An exhibition on student works from India’s First 6-month hybrid programme on Computational Design – rat[LAB] Education

rat[LAB] STUDIO

rat[LAB] EDUCATION and RVS Padmavathy School of Architecture cordially invite you to the Exhibition Preview of SMART LABS 1.0 at Chennai on Saturday, 4th Aug 2018 from 6:00 PM onward. The Exhibition Showcase is FREE and OPEN TO PUBLIC, and will be good for design students and educators to see the potentials of Computational Design explored by First Batch of Smart Labs.

Redefining Pragati Maidan - Kartik Khurana

B.Arch Thesis: Redefining Pragati Maidan, International Convention Cum Exhibition Centre , by Kartik Khurana

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The demolition of the Hall of Nations has created an empty pocket within Delhi’s heart and also for the people of the city. Delhi now lacks urban spaces which are people friendly and social with growing urbanization, the land is getting more saturated with fewer places to emphasize on a free and green quality of life.

B.Arch Thesis: Redevelopment of Ghazipur Mandi, Delhi – Ishita Chandra, Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Ishita Chandra

As cities grow, these wholesale markets are pushed to the periphery to ensure no interference in daily functioning. This relocation creates newly developed fragments, which are not fully equipped and planned to cater to the same.
This in turn creates a need to organise the flow and rethink the planning of the wholesale markets in a way that can accommodate the change.

B.Arch Thesis: Urban Food Hub, INA At New Delhi by Vipanchi Handa, SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, DELHI

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Food has been the mainstay of human interaction and defines who we are and where we come from. Keeping in mind the disconnect that has developed towards our social relationship with food as a result of urbanization, the thesis aims to propose a Socio-cultural Hub centered around food.

Waffle Structure as Canopy at Ahmedabad by WEsearch lab

WEsearch Lab

WEsearch lab recently concluded their experimental study on ‘Waffle Structure as Canopy’ at CEPT University, Ahmedabad’s Summer Winter School (SWS) initiative. Waffle structures – technically known as stereotomy of a solid geometry – have their origin in industrial design for their usefulness in quick prototyping of complex surfaces and volumes. In few cases, waffle structures become the final embodiment of an architectural project, Metropol Parasol by Jurgen Mayer being one of the examples.

B.Arch Thesis: Public Library at Jambhulwadi, Pune by Ganesh Sutar, Aayojan School of Architecture and Design, Pune

Ganesh Sutar

My initial discussions were about actual outer spaces that people are going to use and experience compare to inner working space. Yes!! Inner space is also most important things but I think designing space overlooking city, lake and mountain range, you will not consider designing interior first and then go for left over outer spaces. Its just that you carved out initial details like outer spaces and just accommodate interior spaces according to their function.

B.Arch Thesis: JASHAN-e-PUNJAB By Harkunwar Singh Kanwal, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

B.Arch Thesis: JASHN-e-PUNJAB By Harkunwar Singh Kanwal, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

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The idea behind this architectural intervention in the city of Amritsar is to hit the psychological nerve of the people and make them spiritually aware about the rich culture they belong to and rejuvenate the socio-cultural essence of the city and the state. This proposal is foreseen to add to the already booming tourism of the city. It showcases Indian culture, crafts and sports on a global level and exhibits culture of rural India with all its colours and vigour.

B.Arch Thesis: GREEN MOBILITY DYNAMICS- A METAMORPHOSIS IN MOBILITY at Noida by Adhiraj Miglani, Sushant School of Art & Architecture

Studio Lotus

Delhi saw the deterioration from one of the greenest city to the most polluted city in the world because of the increasing vehicular pollution. The architectural interventions serve as catalyst to the way forward. It inspires, recreates and proliferate resilience.

Adpative Reuse of Rajghat Power Plant at New Delhi by rmdk architects

B.Arch Thesis: Adpative Reuse of Rajghat Power Plant at New Delhi by Aarushi Kalra

Aarushi Khatri

Located in the cultural hub of the city, in close proximity with all prominent infrastructure of Delhi, the urban scape is transformed into an icon for fashion and design. The proposed design is the juxtaposition of fashion’s ability to seduce and manufacture desires with the complex structuring of neutral spaces to allow for a multiplicity of users and events.

Petition to Council of Architecture: To make architectural internships more meaningful and relevant

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We are reaching out to the Council of Architecture India, to urge them to make architectural internships more relevant and meaningful for students and the profession.

Book: PIERO AND GLORIA CICIONESI, AUROVILLE ARCHITECTS MONOGRAPH SERIES, by Mona Doctor-Pingel

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The Auroville Architects Monograph Series documents the pioneering work of the architects whose vision shaped Auroville, a unique international township in southeastern India. This monograph,

B.Arch Thesis - Center for Art & Architecture: Role of an urban catalyst - Mohammad Suhail

B.Arch Thesis – Centre for Art and Architecture: Role of an Urban Catalyst, New Delhi, by Mohammad Suhail

Suhail Siddiqui

The idea of architecture as catalyst for social or economical change is not new. Architecture is like most other things, a reflection of our society always try to mirror society’s aspiration and beliefs thus has immense potential to mould or change the context both local and global. Such projects not only are practical solutions to community needs but also aims to have a broader effect on communities in which they work relying on the social and economical stewardship of architecture.

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An exhibition on student works from India’s First 6-month hybrid programme on Computational Design – rat[LAB] Education

B.Arch Thesis: Redefining Pragati Maidan, International Convention Cum Exhibition Centre , by Kartik Khurana

B.Arch Thesis: Redevelopment of Ghazipur Mandi, Delhi – Ishita Chandra, Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

B.Arch Thesis: Urban Food Hub, INA At New Delhi by Vipanchi Handa, SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, DELHI

Waffle Structure as Canopy at Ahmedabad by WEsearch lab

B.Arch Thesis: Public Library at Jambhulwadi, Pune by Ganesh Sutar, Aayojan School of Architecture and Design, Pune

B.Arch Thesis: JASHN-e-PUNJAB By Harkunwar Singh Kanwal, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

B.Arch Thesis: GREEN MOBILITY DYNAMICS- A METAMORPHOSIS IN MOBILITY at Noida by Adhiraj Miglani, Sushant School of Art & Architecture

B.Arch Thesis: Adpative Reuse of Rajghat Power Plant at New Delhi by Aarushi Kalra

Petition to Council of Architecture: To make architectural internships more meaningful and relevant

Book: PIERO AND GLORIA CICIONESI, AUROVILLE ARCHITECTS MONOGRAPH SERIES, by Mona Doctor-Pingel

B.Arch Thesis – Centre for Art and Architecture: Role of an Urban Catalyst, New Delhi, by Mohammad Suhail

B.Arch Thesis – Memorial for the rebels of land, at Pahartali, Chittagong – Md. Hansat, Bangladesh University

“SMARTER” WAY OF ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION – Deepankar Sharma

B.Arch Thesis – Urban Mandi – Wholesale Food Market, by Depanshu Gola

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