature’s Club and Anubhuti at M.E.S. Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel. It involved placing labeled collection bins in classrooms, encouraging student participation, sorting and storing collected plastic wrappers and...Read More

The farewell ceremony for the academic year 2024–25 was conducted with great enthusiasm and heartfelt emotions. The event was meticulously planned and successfully executed, bringing together students, faculty, and staff to bid a fond farewell to the outgoing batch. The event took place as scheduled and was held in a well-decorated and lively setting, which...Read More

The CIRCULARIS 2025 Design Competition, hosted for third-year architecture students, took place at Pillai College of Architecture on 4th March 2025. The competition aimed to challenge students to create an Eco-Learning Pod for College Students, focusing on sustainability, circular economy principles, and modular design. This competition provided students an opportunity to showcase their design talents...Read More

Resource Faculty Dr. Smita Dalvi is Professor at Pillai College of Architecture. She is engaged in Urban Research and has been teaching Humanities courses in PiCA and guest lecturing in several institutes in Mumbai and other parts of the world. Guest Faculty: Guest Faculty is drawn from the NGO ‘Walking Project’ About Walking Project Walking...Read More

Hemoglobin testing and CPR training camp, held on 27th January, 2025, at the Stilt Area of Pillai campus and organized by Pillai College of Architecture (PiCA), was under Women Development Cell and Anubhuti, in collaboration with Bharat Vikas Parishad to promote health awareness and life-saving skills among students and staff. The camp was open for...Read More

The second session of the PiCA Thesis Forum 2025 featured four graduating students from the 2019–2024 batch. They presented their final-year design dissertations and shared how they developed their topics and ideas. The session helped current students learn more about the design process and the thinking behind different types of architectural projects. Sudeshna Chatterjee –...Read More

Objective of the Event: NIRMAL 2024 was organized with the aim of engaging architecture students in real-world problem-solving through design. It focused on innovative, sustainable, and context-sensitive design solutions, promoting awareness of environmental responsibility and community-centric architecture. The competition invited participants from various architecture colleges to present their ideas and compete in a juried format....Read More