Hamidur Rahman Memorial Complex, Bangladesh, by Marina Tabassum Architects, has been transformed into an open-air architectural promenade as a place of remembrance for Hamidur Rahman.
Maharshi Karve Samadhi & Memorial, by Narendra Dengle & Associates consists of the samadhi and the memorial for Maharshi Karve on whom the President of India conferred the nation’s highest honour of ‘Bharat Ratna’ for his pioneering work in women’s education and emancipation in 1958.
Smritivan, Bhuj by vastu Shilpa Consultants, a bio-diverse self-sustaining ecosystem that would over time need very little maintenance. The forest of trees also symbolizes the diversity of people.
Ameer Chand (the author’s pseudonym) was a first-year architecture student when his college mates’ entry to the Maharashtra Memorial Competition was declared the winner. The ‘view from below’ is the author’s first-hand account of witnessing the events in college that followed the result declaration.
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