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1 URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE MAX MUELLER BHAVAN 4TH FEB MONDAY Squeeze Lime in Your Eye 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Crafting the Nation 6:45 pm - 7:30 pm SAHAJ Vernacular Furniture of Gujarat Inversion the Architecture- Engineer schism 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm 8:45 pm - EXPRESSIONS The film Squeeze Lime in Your Eye by Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar (Mumbai), on the artist Kausik Mukhopadhyay (Mumbai), explores the world of art and design of fantastical and whimsical objects through locations of home, city, and the University, as Mukhopadhyay also teaches architecture students. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and the artist-protagonist of the film. Researcher and historian Abigail McGowan (University of Vermont) discusses the relationship between crafts and nationality, and the shaping of past and future politics in India. Two of the four co-authors, Jay Thakkar (Ahmedabad) and Samrudha Dixit present the research accompanying the first-ever survey of vernacular furniture design from a region, from the 1900s to the present. Writer and critic Suprio Bhattacharjee (Mumbai) discusses with architect Madhusudhan Shridhar (Funktion Design, Bengaluru) and engineer Manjunath BL (Bengaluru) the design of a house they conceived, putting forth a convincing argument of the spatial wonders achievable when two practitioners from different disciplines choose to turn the tables on a historically fraught relationship.

2 5TH FEB TUESDAY Civic Space - Architecture amongst People URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE EXPRESSIONS U 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sacred outside Tradition? 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm The Sacred Everyday 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm While most quality projects in architecture and urban design have moved into the private sector, there is a general deterioration of civic spaces in terms of the quality and ambition of architecture. Writer and editor Ruturaj Parikh (Goa) will discuss with Rohan Chavan (RC Architects, Mumbai) and Anand Sonecha (sealab, Ahmedabad) their works, the significance of good design in the civic realm and its impact on people accessing these spaces. Researcher and critic A. Srivathsan (Chennai/ Ahmedabad) explores the dilemmas involved in designing the contemporary Hindu temple, through his in-depth discursive investigation of some recent cases. Cultural theorist and curator Ranjit Hoskote (Mumbai) will present and discuss his recently curated exhibition which explores the interrelationship between the sacred - the domain of the divine, iconic, cosmic and sublime, and the everyday - the realm of the human, intimate, individual and domestic. Fernweh when not at home 8:45 pm - Two practices, one led by Madhusudhan Chalasani (Studio MADe, Hyderabad) and another by the duo of Neha Rane and Avneesh Tiwari (atarchitecture, Mumbai), have recently emerged victorious in significant international competitions proving that success can be achieved away from the spotlight. In the context where contemporary Indian architecture is crippled by a startling lack of open and anonymous competitions (even for publicly-funded projects), writer and critic Suprio Bhattacharjee (Mumbai) talks to them.

3 URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE 6TH FEB WEDNESDAY Flying High, Hunting the Streets 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Building on Continuities 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Writing the City City Biographies 7:45 pm - 8:45 pm Shaping a Design Narrative a view from Kolkata 9:00 pm - EXPRESSIONS Architect and researcher Robert Stephens will share and present from his vast collection of aerial photographs of many cities in India, alongside his activities as an urban researcher excavating archives and bookstalls on streets to document an urban history for India. Architects Brinda Somaya and Nandini Sampat (SNK Consultants, Mumbai) will discuss how a long and dedicated career in architecture, conservation, and urban engagement comes to a discursive compilation in their recent book, Works and Continuities, and how this engagement is also expressed through artistic projects and collaborations. The presentations will be followed by a discussion with architect Shimul Javeri Kadri (Mumbai). Writer and editor Arpita Das Rebeiro discusses with three accomplished journalists and writers Indrajit Hazra (New Delhi), Amrita Shah (Bengaluru/Ahmedabad), and Naresh Fernandes (Mumbai) how they bring a city to life in their writings, and how does one write about a city as a lead protagonist in a story. Architect Abin Chaudhuri (Abin Design Studio, Kolkata) will present from his practice, now structured into a narrative in his recent book, Hand and Mind. The title evokes the thought behind the designs from the studio, along with regional and political narratives layered within the designs of buildings, public installations, and urban interventions that belong to a region in transition and a country of varied complexities.

4 7TH FEB THURSDAY The Architecture of Architecture Schools URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE EXPRESSIONS U 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Architects and writers Ekta Idnany and Sahil Latheef (Mumbai/Dubai) discuss the design of architecture schools and their programmes through three contemporary schools, practices and educators: SPA Vijaywada Shantanu Poredi and Manisha Agarwal (Studio MO-OF, Mumbai); Wadiyar Center for Architecture Prashant Pole (Genesis Architects, Mysore); and Avani Institute of Design Roshan George (Stapati Calicut, Calicut). Writing the City Urban Moments 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Practising at the Grassroots level 8:30 pm - Focusing on one aspect of a city s character, a sociologist, a graphic artist, and an urbanist turn the spotlight on urban moments which resonate with everyone who has ever lived in a city. Writer and editor Arpita Das Rebeiro discusses these urban moments with Madhura Lohokare (New Delhi/Pune), Sarnath Banerjee (New Delhi/Berlin), and Kaiwan Mehta (Mumbai). Discussing projects from studios that look at practices involved in various forms of civic engagement through alternate models of patronage, architects and writers Ekta Idnany and Sahil Latheef (Mumbai/Dubai) hold a conversation with Architecture Brio Shefali Balwani and Robert Verrijit (Mumbai); Studio Pomegranate Shweta Chhatpar and Pranav Nayak (Mumbai); and Mad(e) in Mumbai Mayuri Sisodia and Kalpit Ashar (Mumbai).

5 URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE 8TH FEB FRIDAY Restoration of the Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Place to Live / State of Housing in India 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Photographing Architecture 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm EXPRESSIONS The conservation movement in the area of Kala Ghoda was key in shaping an awareness as well as citizenaction in the direction of conserving the city, but also restoring and arguing many other aspects of civic issues and life in the city. A short film on the recent restoration of the synagogue at Kala Ghoda will be followed by a presentation by architect Abha Narain Lambah, and conversation with patron and founding member of the Kala Ghoda Association, Sangita Jindal. A screening of the film State of Housing in India, on dwelling, homes, development, and lives of people in India today by Sanjiv Shah (Ahmedabad), followed by a discussion on the project and exhibition State of Housing in India - Aspirations, Imaginaries, and Realities in India between filmmaker and co-curators Rahul Mehrotra (Mumbai/Boston), Ranjit Hoskote (Mumbai) and Kaiwan Mehta (Mumbai/Ahmedabad). Documentation, investigation and commentary on architecture and the urban environment through the photographic lens is what architects and writers Ekta Idnany and Sahil Latheef (Mumbai/Dubai) will discuss with photographers Vibhor Yadav (New Delhi), Andre Fanthome (New Delhi), and Ritesh Uttamchandani (The Red Cat and Other Stories, Mumbai).

6 9TH FEB SATURDAY ARCHITECTURE OPEN with Three Flaneurs visiting contemporary architecture in Mumbai, with presentations from the design studios on-site. (Pre-registration required at 10TH FEB SUNDAY ARCHITECTURE OPEN with Three Flaneurs visiting contemporary architecture in Mumbai, with presentations from the design studios on-site. (Pre-registration required at URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE EXPRESSIONS U For more information 9:30 am Concrete Void Factory by Sameep Padora & Associates 12:30 pm Somaiya School by Nitin Killawala + Associates 3:30 pm Dr. Ernest Borges Memorial Home by Architects' Combine 9:30 am Bombay International School by Mobile Offices 3:00 pm Lodha Place Park by M/S Prabhakar B Bhagwat 5:00 pm Public Infrastructure by Studio Pomegranate Curator: Kaiwan Mehta Acknowledgements: Shaheen Mehta (administrative support) and Domus India (content and administrative support); Arpita Das Rebeiro, Ekta Idnany, Suprio Bhattacharjee, Sahil Latheef, and Ruturaj Parikh for collaborating on respective panel curations. Note: All programs are subject to change.

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