PiCA Thesis Forum is a lecture series where recent graduates present the process and outcome of their final-year Design Dissertations. It offers a platform for Design Dissertation discussions and the exchange of ideas. This year’s thesis forum featured two distinguished presenters, Dhruv Ravi Gowda and Faiz Kasu, who shared invaluable insights from their unique and...Read More
On 8th July 2024, a guest lecture titled “Design the Future: Commercial Aspects of CBD in Architecture” was conducted by Kedarnath Rao Ghorpade for the students of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) & Bachelors of Architecture (B.Arch.) program. This engaging session aimed to enhance students’ comprehension of the myriad factors influencing the design of Commercial...Read More
Guest lecture was conducted on 2nd July 2024 in Conclave II in Pillai New Panvel Campus. Students of 5th Year and Masters attended guest lecture conducted by Ar. Anil Darshetkar. He shared his experiences of MMRDA with students which helped students for understanding CBD in practical manner. This special lecture on BKC was conducted to...Read More
PiCA Thesis Forum is a lecture series where recent graduates present the process and outcome of their final-year Design Dissertations. It offers a platform for Design Dissertation discussions and the exchange of ideas. This year, the guest speaker for the session was architect Suditi Chaudhary, a graduate of LTIADS, Navi Mumbai. She presented her thesis...Read More
AKSHARA CENTRE Engendering Cities – Driving Gender Inclusion for Better Cities Workshop Introduction: With growing urbanisation, cities create a dichotomous and complex condition for its citizens. On one hand, it offers employment opportunities for all including women and on the other hand there are infrastructure provision deficits and challenges, especially in transportation, housing and amenities....Read More
Objective: The talk was to educate students about concepts related to museum as a space, understanding the goals of museum as an organisation and development of its Spaces on the basis of the collection, the visitor and utilisation of already existing heritage spaces. The talk was followed by a discussion on the topic and the...Read More
On the occasion of National Youth day, Anubhuti, the social service wing of Pillai College of Architecture organaized a guest lecture based on De addiction for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students of B.Arch. The guest lecturer, Dr. Kanchan Chalmela was invited to enlighten the students about the same. The event aimed to pay...Read More
Aim: The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the structural integrity, stability, and performance of the given structure under various loading conditions. Objectives: The primary objective of this structural analysis is to assess the structural behavior of the given structure under different loading conditions, including dead loads, live loads, wind loads, and seismic loads....Read More
The objectives of this lecture are to help Students to understand the: a. Importance of acoustics in Architecture. b. Sound, velocity, frequency, intensity. c. Reflection, reverberation, absorption, transmission of sound. Introduction about Sound and Noise: Fundamental Properties and characteristics of sound. (Frequency, wavelength, velocity, pressure, pressure level, intensity, pitch, tone, loudness, timbre etc.) made to...Read More
The Guest lecture for ‘Building Façade Systems’ was conducted on 30th August 2023, 1 p.m. onwards in Conclave-2 on 6th floor. The session continued for almost one and half hour engaging 50 students & 6 faculties. Semester V students have ‘Building Skins’ as part of their Architectural Building Construction Studio. Generally, architecture students study the...Read More
