The design of India’s first bullet train terminal is ready. The Sabarmati station in Gujarat, which will be the terminating station of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train route, will have the theme of Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March of 1930. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had laid the foundation stone of the station last year. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is expected to be completed by 2022.
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Despite the prevalence of vast housing projects, architects often overlook or neglect designing for them. Dwaipayan Chakravarty advocates for prioritizing innovative, empathetic design in this sector, highlighting competitions like the Open Ideas National Competition to foster solutions.
The Open Ideas National Competition 2024 addressed urban India’s affordable housing crisis, encouraging innovative, livable, and sustainable small home designs. With the season IV wrapping up, Habitat Forum (INHAF) and Sustainability Initiatives announce Season V of the competition inviting entries.
The Muskaan School in Bhopal, designed by Revathi Kamath (Kamath Design Studio) in 2016, showcases sustainable architecture and community involvement. Now facing structural challenges, it seeks donations and volunteers for urgent preservation and repairs.
Carapace House by Achyutam Designs transforms traditional living with organic concrete structures and abundant greenery.
Kirtee Shah’s keynote address for “Laurie Baker Birth Centenary Celebrations” interrogates the architectural profession’s fundamental disconnection from societal imperatives, using Laurie Baker’s praxis as a framework for examining contemporary professional alienation and proposing transformative pedagogical and practice-based interventions within India’s built environment crisis.
Sangam is a 3,300 sq. ft. canteen near Pune, Maharashtra, designed by Alkesh Gangwal & Associates, blending recycled materials and innovative design to create a flexible, light-filled respite within an industrial landscape.
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designs like this and such presentation should come with a “I kid you not” disclaimer!