| Subject | Architectural Design |
| Academic Year | 2022-23 |
| Term | II |
| Course Code | 401 |
| Credits | 8 |
| Semester | IV |
| No. of Periods per week | 2 |
| Total Marks | 200 |
| Internal | 100 |
| External | 100 |
| Faculty Team | Prof.Vrinda Padhye, Prof. Jayraj Ghatge, Prof. Rupali Vaidya, Prof. Tushara Kaliyath, Prof. Aditya Gujarkar, Prof. Moushumi Kulkarni, Prof. Suvarna Thakare, Prof. Gauri Damle |
No. of Students attended the Lecture: 60
No. of Faculties attended the Lecture: 6
The lecture was organized on 25th February, 2023 on Google Meet at 10.00 a.m. under the PICA Archilogics lecture Series 2022-23. The session was conducted under Semester IV Architectural Design studio and was attended by majorly semester IV students & faculty team as well as semester 6th & 10th students.
The lecture commenced after a brief introduction of the guest lecturer Ar. Ashams Ravi & his firm Travancore Architecture Constellation for Critical Regionalism and Analytic Design Lab.
Ar. Ashams Ravi spoke about how his firm strives to build low carbon buildings by adapting the design to local climate, site conditions, and locally-available materials which can lead to sustainable as well as cost effective construction.
He talked about why it is necessary in today’s scenario to consider the sustainable architecture as well as context specific design approach which specifically focuses on local & reused materials and site conditions. He mentioned how development & technology creating larger issues for upcoming generations or life & why it is required to conserve the resources & reuse the existing ones.
Then he talked about the ways in which materials or energy can be conserved considering human comfort. He mentioned use of different materials such as permeable paving, Mud walls, lime mortar, low water usage toilets, flow restrictors for showers, landscaping with indigenous plants etc.
Then he envisioned students with one of his projects called “Canaan” which is his own house built on contoured site with almost 80 to 90% of reused materials such as reused stones for foundation, treated coconut column as trunk, reused gable, reused bricks using rat-trap bond, reused doors & windows, reused roofing tile, reused steel rods, beer bottles instead of stained glass etc. This project done by him was really inspiring considering aesthetics, site conditions, quality of spaces designed, natural light & ventilation & integration of outdoor & indoor spaces with the use of landscaping or vegetation.
This discussion was followed up by QA session in which students & faculty participated which made the session interactive.
Overall, the project surely provided a baseline for the students who are in the phase of the Design Development of their AD project.
