Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Post Graduate Students’ Interaction for Design and Planning

Dr B N College of Architecture (BNCA) and Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Architecture (BVCOA) both conduct post graduate courses in Architecture. Although affiliated to two separate Universities, both the courses offer specialization in Environmental and Sustainable Architecture in Pune. Currently a total of 17 students are working towards understanding and designing projects that showcase environmental sensitivity and conducting research that will enhance the environmental benefits of architectural development.

With the initiation of Prof Poorva Keskar, BNCA, a dialogue was started between the students and faculty of these two courses. A First such interaction was hosted at BVCOA on Friday, March 9, 2007. At this interaction, a merit design of Ar. Prasad Patil, a student of BVCOA was presented to the audience. The focus of this design was on resolving the acoustic and aqueous conditions prevailing on the design site. The proposed design was located in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The second part of the interaction saw presentation by students of BNCA titled ‘Perspective, Proposals and Thoughts on Paud Phata – Balbharati Link Road Project in Pune’. This was an Environmental Planning exercise that the students had conducted in their academic semester. This presentation looked at understanding the viewpoints, benefits and costs of building the proposed and much controversial road project in Pune.

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