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A REPORT ON

Five day Quality Improvement Programme (FDP)

Date: 24th July to 28th July, 2017 Resource Person – MBS SPA in

association with COA

“Our life is constantly under construction

and there is always something to

Improve”- In harmony with this excellent

thought, MBS School of Planning and

Architecture joined hands with Council

of Architecture in organizing a 5 day

Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)

from 24th July, 2017 to 28th July, 2017

for the faculties of Schools of Architecture. The theme of this event was rightfully

established to be "RECENT ADVANCES IN BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION

TECHNOLOGIES AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLES".

The QIP aimed at enhancing the

academic and teaching environment in

the Schools of Architecture by providing

faculty members an opportunity through

which they can update their professional

and pedagogical skills and impart it

further to the budding Architects.

The major objectives of the QIP were to equip the Faculty Members with the recent

trends in architecture, better field exposure and to provide a platform for exchange of

knowledge and ideas. To achieve these objectives, experienced resource persons were

engaged to share their practical experience under the broad sub themes of Trends and

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Transformation of BUILDING MATERIALS, Modern Transition of CONSTRUCTION

TECHNOLOGIES and Theory and practice of ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. The subthemes

covered a wide range of topics with main focus on ecologically sustainable architectural

and construction techniques.

The QIP was attended by 36

participants from various Schools of

Architecture in India namely Apeejay

School of Architecture and Planning,

Greater Noida; Ganga Institute of

Architecture & Town Planning, Jhajjar,

Haryana; G L Bajaj Group of Institutions,

Mathura; L. S. Raheja School of

Architecture, Mumbai; Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai;

Jagannath University, Bhadurgarh and the host institute MBS SPA, Delhi.

The inaugural session in the first half of the Day ONE witnessed the presence of the

esteemed dignitaries Hon’ble Chairman, MBS SPA, Sh Gulshan Kumar; Director MBS

SPA Prof. V.K. Bugga; Director (Admin) MBS SPA, Sh. Vinay Jairath; esteemed guest

Prof. Neerja Lugani Sethi, Dean, USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi; and the Hon’ble Chief Guest Shri

Vijay Garg, Vice President, COA, Delhi.

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The program started with the opening remarks by Director MBS SPA Prof. V.K. Bugga

and encouraging words by Prof. Neerja Lugani Sethi, Dean, USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi.

The inaugural session was

presided by the Hon’ble Chief

Guest Shri Vijay Garg, Vice

President, COA, Delhi, wherein

he briefed the participants about

the various activities and ongoing

expansion plans of COA-TRC for

the training of faculty members

of Architecture Schools.

In the second half of the Day ONE of

the event, the participants had the

privilege of learning about the use of

alternative materials-Mud and

bamboo along with modern material-

Steel in design projects by renowned

Ar. Revathi Kamath, a pioneer in the

field of Mud Architecture. She talked

about her design thoughts and design

philosophy; Ecoliterate Architecture -

"to do more with less ". The

underlying message of all her design

and work philosophies brought up an

innovative thought which she

explained as "the space which has been designed for a certain function presently should

also have an existence and purpose once this function is no longer in use."

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The first half of the day TWO was

brightened by an interactive session with Ar.

Deependra Prashad, a green building expert

and INTBAU India Coordinator, wherein the

participants learnt to weigh the various

sustainability parameters in choosing

building materials.

The Second half of the day TWO was graced

by the presence of Ar. Surinder Mohan Soni

along with an internationally famed

architect, Ar. Ezzat Hossaini. They spoke to

the participants about construction

technologies, their evolution and

advancement along with a case study of a

project they collaborated to work on, the

Bahai House of worship.

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On the Day Three of the Programme, an

insight into the cause of an earthquake and

various mitigation construction techniques

was given by Er. Rajeev Pipraiya which made

the participants understand the earthquake

resistant buildings in a better manner.

The second half of Day THREE had a site visit

organized to the TERI RETREAT at Gurugram,

Haryana. Here the participants had the

opportunity to watch two short

documentaries about the projects, principles,

innovation and the outreach of TERI, as well

as practically see and observe the various

innovative resource efficient construction technologies being used at the centre.

In the first half of Day Four, Ar. Ankit Bhalla,

Project Officer, GRIHA Council, Delhi and an

expert in energy efficiency and sustainability

gave extensive and useful information about

GRIHA and its rating criteria especially related

to building materials. Ar. Bhalla was

accompanied by Ms. Payal Rastogi who spoke

about the environment protection declaration

and the certification of building materials as

"green" or "sustainable construction

materials".

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The Second half of Day Four was brightened by Ar. Gaurav Shorey, a highly influential

TED TALK speaker, a master trainer of ECBC and a green building expert. The session

which was interactive, motivating, inspirational and informative revolved around his

SWARAJ programme which intended to revive faith in one’s own culture, identity,

tradition and at large their own country. The fun filled and captivating session with

series of interesting tasks made all the participants see “sustainability” from a different

dimension which is very much imbibed in our Indian tradition and culture and which our

generation is forgetting over the course of time.

On the final day of the QIP, the first half had a thought

provoking session with Prof.(Dr.) Jyoti Pande Sharma,

Chairperson, Department of Architecture, DCRUST, Sonepat,

Haryana, having an expertise in the field of build heritage

and cultural landscape. She talked about the relevance of

Architectural styles and History of architecture in the

present day context and emphasized that it is not merely

frozen in their respective time frames.

The second half of Day Five was graced by Ar. Tushar Gaur,

an expert of theoretical research in architecture, who spoke

on the topic "Architecture Communicates. How?". He stated

that the mannerism that architecture adopts to communicate is metaphorical.

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Later at the end of the day, the QIP

was concluded by the event

coordinators Ar. Gunjan Jain,

Associate Professor, MBS SPA and

Ar. Amrita Kaur Gulati, Associate

Professor, MBS SPA by briefing

about the learning from the

sessions conducted during the

course of five days and extending

a vote of thanks to the Council Of

Architecture for giving an opportunity to host the QIP in collaboration with them ,

Management, MBS SPA for their constant financial and resource support, Director MBS

SPA for able guidance at every step of organizing the event. They also thanked the

administration team and all the faculties of MBS SPA who made the QIP possible

through their untiring efforts, the participants for their active participation and the

eminent speakers for their valuable contribution in making the QIP a huge success.

The programme ended with a valedictory session, wherein all the participants shared

their learning experience, their journey of five days at MBS SPA and gave their valuable

feedback about the QIP.

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The five day Quality Improvement Programme not only proved to be a huge success but

also provided a platform for like minded faculties of Architecture to connect, share and

relate.

Ar. Gunjan Jain Associate Professor MBS School of Planning and Architecture

Encl.: Detailed schedule of the QIP