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Since economic liberalisation, design has become a key
element
for growth. As the markets are thrown open to globalisation,
unprecedented forces drive and redefine the architectural
landscape
and the practice of design. New economic avenues combine
with
the idea of modernity, giving rise to capital that needs and
feeds
architectural practices. The profession has seen an
aggressive
surge in demand and supply of architecture that develops from
a
thriving capitalist market which supports and experiments
with
fresh thoughts, attitudes and perspectives in design.
Architecture
can no longer be identified and defined by expressions of the
likes
of vernacular and modern. The ever-antagonistic attitudes of
the
conservative architect against the progressive architect
diminish
in a wave of optimism and pragmatism that defines
contemporary
architectural practice. With multiple ways and means,
multilateral
approaches and multidimensional practices, architects and
designers in India, and the world, venture into previously
unseen
realms dealing with unprecedented unknowns and armed with
intense understanding of the new age. The 361 Conference
2012
will attempt to understand and debate on of the chaos and
will
try to make sense of the ambiguous whole. The forum will try
and
decipher the New Spirit in Architecture.
361 2012New Spirit in Architecture
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Link: www.hundredhands.com
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DOSHIFilm by Premjit Ramachandran. Produced by Hundred
Hands.
In a career spanning almost 60 years, Balkrishna Doshis work has
in many ways mirroredthe evolution of contemporary Indian
architecture. Doshis first job under the Frencharchitect Le
Corbusier, who designed Chandigarh, had a profound impact on him
but he
has often sought to interpret Corbusiers modernism through local
conditions of site, climateand available technology.
Two monographs have been published on Doshis work and he is
regularly featured inarchitectural magazines. The scope of these
printed articles is limited in capturing thespatial and qualitative
aspects of his work and does not adequately present Doshis
uniquepersonality and his philosophy. Film is the perfect medium in
which to capture architecture -it covers the spatial narrative and
sequence, the quality of light and the impact of movement.It is
also the best way to engage a person like Doshi. Having a
conversation with him is toimmediately understand his appeal and
the reasons for his unique success.
Not only is his work as an architect seminal but his
contributions to academia through thesetting up of the school of
architecture in Ahmedabad and his own Vastu Shilpa Foundationare
unparalleled. These successes are primarily due to his ability to
communicate to andinspire the people around him, and his rigor as
an architect. Both these aspects can besatisfactorily captured only
on film. The film will not only introduce people to a truly
greatmodern architect, but also to an evolved, cultured human being
and help redirect ourattention to the truly important questions of
our time.
ABOUT PREMJIT RAMACHANDRAN, THE FILMMAKERBorn in 1975, Premjit
Ramachandran is a filmmaker/musician/graphic designer based
inBangalore. This is his first full length documentary feature.
Prior to this he has workedon several experimental projects. Of
particular interest is a short film called Look here,Kunigunda,
which was shot in the deserts of Dubai and was officially selected
at the RomeInternational Film Festival, 2006.
ABOUT BIJOY RAMACHANDRAN, THE ARCHITECTBorn in 1971, Bijoy
Ramachandran is an architect and urban designer based in
Bangalore.His firm, Hundredhands (hundredhands.com) is an
internationally recognized practice and
has been featured in Architectural Design (UK) magazines survey
of contemporary Indianarchitecture (Made in India, January 2008).
Bijoy has a Bachelors degree in Architecturefrom Bangalore
University (1994) and a Masters degree from the Massachusetts
Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, USA, in Architecture &
Urbanism (1998).
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This track will showcase practices that use data, digital media,
intelligent technology, interactive interfaces etc. to
devise new means of creating architecture and design. The idea
will be to discuss emergence of new realms of work withtechnology
as a common point of departure.
TRACK 1:Systems & Technology
Kapil Gupta, Principal, Serie Architects, Mumbai, India
Serie Architects is an international practice based in London,
Mumbai and Beijing.
Serie works in the diverse field of architecture, urbanism and
design, technology
and typological explorations being a point of departure. Amongst
their famous
works is Tote, Mumbai. Kapil Gupta is also Director at the Urban
Design Research
Institute in Mumbai, which is leading several research projects
on the city.
Kas Oosterhuis, Director, Hyperbody, Delft, Netherlands
Kas Oosterhuis is the director of the architectural practice
ONL
[Oosterhuis_Lnrd], as well as director of the ProtoSpace
Laboratory for
Collaborative Design and Engineering. Since 2000, Oosterhuis has
been
appointed Professor of Digital Design Methods at the Delft
University of
Technology and is currently le ading a staff of 20 resea rchers
at Hyperbody,
the knowledge centre for Non-Standard and Interactive
Architecture.
Manit Rastogi, Managing Partner, Morphogenesis, New Delhi,
IndiaMorphogenesis follows the process of development of form,
structure and
organisation in nature. Manit, the Managing Partner at
Morphogenesis
and Morphogenesis Education, was also the Director at Sushant
School of
Architecture and is currently the Principal Advisor to the
Sushant Group of
Institutes, Gurgaon.
Dr. Ken Yeang, Principal, T. R. Hamzah and Yeang, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
He is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer, best known for
advancing
green design and planning, differentiated from other green
architects
by his comprehensive ecological approach. Dr. Ken Yeangs
architecture
features eco-land bridges, vertical landscaping, ecocells,
energy
efficiency, light shelves, light pipes, stepped terraces,
vertical linked
enclosed atria, windscoops, bioswales, and deep green
architecture.
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Contemporary design profession influences and is influenced by
parallel creative practice and design thinking that cuts
through fine distinctions of the traditional school and
amalgamates creative thinking through multiple points of view.
Thistrack will showcase such contemporary practices through their
work and try to understand the spirit behind such knit.
TRACK 2:Objects & Experiences
Gurjit Singh Matharoo, Principal, Matharoo Associates,
Ahmedabad, India
Reinvigorating the concrete language of Le Corbusier and Kahn,
Matharoo
Associates has a very holistic design approach coupled with
innovation and
acute attention to detail and function. The firms in-house team
executes projects
and designs in the field of Architecture, Structural Design,
Interiors and Product
Design; all under the same roof.
Andre Tammes, Principal, Lighting Design Partnership, UKIn 1984,
Tammes co-established the first professional design group in the
UK
that focused solely on lighting designLDPand currently leads the
firm
from a base in Sydney, Australia. His work continues to be
informed by 20
years in stage lighting design and theatre consultancy. Andre
has also been
influential in the development of lighting design as a distinct
profession.
Pradumnya Vyas, Director, NID, Ahmedabad, India
Prof. Vyas has been associated with NID as a Faculty Member in
the
Industrial Design discipline for the past 22 years. Since April
2009, he has
been appointed as Director of NID and has also been nominated as
MemberSecretary of the India Design Council by the Ministry of
Commerce &
Industry, Government of India.
Martha Schwartz, Principal, Martha Schwartz Partners,
Massachusetts, USA
Martha Schwartz has over 30 years of experience as a landscape
architect and
artist on a wide variety of projects located around the world
with a variety
of world-renowned architects. She is the recipient of numerous
awards and
prizes including the Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award
from the
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Ar ts, manufactures and
Commerce.
Benjamin Hubert, Principal, Benjamin Hubert Studio, London,
UK
The London-based studio, founded in 2007, specialises in
industrial
design across furniture and lighting sectors, working with
international
manufacturers across Europe and Asia. The studio works on a
diverse range
of projects including both mass/batch-produced consumer products
and
limited edition/one-offs.
Iwan Baan, Architectural Photographer, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Dutch photographer Iwan Baan is known primarily for images
that
narrate the life and interacti ons that occur within
architecture. His work
has been included in many exhibitions around the world. He has
also
published a book, BrasiliaChandigarh, that looks at life in two
cities
woven into modernity.
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Many contemporary practices develop an individual identity and
distinct modus operandi emerging from an at times
rebellious, at times divergent attitude towards the mainstream.
The agenda of the track is to understand the reason for
individuals and ideas to resist the forces of the global capital
and align to the alternative.
TRACK 3:Paracentric Practices
Bijoy Jain, Principal, Studio Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Studio Mumbais pursuit is to use the Indian landscape as a
resource; to create
spaces formed by local climatic conditions, materials and
technologies and an
ingenuity arising from limited resources. The practice has
developed a hybrid
approach with ideas of both contemporary culture and
ecology.
Anne Feenstra, Principal, arch i, Delhi and KabulAnne Feenstra
has three teams working for Kholm, Kabul, and Delhi addressing
fundamental thinking in architecture through investigative
programmes like
Delhi 2050 and projects in remote corners of Afghanistan. He has
also teamed
up with Architecture for Humanity and Dutch DFA for various
projects.
C. Anjalendran, Architect, Sri Lanka
Anjalendran has functioned as a key commentator and has
contributed
behind the scenes to all of the major publications on Sri Lankan
architecture
that have appeared over the past two decades.
Thisara Thanapathy, Principal, Thisara Thanapathy Architects,
Sri Lanka
Established in 1997, Thisara Thanapathy Architects belongs to
the
creative breed of contemporary Sri Lankan architectural
practices.
Since its inception, it has focused on the aesthetic experience
of
spatial from, delivering sensua l delight to its clients, while
addressing
their practical requirements
Alejandro Aravena, Principal, ELEMENTAL, Chile, South
America
Alejandro Aravena, architect Universidad Catlica de Chile,
established
Alejandro Aravena Architects in 1994. He was Visiting Professor
at Harvard
GSD (2000-05) and is currently the Elemental-Copec Professor at
UC. He is
member of the Pritzker Prize Jury and has been named
International Fellow
of the R oyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Rafiq Azam, Principal Architect, Shattoto, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mohammad Rafiq Azam is a Bangladeshi architect. He is principal
architect of
the architecture firm Shatotto, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He
is also a teacher,
a lecturer and a painter. Azam has accumulated a number of
achievements in
architecture and painting. He has given lectures worldwide and
his work is
published and exhibited on national and international
platforms.
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Many young designers and architects have started to look back
and rethink the idea of design innovation taking the tough
yet pragmatic route of working at the grassroots to develop
inherent potential at micro and macro levels. This track will
look into this important aspect of contemporary architecture and
design practices.
TRACK4:Innovating @ Grassroots
Prof. Anil Gupta, Coordinator, SRISHTI; Founder, Honey Bee
Network;
Executive Vice Chairman, National Innovation Foundation,
India
Through his efforts with the Honey Bee Network, Gupta has
uncovered
ground-breaking product designs - a myriad of inventions
developed out
of necessity. Since 1988, the networks database of original
inventions
has grown to over 12,000, and its newsletter is now published in
eight
languages and distributed to 75 countries.
Sandeep Virmani, MD, KHNA & Hunnarshala, Bhuj, India
Established since sixteen years in the Kutch region, Sandeep
Virmani took
profit from this remote and arid district s conditions to gain
global/ holistic
understanding on the fields of water harvesting, organic
agriculture,
renewable energy, nomadic living conditions, sociology and
rights
defence. He is also the managing director of Hunnarshala
foundation
(HSF) since its creation in 2003.
Luyanda Mpahlwa, Principal & Director, MMA Architects, Cape
TownBeyond architecture and design , Mpahlwa has, since 2005, been
a member
of the Local Organising Committees technical team of
professionals
appointed as consultants for the construction and refurbishment
of the
2010 Soccer World Cup stadia. His experience also includes
academic
involvement with Wits University, the University of Cape Town
and the
University of the Free State.
Peter Rich, Principal, Peter Rich Architects, South Africa
By studying indigenous tribes, especially the architecture of
the Ndebele,
Peters designs are rooted in Africa and show a profound
African
understanding. The architecture in the practice is extremely
diverse due
to each project being specially formulated for the specific site
in which
it is located.
Dharmesh Jadeja, Principal, Buildaur, Auroville, IndiaDharmesh
Jadeja, a calligraphist and architect who lives in Auroville,
is
the first artist of his ilk to be invited to be a part of the
residency at the
University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. His practice has
beeninvolved closely with exploring almost all forms of design,
ranging from
architecture, interior design and landscape to product design,
calligraphy,
graphics, and architectural ceramics and pottery. His designs
are rooted in
culture and nature.
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SCHEDULE DAY 117thMarch 2012, Saturday
08:30 Registration
09:00 Inaugural Address
09:30 Film Screening - Doshi
10:15 Discussion & Introspection
10:45 Refreshment Break
11:00 Track I Systems & Technology
11:15 Lecture 1 Manit Rastogi
11:45 Lecture 2 Dr. Ken Yeang
12:15 Lecture 3 Kas Oosterhuis & Ilona Lenard
12:45 Lecture 4 Kapil Gupta
13:15 Discussion & Open Mike13:45 LUNCH Book Signing at Art
& Design Book Store
14:30 Eternia Product Launch by Hindalco
15:30 Dutch DFA Profile Screening
15:45 Track II Objects & Experiences
16:00 Lecture 1 Iwan Baan
16:30 Lecture 2 Gurjit Singh Matharoo
17:00 Lecture 3 Martha Schwartz
17:30 Refreshment Break
17:45 Lecture 4 Benjamin Hubert
18:15 Lecture 5 Pradyumna Vyas
18:45 Lecture 6 Andre Tammes19:15 Discussion & Open Mike
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SCHEDULE DAY 218thMarch 2012, Sunday
09:00 Registration
09:30 Dutch DFA Profile Screening
09:45 Presentation by Industry Patrons
10:00 Track III Paracentric Practices
10:30 Lecture 1 Thisara Thanapathy
11:00 Lecture 2 C. Anjalendran
11:30 Lecture 3 Bijoy Jain
12:00 Refreshment Break
12:15 Lecture 4 Anne Feenstra
12:45 Lecture 5 Alejandro Aravena
13:15 Lecture 6 Rafiq Azam13:45 Discussion & Open Mike
14:15 LUNCH
15:00 Presentation by Industry Patrons
15:15 Track IV Innovating @ Grassroots
15:30 Lecture 1 Prof. Anil Gupta
16:00 Lecture 2 Luyanda Mpahlwa
16:30 Lecture 3 Dharmesh Jadeja
17:00 Refreshment Break
17:15 Lecture 4 Sandeep Virmani
17:45 Lecture 5 Peter Rich
18:15 Discussion & Open Mike18:45 Closing Address & Vote
of Thanks
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To know more, visit: www.361degrees.net.in
For any queries, contact us at: [email protected] / 022
40373639
If you are a student of architecture/design, you can apply for
the
Student Fellowship in 361 Conference 2012, awarded to the top 15
entries.
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