Even in its most formal of interventions, architecture involves an act of AUTHORING. This act, rooted in intent, ambition, and the immediacy of process, allows one to engage with the process not just as a means to an end but as a space of critical inquiry and imagination. At its core, architectural thinking is dialogic, interpretive, and reflective; an essential dimension of both academic exploration and professional practice.
FRAME 2025 will engage with the question of DRAWING as an act of authorship that is both reflective and projective. Drawing has always been connected to questions of positions and vantage points (real and thematic). In its variable role, it is not a static idea but a process that associates, relays, and accumulates through the imaginaries of representation, interpretation, archiving and documentation.
At the National Institute of Oceanography in Panaji, Goa, the programme is outlined through lectures, discussions and films. The schedule brings together diverse perspectives from authors such as Sanjay Mohe, Niall McLaughlin, Shubhra Raje, Bijoy Ramachandran, Mohan Rao, Orijit Sen, Vishwa Shroff, amongst others, spanning disciplines of art, architecture, design and visual culture.
The registration and programme details are available below.
About FRAME 2019
Conceived as a forum to provoke thought on issues pertinent to the practice of architecture in India. 2025 is the second edition of the conclave.
The inaugural edition in 2019, thematically focused on Modern Heritage. It sought to reflect on the timeframe between the years 1935 and 1995, which foregrounded a vocabulary for architecture and design that subscribed to the framework of international modernism and yet was rooted in the physical and metaphysical realms of India.
The emerging panorama of ideas and images offered a glimpse into the strongholds that form a narrative for the idea of modernity in India and its subcontinent. The conclave witnessed participation from around 650 delegates, architects and architecture students from across India.
About FRAME:
FRAME is instituted as an independent, biennial professional conclave on contemporary architecture in India, curated by Matter and organised in partnership with the Takshila Educational Society. Over three days in October, the 2025 conclave in Goa will deliberate on the multiple and diverse approaches towards the one central idea at the core of creative practice: ‘To Draw’.
