As architecture moves away from the hands that built to machines that produce, economies are being realigned towards conglomerates. The rural economies that relied on craft are on a gradual decline. Architecture can perhaps play a role to reverse the said adversary and build economic resilience in the craft and construction industry.
Snehanshu Mukherjee, in his tribute to Vasant Kamath, writes about Vasant being a kind and influential teacher at SPA Delhi, whose passing away marks, for him, the loss of a principled approach to architecture focused on context, affordability, and collaboration with local craftspeople.
Rahoul Singh: Architecture represents the crafts collective – a number of different craftsmen collectively contribute to the built work, each bearing the imprint of a particular trade. Unfortunately, seldom do they or their communities get acknowledged for their contribution. This, at the outset, is the first step in eroding the identity of a people associated with a particular trade and by extension region, but it gets worse.
Project Location: New Delhi, India Design Team: T.E.A.M (Team for Engineering, Architecture and Management) – Snehanshu Mukherjee and A.R. Ramanathan Project Status: Proposal / Idea / Unbuilt
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