To celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, the student council of Pillai College of Architecture had organised a clay workshop where the participants were given the opportunity to make clay murtis of Ganpati. The event began at around 2:00 p.m. and was held in the ground floor studio. The entire workshop was conducted under the...Read More
Aim To understand the functioning and logistics of incubation and innovation center and able to create an environment for the same in their architecture design project. Objectives Observing the functioning of incubation and innovative center To understand the services involved. The students of semester V visited an incubation and innovation center where they practically understood...Read More
IQAC and the academic monitoring committee of PiCA together organised a faculty training workshop for guiding design dissertation students, on 1st July, 2022. Aim of the workshop was to orient all the new faculty towards the overall working of design dissertation subject at PiCA, and also to discuss the common challenges faced by the faculty...Read More
“Tekton-Talks” – is a bi-annual public lecture series as an extension activity of our Tekton Journal The second talk of 2021 was delivered by Martin Duplantier, Principal Architect at Martin Duplantier Architects – Paris, and also the President of France Architectural Association (AMO) in France. Martin Duplantierin his lecture titled, Exploring The French Realm: Through...Read More
“Popular Destinations for Studying Abroad” The aim was to create awareness among students about the process of application and issues while pursuing Masters’ degree overseas. Seminar content: Why Overseas Education Overview of Scholarships Study Abroad Information; Country Wise Destination Matrix; Course details and Fee structure Selection of Courses and University Application process Webinar Program: 11.00...Read More
“Preparing for placement” A discourse on how to select architecture firms for internship, applying to architecture firms, writing cover letters, preparing résumé and making portfolio to get the desired job. This yearthe job market seems to be opening up since the last whole year of Covid pandemic. Thus, 4th year students have a good chance...Read More
“Tekton-Talks”- is a bi-annual public lecture series as an extension activity of our Tekton Journal. Architect Biju Kuriakose, co-founder of architecture RED, an architecture and urban design firm based out of Chennai, India. They have won several national as well as international design awards. Biju Kuriakose in his lecture titled, Object and the City –...Read More
Course Description World of Architecture is evolving and it is necessary to stay updated. ‘Parametric Paradigm’ workshop helped the students manoeuvre complex architectural geometry and generative design techniques using – Rhinoceros 3D Modelling and Grasshopper Algorithms – the two things forming the basics of Avant-Garde style of architecture. Course Objectives Introduction to the concept of...Read More
Biography of the Resource Faculty Ar. Shreya is a principal architect at Paradigm Shift Design Lab which specializes in designs developed using computational tools & techniques inspired by ‘Avant Garde’ style of Architecture. Shreya has worked in private firms as a junior Architect and has proved her ability to lead the projects individually. She has...Read More
As a part of AD Studio 5 for Third academic year – Sem 6, we invited Parth Sarwate – Educational consultant working Municipal framework since 18 years, as our fourth guest under ArchiLogics Lecture series – an initiative by PiCA 2020-21. About Mr. Parth Sarwate: Parth Sarwate currently works with Sannam S4, an educational consulting...Read More
