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SECRETARY

SRINIVAS ELESWARAPU

I remember, I was in my first year when I was introduced to the MAGAZINE TEAM. It was not my first priority to choose this portfolio. Back then I was unaware like a Musk deer, who is in search of the musk fragrance the way I was in my academic life, later realizing which belonged here in this team. Next year my team-mates helped me blend in this team. Now I found it, which I was in search of and I am so happy to be a part of this entire Keystone journey. I hope the readers will enjoy it more than we enjoyed it while creating. ;)

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Every student in the field of architecture does not possess similar strengths with respect to expressing their thoughts, ideas and analysis. While some feel comfortable through graphical representation, few people like me still prefer to express ourselves through words and other forms of literature. Keystone has been a platform that helps bring together different forms of creativity, from both students and their mentors. Really glad to have experienced it, while sitting on the driver’s seat!

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SAANCHI DALAL saanchi_dalal Being a part of Keystone has made me believe more in the most powerful blessing of humanity - Words. It has been a fascinating and graceful passage which taught me every little piece of communication and co-operation. This magazine is a unique treasure of thought, creativity, art and artists. Every page here is diverse. It’s been a mesmerizing journey and an influential part of my life. This platform has helped me inculcate excellent values and we’ll make sure to pass these morals to our upcoming generation.

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HARISH GAIKWAD me_harry_103 I was really passionate about reading, from childhood. A memorable day of my life was when I got introduced to college Magazine Team. In the beggining I was unware about the entire process of work from collecting content to printing. But our dear seniors helped me to understand about the same. Working for the magazine was really inspiring and I got to know hidden talents of my friends. Also it was an apportunity to learn different softwares and graphic skills. This was truly a memorable experience.

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NETRA MUNDADA netramundada Dear Reader, Flipping through magazine pages was always an activity I took pleasure in. Being a part of the keystone team, I got to work and learn with various minds of our college! With the students articles, I got to know the talents of my fellow mates. Encouraging students to convey their creative thoughts to the world, was indeed a satisfying job! So here’s to the words, the expressions, the art and taking time to enjoy it.

FRONT COVER NIKHIL WAGH (V YR. B. ARCH)

CREDITS:

EDITORIAL PAGE AYUSH A. PANDHARE (III YR. B. ARCH)

Keystone Cover Competition Results Winners:

1st - Nikhil Wagh ( V Year ) House of Conviction

2nd - Mayur Pacharne ( V Year ) House of Credibility

3rd - Vaibhav Dalvi ( IV Year ) House of Conviction

Viraj Gapchoop ( Alumni Batch ) House of Courage

Rucha Kadam ( II Year ) House of Credibility

Special Mention:

Shivani Gosavi ( IV Year ) House of Conviction

The Keystone team had conducted a competition to select a new cover for the edition 18-19 and 19-20 on the 20th of August, 2020. Here are the winners:

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Key to the magazine......

THEME: Every year a particular theme is selected, around which all the student activities are planned. The theme selected this year was SEMBLANCE.

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THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE

HANDS RUNNING FREE

Semblance means that the apparent appearance of something is different than reality. It can be explained as ‘things are not what they look like’.

The desired situation which doesn’t exist.

In the adjascent image, there is an attempt to collate the whole idea of semblance with a human mind.The human mind is a hard skull seen in practicality but it is a set of cognitive emotions which hide behind it. It gets complex as we fall deeper, finally realising that there is an existence of something different in mind than what is percieved.

Semblance can be associated with a mime artist who cliams to be a personality on stage but the real one hides behind the mime mask!

Some illustrations of semblance are interpreted as pitcher plants that are deceiving in nature but are wild enough to consume an insect in close proximity to them. Similarly a cucoon is perceived as an ugly nut but transforms into a beautiful butterfly the next day.

THE TANGIBLE LAYER

ALONG THE SRTAIGHT FLIGHT STAIRCASE

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INDEX THE PHILOSOPHERS TOUCHSTONE philosophy for the soul

Keystone cover competition results........................01 KEY to the Magazine.............................................02 Life after PVPCOA.................................................04 Chronicles from Nepal...........................................06 Delhi Diaries..........................................................08 Experiencing the material Earth..............................10 VARANASI – As we see it......................................11 Poem Collections..................................................12 Relevance of Chawls in Contemporary Architecture....................................13

Going candid with Ar.Snehanshu Mukherjee...........14 ‘Garaj Te Lobh’......................................................15 ‘Anubhavanchya Kissyanchi Karyashala’.................15 3/7 Roadway.........................................................16 Banaras Rap.........................................................18 These lines............................................................19 Who is She?.........................................................19 Narrative Serving World.........................................20 On the actual War Footing.....................................22 ‘Nivara’ poem .......................................................24

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Hands Running Free.............................................26 Voyage.................................................................30 Swarakar Vadya Pathak..........................................35 Through the Lens..................................................32 Test your terminologies..........................................36

THE TANGIBLE LAYER all technicals

Meraki Pavillion......................................................38 Ode of the nearby stream......................................42 What seems to be the purpose of PVP Library is nothing but temple..........................43 learning ?..............................................................40 Hostel moments with JP Sir .................................44

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Freshers Evening 19 - 20 .....................................46 Insight Week 19 - 20............................................47 Shear-Force 19 - 20............................................48 TRIVIARCH-AQ-ROOKIES 19 - 20..........................49 Stories from Director’s Desk .................................50 03

Architalk ...............................................................52 Achievements............................................54 Relative Study Program 19 - 20 ............................56 Astitva.......................................................58 Crossword ...........................................................60

Life After PVPCOA Ar. Sanket Munshi (Batch of 2018) Instagram : Sanket Munshi munshisanket2013@gmail.com

Out of many learnings in college, the one which I took seriously was, “buildings are the least form of architecture”. After college I decided to build better lives of myself and others.

To do so I went to Ar.Richard Belho in Nagaland to learn about bamboo architecture. Currently I am in a process of upgrading skills of existing traditional bamboo workers. To reach till the communities, a pan India NGO called Yusuf Meherally Centre is funding me to train these bamboo communities. We have successfully trained a community in Myorpur village of sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh and will be with them till they become self sufficient. Our project has caught an eye of the district administration of Sonbhadra to train a big chunk of bamboo communities all over the district. We are thus in the mission to upgrade as many bamboo communities in India as possible.

For the readers, open yourself to LEARN and everything around you will become your teacher.

Ar. Shubham Kotawadekar(Batch of 2019) Instagram : _kota_shubham natharva6@gmail.com

While I was spending my vacation after thesis, I came across this opportunity to work as a designer in bamboo construction. But I was confused. Each year in college, we had done some structure in bamboo, hence I wanted to take a break away from it. But the opportunity had presented itself, so I took a shot. Everything happened so spontaneously that even before thinking about it, I was already working with them.

It’s been over a year now working with bamboo and everything turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I’m working with Bamboo Tales in Pune. We are into bamboo structures, furniture and products. Working in bamboo is about understanding the material, knowing your resources and working together. It is important to work along with the craftsperson and artisans and yet you have to be innovative and deliver quality which lasts long. It is always exciting to work on field and get hands-on. Every day presents a new challenge, which has its own unique solution. The larger part of it is to educated people about the material.

Most people prejudice bamboo as cheap material used for scaffolding or temporary shed. But over last 10 to15 year a lot has changed in this field. Government initiatives are helping with the awareness.

Architects and Designers are willing to use and experiment with bamboo. We ourselves are working to uplift the material and communities associated with it. We are developing concepts like bamboo bazaar, where farmers will get right value and also as

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consumers we get authentic material. We are collaborating with designers for projects or as a consultant. We organize hands-on workshop for design students and also training programs for craftsperson.

Working in bamboo has allowed me to work on concept of ‘structural aesthetics’.

I’m always fascinated by buildings with strong presence of geometry, where structure is part of the aesthetics. I look forward to work more in this field and with other material too. I also have interest in designing furniture and products, which I got to worked on. Making scale model shows that you are confident with your design and it is part of design process that I follow.I can surely say that college has prepared us for every challenge. I don’t know whether I’m a better architect or not, but surely college has mademe a better person than I was. It’s always difficult to work with non-conventional material but a student of PVPCOA I was more prepared to face such hurdles. One thing that I have learned my past experience is that; if you are honest to yourself and to your work, things happen to you, instead of you making things happen.

Credits - Viraj Gapchup (V TH Yr.)

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Chronicles from Nepal Abhishek Patil V Yr amp0610@gmail.com

Anxious and equally excited, I wait at departure terminal looking forward to a new phase of life. The first time I’ll be stepping out staying away with no hints of what next six months would be like. With just a ticket at my hands I landed at TIA Kathmandu, Nepal.

A valley with dense fabric, low skyline containing seven of UNESCO World heritage sites in the city. It was pupil dilating experience as I move through the city between riots of sights. Marveling at temples, through the alleys of thamel, I reach my hostel to be introduced to the backpacker’s district. It was fun sharing time with surfers, soldiers from the west to chefs and historians from the east as I explored places. It was time to be a sponge; when I realized for upcoming months as I sensed the experience until had lots to offer. Later as I toured that weekend, Patan Durbar Square was being rebuilt post the 2015 earthquake having one of the finest collection of temples and a rich museum. It is quite a touristy scene with people going shopping and to cafes, restaurants adaptively reused.

An hour away from this core to east, lies Dhulikhel where my employer‘s training

centre was situated. Walking the last few kilometers we reach at night through the hills having fireflies to our company. A village in the hills with Himalayan views on a clear day, it was time to host a group of Aussie students for workshop on resilient communities and human centric designs.

A week at the farm stays, being a local facilitator and design participant I had a great exposure to the cultural side and the terrain challenges of the country.

Further, proceeding to Chitwan where our bamboo workshop, it was a tropical stay where grew lychees mangoes and bananas. Quite a rural isolated setup with basics, I was truly staying in the lap of nature inspiring me to be as light as possible. To my company, were interns from parts of Europe and local helping hands who actually built what we designed.

It was tremendous learning the next couple of months from buying materials, experimenting bamboo as a material analogous to learning Nepali. There were often visitors like monkeys, turkeys.

Mornings were early with birds chirping and a coffee with dal bhat as our staple.

Evenings being early got in the deadly mosquitos; making me sleep in a net each day. Life never felt time bound.

As I was appointed a Project Manager,

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it was time to move on site; the National Park at Bardiya. Being a night journey away; through small streams and a dense buffer zone I reached to find myself couple hundred meters away from core zone. A homestay among the rice fields, the family and village at large was warm treating me with all the respect of a highly educated professional. I was a guest to the whole community being a part of festivals, celebrations with everything home-made from food to wine and cutting a rooster by myself. The indigenous taught me self-sustenance and of course survival; with an elephant breaking down a house to shooing away rhinos from cornfields at midnight hours. Days kept content.

In the last month, I visited birthplace of Buddha, Lumbini. It was a ten day meditation course, teaching the law of nature through science of sensations. Observing noble silence for all days, we weren’t allowed to talk, touch, read and write, with no electrical devices. Going there just out of curiosity and place, turned into learning a technique.

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Such a climax of experiencing solitude felt like cherry on the cake concluding the two quarters with memories to cherish for lifetime. Coming back to the rat race and commodification of life in cities, I contemplate the extremes trying to establish that fine line in between.

Delhi Diaries Radha Barbhai III Yr radhabarbhai@gmail.com

Delhi, the Capital City of our nation, known for numerous overwhelming experiences, be it political, historical, or architecture.

Technically, I’ve been to Delhi numerous times before, but never went with a lens to observe its architectural marvels by all the master architects making timeless structures and history. The journey was a series of stories stitched to one another like a pictorial storybook of experiences, very well narrated by Desai sir with full enthusiasm. Every morning we started our day off with full energy to explore the architectural setting of this beautiful city.

Here are a few of the lot that would stay with me forever.

The first thing I remember about Delhi-o-Delhi is the walk around Connaught Place with that colonnade merging three transitional spaces into one.

You think you wouldn’t go that distance on feet, but the life on the streets escapes the distance in air. Morning walks were always pleasant considering the mild temperature and breeze, and the mandatory descry of NDMC building by Ar. Kuldip Singh. On our way on the first morning walk, amidst seeing the works of all the master architects, I discovered a beautiful bungalow, sited on a small plot making a stunning contribution to the street’s façade.

The Yamuna Apartments by Ar. Ranjit Sabiki, gave a completely different perspective to multi-storey housing cooperative societies. The access staircase is an important design element of this project. The illusion of three different levels of the staircase imbues an aesthetical appeal and gracefulness to the structure. Small cosy outdoor setting with grit plaster and engraved building numbers, all in all making this place homely and happening.

Though we couldn’t get a glimpse of the National Dairy Development Board building from the inside, I could only imagine the magnificent works of Ar. Achyut Kanvinde’s work from the street view of this project. I couldn’t help but awe the play of volumes with concrete and landscape. Guruji, as Desai sir would refer to Ar. Kanvinde, designed Akar 11; the house of brick where we all learned to conceive design in minute details, be it the window opening or the door mat drop. It felt homely and warm with the exposed, raw colour of the brick.

The aangan of the house has half lawn, shaded by trees and the other half directly pulls up to the garage, maintaining the visual balance and defining the entrance of the house.

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I particularly remember taking a walk through Steinabad – a gully with prominent structures designed by the master Ar. Joseph Allen Stein. The India International Centre, a subtle expression of bourgeois community accessible to few and entitled only. I consider myself lucky to be exposed to such a fine piece of work. The subtle colours compliment the stonework and the grit plaster with a tinge of landscape. To elaborately understand his design thought, we all visited Indian Habitat Centre across the Lodi road. Structures like Indian Habitat Centre prove that rectangles are not always mundane and monotonous. It shows the ability to convert a rigid form into a very subtle and fluid structure. The shear scale of the courtyard with entire spread of space frame overhead and landscape below gives an illusion of being inside a structure whilst being just in public domain. To extend my appreciation for Ar. Stein’s work, Triveni Kala Sangam would stand above all. Till date I remember the long running conversation we had with Desai sir on the outdoor amphitheatre steps of Triveni. The jaali pattern on the façade was adding a character to the place, as good as giving it its own

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identity.

I’d like to end on the note of mentioning the visit we gave to India gate in the evening, where all the people, like you and me, gather for upliftment and get together. An open space for all to reminisce, commemorate and solemnise our soldiers. A space that only Delhi could have the strength to hold and maintain with such dignity. Delhi isn’t just a city, it became an experience always memorable.

Experiencing the Material Earth Aakash Karnavat III Yr karnavat27@gmail.com

In the world of concrete creations, a medium like mud is hardly taken seriously as a construction material.We talk about how we have stopped using mud, but many rural households contextual to our country are still building with mud. It is just that the government building housing schemes promote reinforced cement concrete for the poor & the middle class has set off a notion that concrete is the only proper and satisfactory material to be used.

Well to enquire my concerns, I attended a 30 day, 4 part long training programme in Auroville Earth Institute, Tamil Nadu. The workshops were CSEB PRODUCTION, CSEB MASONRY, CSEB DESIGN & exploring Earth & Bamboo as a material.

We were in a group of 4 to explore all possibilities of the material exploration. We were guided by the co founder of Auroville Earth Institute, T. Ayyapaan who taught us on site working and the founder Satprem Maine who was teaching us theory as well as the calculation included in it. For CSEB PRODUCTION, we started off with learning the scientific properties, sustainability and environmental friendliness of earth as a material. Going ahead, we learnt about identifying soils, stabilizing soil, quality control, making

special blocks and optimizing production. For CSEB MASONRY, we had to test the mortar quality, bonds for various types of walls, casting beams, lintel, plinth beam, building compound column, building a CSEB wall and a stabilized earth plaster. With this we were introduced to the building basics of arches, vaults and domes where we built free spaning vaults, a great hands-on experience. For CSEB DESIGN, we started with the very basics of bond pattern exercises with the mud blocks we produced, later we started designing on auto cad with some pre set rules to design (basic principles + structural components + foundation calculations).We did case studies of Vikas Community of Auroville, The Al Medy Mosque of Riyadh & the Natraja Temple of Tamil Nadu to understand the beauty of earth. The founder Satprem Maine was kind enough to accompany us to the Natraja Temple followed by a vegan dinner in the evening.

Thanks to T Ayyapaan and his masons who offered us lemon juice & cut watermelon every now and then between our workshop hours.

Mud buildings are environment friendly and natural, but are now being replaced by concrete. Getting to experience mud as a

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material in depth, I think we should have a collective conscience about the material and not leave it to government to set or lay down a notion to the people to roll upon.

VARANASI – As we see it.

Archana Bhatia III Year archanabhatia1020@gmail.com

Banaras, a spiritual city where people attain eternal peace or moaksh, a city which celebrates death, illuminates the truth and breathes culture. It is older than the history we know and has evolved to modernism but stayed ancient inside. A home to all casts, creeds and religions, holding its importance with changing time.

Banaras saw many invaders and sunk them inside and enriched its history. This city ensconces on the unique location of Ganga, with miles of ghats, for religious bathing; an array of shrines, temples, and palaces rises tier on tier from the water’s edge.

Varanasi has been a city of Hindu learning through the ages. There are innumerable schools and countless Brahman pandits, who are pledged to continue their ancestral literature. There are three universities, including the large and important Banaras Hindu University (1915).The city is a home of arts and crafts and of music and dance. Varanasi is famous for its production of silks and brocades with gold and silver thread work. Wooden toys, bangles made of glass, ivory work, and brass ware are also produced in Varanasi.

A melting pot of cultures of India, the architecture of Kashi reflects diversity in

construction and pattern. Ancient buildings falling to ruins, strong - proud pillars, traditional balconies, graceful arches, red brickwork, coherent lanes, intrusive modern buildings, soot covered temples and carpets of ash is what brings you to Banaras.

Most of these Ghats have been built during the rule of the Marathas, while some were built over the ages during invasions. Special stories linking lineages, mythologies, epics and the timelines of history are associated with each of the Ghats. Over 80 Ghats that line the River Ganga; starting from Raj Ghat in the South to Assi Ghat in the North, each unfurls a different style of architecture, all find a space amidst the never-ending, horizontal Ghats.

The Ghats are connected with stone steps leading down to the River or up, towards the street side markets, the pillared balconies with intricate jali work, the small niches for windows or shops that go unnoticed, the obscured temples among the homes and stone carved window supports with creepers crawling out from the porches. Certain types of interactions amongst people, are

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expected from this architecture. Over the decades, people have absorbed the architecture and modified it to their cultural and religious beliefs, they have a contrast attitude towards life, where people come to die.

Modern times ask for a revolution in architecture and lifestyle that persist today, which doesn’t only imply of reconstruction. Completely reconstruction of settlements will destroy the legacy of Banaras, its uniqueness and solidarity.

The ancient needs to be preserved with an added touch of the modern facilities.

Restoration of these spaces will maintain the character and add the heritage to Kashi. The city has always weaved its history and exists in its purest form. We have to perpetuate Kashi for the coming generation to see its antiquity for what it is.

Long Enough

Poem Collection Ayushi More III Yr moreayushivasantrao@gmail.com

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रात जो गुजरी है, तGहाई ने कहीं एक बात है; कुछ सीखे तो ह} lhGदगी; वरना हर पल एक बेहकी मुलाकात है ।

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ना कोई बातें है ना िशकायतें तुझ से, िरवायतें है रंजिश है खुद से, वही कहीं सुनी कहानी है, बस एक दरखा:त है तुझ से की यादों में हL रहना इस असिलयत में तू भी अलग है और मै भी !

तुझसी ये सुबह मुझमें समा रही है यादों के आंगन में यूं ही मusकुरा रही है, कहती है पलकों से यहीं हो तुम कहीं, दिल को इजाजत है तुDहारे इंतज़ार की।

Aryaeshu Deokar III Yr aryaeshu99deokar@gmail.com

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बेचैन Sयों ये lदn मेरा खुद से ही घबराए ठहरना चाहूं मै कभी तब lमलों दूर ले जाए , फासलों के रा:तों में कहाlनयाF दोहराए , मै जो खोई हूं खुद से; कभी उसे भी ढूंढा जाए !

एक पल को साथ है तू अगले में बरसात है तू बेमौसम जो बरस रहा है हNका सा एक साज है तू। साथ है तू , पास है तू, गहराईयों की आवाज है तू, चluKपयों में गरज रहा मेरे मन का ताज है तू। राझ है तू , खास है तू , इस दिल की आवाज है तू , बेशुमार इस दुनिया में मेरा अपना एक जहां है तू । मै ना अपनी हूं ना उसकी , िकसी vयाल में िकसी सवाल में; बस सिमटी हुई, सहमी तो नहीं, पर डूबी हुई हू। अंधेरे काफी है; रौशनी भी, पर मैं बस यही हूं िकसी खयाल में िकसी सवाल में।

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You spurt out as a bud, Daring pain brought you here.

The first stipule, the first word, The first step…all of the took them by heart, You grew, began running away Talked so much, but they listened through the way.

Everyday they passed kisses all night, Only to make up for some harsh time.

You threw tantrums every now and then, All this for a nod of denial.

You cursed them in your heart all the time, Ignorant were they, you thought as you were crying, You were soon big enough, To step up and be on your own.

They were proud all the meanwhile, Though they knew you were going to leave soon.

You never got a chance to look back, After you left, soon did they.

Today you cry, for your unsoundness, Ignorant, weren’t they? You think crying.

Maybe someday they get what they wanted, They know their child has finally changed….

Relevance of Chawls in Contemporary Architecture Rutuja Yemul IV Yr rutuja883@gmail.com

The city of Mumbai is currently undergoing a rapid metamorphosis. The process of transformation from a postindustrial city to a city of commerce, entertainment and glittering infrastructure is being evident with every passing day. The chawls of Mumbai are very old typology of housing.

Mumbai’s chawls: a ubiquitous yet misunderstood, housing typology often compared to tenements and clumped with slums. This ambiguity has generated a plethora of questions surrounding their form, history and culture: What do they look like? How do they feel inside? Is it true that such buildings saturated as they are by the changing urban form, are often viewed with a sense of nostalgia of what once was and what now can never be?

Are these features of these chawls useful in today’s modern world of housing? Do

they contribute to the spatial planning? In Mumbai, there is a vast array of unconventional living conditions that arrive out of necessity. Chawls are striking examples of such unconventional housing arrangements, being products and producers of flexible living within the city.

Overcrowded living conditions in these dense neighborhoods promote social habits like public sleeping in communal areas, people bathing in the open, storing one’s belongings in common spaces, and even the sharing of civic amenities such as water taps and toilets.

Chawls were essentially 2-3 storied structures under a particular owner, in order to provide a tenant based housing to the mill-workers of the city.

These mill-workers came from various villages and small towns of Western Maharashtra. Gradually, as the industry started booming in the city, these workers started settling there, having their own families and set-ups. This infused the community sense of living further, in terms of living and celebrating together. The common corridors of the chawls are like an extended living room to the houses while the doors hardly remain closed. Also, the way they are built, with the earthen roof tiles and common service

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areas makes these units a self sustainable unit in themselves. The common courtyard is their public space where they celebrate all kinds of festivals throughout the year, have agenda meetings, play cricket and football, make house-hold items, etc. And all this happening right in the common space with all the ‘eyes’ of the houses oriented here. The life here, is beyond just being enclosed in the gated communities and individualistic set-ups.

In contemporary times, the paradigm of nuclear living set-ups has been reflected in the way new housing typologies have cropped up across the city. For such an emerging condition of the elderly city and a new culture-based economy, the chawl housing type seems to regain its relevance.

Here small compact rooms, with shared facilities, and an active community life, seems to be the model for the future. Can this older building stock be modernised with toilets inside, elevators for the elderly and multipurpose furniture to update this housing stock? The future lies in our midst.

Going candid with Ar. Snehanshu Mukhurjee Virendra Behl V Yr viru.behl128@gmail.com

An informal conversation with Ar. Snehanshu Mukhurjee, while dropping him to Deccan hotel after Teacher’s T Programme. Here are some takeaways from the chat -

This shouldn’t happen. I was shocked and lost my mind at the same time. The moment you say that you are eligible to vote after 18, it means you have the right to question who you vote for.”

When asked about his visit to Pune after a long time : “I really don’t know why haven’t we learned from Mumbai and Delhi? The metro is a tertiary need and Pune needs to work first on the primary need - strengthening the BRT system. Also, there has to be community participation in decision making for such mega projects before starting construction. The public, specially the urban middle class, has a mentality of just accepting what is thrown by the government. We don’t question.”

Talking on architecture and political/social service : “One does not necessarily have to join politics to do social work but if you have a background, like in your case, you must.

Studying architecture trains you to find solutions which can translate into built programmes eventually.

I am impressed that the youth is talking about politics and social service nowadays. This is the new India which will emerge. You should look at work done

by Ar. Ashish Ganju sir in Delhi, where he himself is staying in an unauthorised colony and fighting for basic infrastructure for the people. That’s what I call having a bottom-top approach. That is the kind of service you should pursue. Definitely join politics later but first understand the community and work for them. Start from the bottom, unlike our general top-down approaches which have failed miserably.“

His thoughts about what’s happening in the country currently: “It’s a very unfortunate time to be witnessing what is happening in our country. But I am very happy that the young are standing guard and giving a strong message to the old who are somewhere scared to take a stand. The place where I teach, I faced a situation where one professor told me why are our students converting our colleges to JNU?

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These were just a few excerpts from conversation. The chat was both inspirational and motivating for me.

Prathmesh Bhalekar 1st Yr prathmesh.bhalekar2011@gmail.com

garja to laaoBa...

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But our talent is just a drop in an ocean...

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3/7 Roadway Shubham Sunthankar III Yr shubhamsunthankar64@gmail.com

We say a trip goes well when its unplanned. But this was a trip which was majorly planned. It was BTM paper I remember when my friend Vaibhav had approached me taking up this idea of visiting our dear friends’ houses this summer. Coming up with such a vague idea, we decided to leave immediately after the exams. Vaibhav, Suresh and Dedu had called up their parents regarding our arrival, making sure that we were leaving for this trip.

I remember the morning when we were about to leave and my dear friend Harish had not yet spoken to his family about leaving, having his phone switched off got into each one of our nerves.

Somehow, we managed to contact him and finally we started together from a common point in Hadapsar after a lot of disappointments which came up our way.

So, there was six of us Vaibhav, Harish, Omkar, Suresh, Dedu and myself.

Unfortunately, one more friend from our gang (Ayush P.) could not come due to a family emergency.

On the way to our first destination, we halted at some architectural structures which included the Purandare Wada in Saswad. This is the location where some shots were taken for the Tumbbad film.

Trailing along the roads in the hot May heat we finally reached Vaibhav’s House. There was time for lunch so we decided to trek ‘Jejuri Gad’, one of the main reasons to visit Jejuri. The spirutuality of people and the ‘bhandara’ in the atmosphere of the

Mandir situated right at the top of the Gad keeps the space vibrant. Taking blessings from Lord Khandoba we reached home for some pet puja. After having our lunch and a great nap we decided to visit some temples around in the evening which included the Pandeshwar Temple which had a tall stone post which you could climb up on and look over the river Karha flowing alongside. There was still some time for sun to set, so we decided to visit Bhuleshwar Temple situated on Daulatmangal Fort having a huge architectural importance. The carvings we observed on each element of the temple truly carved a deep impression on our hearts. The setting sun on the intricate details added a highlight to the temple and our day.

On the way back, the five of us missed being with our mothers as it was Mother’s Day (though we had wished her while leaving in the morning) and hence we bought a cake on the way to give a surprise to Vaibhav’s mom. And what would be more cheerful than having a non-veg dinner with an IPL Final match of CSK vs MI to watch the nail-biting finish (but I personally believe it was fixed). Still discussing about the match and gazing at the stars we dozed off on the terrace.

Our next destination was Suresh’ house in Satara which we had to reach the next day, completing some visits on the way before we reached. We started our day with Sangameshwar temple on our way in Saswad. The temple is situated on the Sangam of two rivers Chamli and Karha, hence called as Sangameshwar.

We also visited Keykawala Balaji before going to Suresh’s house as it was on the way and had a lunch there itself.

Sangameshwar Temple, Saswad

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Bhuleshwar Temple,Saswad

By the time we reached his home it was about 3pm. Seeing us exhausted, his mother served us ‘Taak’ and it was enough for a person to doze off immediately where they were sitting. By the time we got up it was nearly 5 in the evening and then we realized it was a waste of time to reach out for the fort as it was 1.5 hours away from his home. While we were in that dilemma, Suresh’s Daaji suggested that we could take a short trip to Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani as it would take us approximately one hour to reach there. We hurried and decided to work out the details on the way. Firstly we visited Mapro Garden. Now, we still had time to leave so we decided to visit two points of Mahabaleshwar (Venna Lake and Sunset Point). After watching the beautiful sunset from a different perspective this time, we left for home.

When we had started this trail in the evening, as we were going to cross Panchgani we remembered a project ‘Zostel’ done by Ar. Madhav Joshi, heard in one of the FEED Lectures. We were not permitted in the hotel due to some security issues. While returning in the dark, we were curious to know how it looked from the rear side. So, I and Omkar took some risk (I don’t know why) to climb down the hill in the dark with just mobile torchlights to capture the view. And at that point, we were satisfied because it looked beautiful at night. We managed to reach home with a cautious speed, then had a hearty dinner till we felt like our stomachs would explode. Again, sleeping on the extended corridor at the entrance, in an open environment, breathing in the ‘Gaavachi hawa’ was the best thing I experienced there.

You have experienced nothing if you have not managed to swim in a well, after being in a village. After having bath in the well, we had to leave for our next destination which was very far away from the location we were present at – Aurangabad. So, I and Harish left immediately after the breakfast on a vehicle towards my home in Vimannagar where everyone was supposed to gather again, to catch a cab for Aurangabad. We left for Aurangabad with six of us in a cab with a driver as the seventh member. Now, how did we manage to fit in? Let’s leave that to your imagination.

Before reaching Dedu’s House, we knew that his father is a Police Officer and had an idea of the discipline he must be having at home, which we were ready to face. We entered the house with tip toes, like thieves. What a sigh of relief! Now, we had to decide the locations in the city to visit. So, moving out was the best option and there was time for dinner so why not take some breeze and make decisions for the next day. Came back with a firm mind to find the dinner ready and we were happy. There was sugar involved here in every item you had met with except Dedu’s father. After having a sweetest cup of tea in evening, for dinner we had Puran Poli with Aamras, a combination never tasted and thought of before. We slept early to rise up early as we had a lot of sites to be visited.

We got ready and left immediately after breakfast. We had planned such that we trek the fort of Daulatabad in the morning sun when it was not too hot and then in the afternoon, trail in the caves of Ellora. We took a bus to our first destination for the day, Daulatabad Fort. From the entrance itself you feel the

scale of this fort with Chand Minar standing 210ft tall just before entering the fort.

We managed to reach the caves just before 4pm and rushed in directly towards Cave no.1 before passing by the entrance of 16th cave, situated right at the central axis of the 32 caves, Kailash Temple, for which we were actually here at Ellora. Looking at 15 caves was magical and yet time consuming. We just had 1 hour left to visit 17 remaining caves including the Kailash Temple. It was an easy decision to just visit the Kailash. You will realize that being at that very place is very important than just scrolling down pictures of the temple. Can you imagine the complete cave is just cut out of a monolithic rock? You will feel the scale only when you are present there and taking out cameras to capture feels like a crime.

Spending almost one hour inside this cave, we thought we could have come here earlier and spend more hours exploring it.

Nevertheless, our day went well and we were about to leave for Dedu’s village before it was dark.

We reached a point by bus from where his village was 2 kms away as suggested by Dedu, pointing out a light saying that, “Te bagh ti light, tya light kade ahe majha ghar”. As getting a vehicle at that location was difficult, we decided to walk those 2 kms. But just after 5mins we got a rickshaw after waiting for almost 30 mins. As we moved towards the house, we thought we miscalculated 2 kms, where at every 2 kms Dedu pointed out a light saying that was his home. After almost 8 kms we had given up hopes on him, and we asked him to call up his father to get the location. If we had not made decision at that point, we would have definitely reached the moon, in multiples of 2. Hush! We finally reached his home far from home, lying on khaat introducing ourselves to his grandparents and other fa mily members, before dinner.

The next day we got up late and Dedu’s grandfather (we called him as Baba) insisted us to wait till dinner as we did not interact much with him the last day. We had reasons to leave, but we couldn’t. We managed to find a tennis ball in the farm just ahead of the house and played

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until we got scratches on our body. When we got bored of playing cricket with just a twig, Baba called us to play cards with him, which he was a champion at. At one point, he also asked us to sponsor money for the game. In the morning we thought of how we were going to spend our time till dinner and then found it difficult leaving them while packing our bags. Taking a nap after dinner, it was time to leave.

We headed towards our last point, Bibi ka maqbara- the replica of Taj Mahal.

We bought tickets and moved towards the entrance of the monument. As soon as we entered, we were shocked to see our friend Ayush with his family, who was not able to come on this trip due to family emergency. It was a surprise for him as well as us. This remains a suspense for all of us till date. Our stories of the trip were told as we moved towards the monument through the long walkway. After viewing the main structure, we took a photo at the entrance, now with the complete family of Pirangut and Bibi-ka-Maqbara, so that we remember this incident by just looking at this photo.

It was finally time to leave. We packed our bags with some extra space for memories and left for the bus stop where one more friend had come just to say goodbye Yogesh Surkutlawar. After this trip, we had personally moved a mile riser deep in each one of our lives.

Kailash Temple, Ellora Caves

Bibi-ka-makbara, Aurangabad

Banaras Rap Sayyam Oswal III Yr sayyamoswal07@gmail.com

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Photo Credit-Ayush Pandhare III yr

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These Lines

Who is she?

Ruchi Kumbhani 5th Yr ruchirocks97@gmail.com

Lines straight and lines long From ancient history they’re hanging on For what purpose held is unknown But certainly some theories have grown Lines curved and lines in shapes These lines have fingers and are s ometimes a pain They can be seen from all around with eyes Which is where theories lie Red, yellow, blue and all bright Lines Shining like flashes in our eyes They are lines of the stars and a map of their lawn The lines that point are the lines that are drawn And they have a more likely purpose made of its own These lines have a reason and these lines answer why But who knows if that’s where the answers lie

Atharva Naik 2nd Yr ruchirocks97@gmail.com

Lines lead to more lines and they touch as mates Making our vision picture great So shows reason being when lay as lines in their time But now these lines; Are protected for present day to view for passerby

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Who is she?

The rose’s pale, The land’s thirsty The mountains stand tall still haven’t heard anything from you Suddenly you come along one day with such affinity The roses again bloom with your gale, The thirsty lands perform their curtsy For you are the rain to their droughts, The wind to their mountains, The imagination to their thoughts and The sparkle to the fountains

Parag Kashyap V B.Arch paragkashyap2212@gmail.com

Ridley Scott’s 1982 movie ‘Blade Runner’ was a science-fiction masterpiece in terms of visual storytelling and world-building. The movie was placed in the dystopian Earth in the year 2019 and it was a depiction of what 2019 would look like by neo-futurist Syd Mead under the direction of Ridley Scott. It imagined skyscrapers to be inhumanly tall and polluted air deep seated in the streets of a futuristic Los Angeles that does not see the light of day and realizes the importance of their ecology only now, keeping the remaining living animals as prized pets and over-cloned animals treated as inferiors to the natural creation of God.

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The same is done for Replicants (synthetic humans with paraphysical capabilities to serve a purpose to the natural humans in this post-apocalyptic world) and the movie revolves around the hunt to kill the Replicants that have survived the Great War. Throughout the movie, they are escaping the hitman that is behind their lives and also try to plead to their creator, Eldon Tyrell to extend their lifespan, which is originally a meagre four years. The movie ends with them struggling to live till their last breath with remorse of losing their memories and experiences and whether those accounted for anything in their lives. The central theme of the movie is the discussion of what it means to be human to these clones and the value of emotions and memories, if you aren’t one. This is explored by making the Replicants more emotionally driven in the movies than the humans in their realization of life and their struggle to continue living.

Emotions and life is valued in this movie, in a world that feels highly manufactured and artificial. Luxury is used to survive in a clean, lavish lifestyle ignoring the different environmental issues the world faces and resenting the need to rectify them in a meaningful manner and the poor are left in their cluttered streets with garbage everywhere suffering due to hunger, poverty, pollution with the urban landscapes flooded in hoardings and advertisements by huge corporations, in every direction you looked, creating its own identity and unique skyline that was context specific to Blade Runner.

The discussion is taken towards the emergence of architecture in science fiction and the style of architecture in the movie. The future of Blade Runner is shown to have retrofitted, industrial surroundings which was a groundbreaking insight in sciencefiction since it showed a reflection in the future we are slowly moving towards and the horrors it holds. Ridley Scott attempted at providing a setting that fit in the “tangible future” rather than an obscure interpretation.

The decaying dystopian setting of Los Angeles set forty years in the future depicted a grounded reality which is described as rising to cult status, covered in smog with its building reaching for the skies and its streets densely populated. The city encompassing itself in its central two gigantic pyramidal structures owned by the major genetic engineering industry, Tyrell Corporation.

Blade Runner uses the architectural heritage of Los Angeles to portray their dystopian world by taking famous landmarks used in popular culture that still today influence film such as Bradbury building, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, Robin Hood Gardens and Unite d’ Habitation. These examples of real structures are used for comparing its references, functions and influences in the film. Using these iconic, landmark buildings as references, Ridley Scott maintained and developed a richly layered cinematic experience still relevant today.

Genetic designer JF Sebastian lives alone in an empty Bradbury Building, his apartment alluding to Rybcyznski’s 17th century “bourgeois”, in contrast to Tyrell’s “aristocrat” castle. Sebastian alternates between socializing with the lower classes on the streets and his superior, Tyrell, his home reflecting a middle ground he represents, linking both the worlds. Spatially busy, the confines of Sebastian’s home transform the space into a social theatre, welcoming domestic life in all aspects.

The use of Bradbury Building adds to the futuristic narrative by providing rich oddness to the futuristic narrative. The Bradbury building designed by George Wyman in its Renaissance Revival Architectural style that is known for its interactive courtyards and amazing light quality internally but it is used as a dead ruin in the movie that is abandoned and used solely by a toy maker that uses his toys as his only company in the entire building. The sun didn't shine through the corridors anymore leaving great architecture to be futile in the current state of the world because it couldn’t serve its primary function of building an interactive community due to abandoning of the building and the city, as a whole. The environment created creates an almost dreamlike, distinctive quality signifying a blur between creation and death, android and human, numbness and feeling.

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Rick Deckard's House

Ennis House

Ennis House, as its function in Blade Runner, transformed into a several hundred-story skyscraper. The puzzle which is most decipherable through architecture. The open plan design of the apartment negates any possibility for a physical boundary; they don’t exist, rooms flowing into one another without any physical privacy. An intimate exploration of the relationship between its interiors and exteriors is shown in the columns within and without, a second recurring element reminding the viewer of the ancient and classical foundations and influences still apparent in the city.

The ornamentation of Ennis House provides the director a way to use the building as a secondary character, its recognizable concrete tiles that litter the walls, 16x16inches, compose a repetitive and modular sequence, with every architectural space being dominated by mechanical equipment and mainly the Mayan tile.

On the “Actual” war footing Unmesh Jawalkar V Yr unmesh.jawalkar@gmail.com

Have we as architects ever thought, where do our services actually contribute? What is the scope of our profession? The spark for my thesis arose, watching the popular series “Veer” on Discovery network. The tales of the sacrifice and courage of the Indian National Army makes our chests swell with pride and eyes a little moist.

When they are protecting our country’s borders at a temperature of -50 degree Celsius at 16000 feet above sea level at the Siachen glacier or battling the temperature of 50 degrees in the blistering heat of Rajasthan, they are not doing it for themselves but for their country and its citizens. We, as a nation, are forever indebted to their sacrifice.

Understanding all of the above, have we ever thought what bare minimum could an architect bestowe upon these soldiers?

Carrying this question ahead began the journey of my thesis. Fortunately, I got the opportunity to visit the Army headquarter of Leh, with an aim to understand the living conditions of our armed forces during peace or semi war periods. I was displeased to see the built environment not being very favourable to its users. The inhabiting and working conditions lacked a designer’s perspective due to which its infrastructure was highly

unadaptive to its local context. The system followed certain stereotypical methods of construction (permanent or temporary) which caused discomfort to its users in terms of usability, cost, psychology and sustainibility. There is a need of an architect’s intervention to tackle the above circumstances through potential “design” and not just “technological” solutions.

Considering the above factors, shifting the paradigm of the way built spaces for the army are perceived and stereotyped became the epicentre of the thesis. There was a need to initiate awareness of “importance of design” amongst the defence fraternity through a decent design proposal.

Ladakh comprises of three major valleys naming Nubra, Ladakh and Zanskar. The former two already have defence bases in Nubra and Leh respectively. Currently a rail route has been approved between New Delhi and Leh. This railway line shall pass through Zanskar and has potential to form a new development zone for the army as all the required goods henceforth shall be supplied via rail. The scope shall limit around the village of Padum.

Having studied the exisitng Army infrastructure in this region, following points came forth.

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The entire Amry Infrastructure is under the control of Engineers.

The existing structures are not climate responsive and thus are heavily dependant artificial means of maintainance which inturn adds up to the net cost and the carbon footprint.

Sick building Syndrome is common amongst the users of residential quarters in this region. The users are already distant from their homes and such living conditions affect their psyche even more.

Thus through my thesis I tried to address the following questions: What is the role of an architect when it comes to designing something which is regimentalized due to its function?

2.Can architects question the stereotyping of amry architecture and present some meaningful solutions to the army?

3.Can architects set up an example to shift the paradigm of the way built spaces for the army are perceived and brought up?

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The entire journey of thesis made me realise that there are quite a lot platforms which are still unexplored by architects.

This thesis is an attempt to explore unconventional sectors in the market which are underestimated due to its unfantasizing nature. Its a message to our fraternity to go beyond the set boundaries and serve where we actually can make a difference.

Prathmesh Bhalekar 1st Yr prathmesh.bhalekar2011@gmail.com

inavaara }na, vaara, pa}sa yaaMpasaUna rxaNa krNaara mhNajaoca inavaara... manauYya, p`aNaI, pSaU, ikDo, jaIva, jaMtU yaa savaa-Mcyaa AaEayaalaa AapNa inavaara mhNaU Saktao... tao inavaara naOsaiga-k gaaoYTIMpasaUna banaavaa... tao inavaara naYT Jaalaa trI punha QartI maatolaa fayada vhavaa...

Aqaa-t inavaara inasagaa-tUna ]majaavaa AaiNa inasagaa-tca maavaLavaa... %yaalaa gaaopinayata AsaavaI pNa ekTopNaa nasaavaa... karNa Gar ho caar iBaMtIMca nasaUna %yaat rahNaa-yaa maaNasaaMca AsatM... kaoNaI dusa-yaaMnaI Gar banavaava AaiNa AapNa %yaat rhavaM... yaapoxaa svat:caM Gar svat: banavaavaM AaiNa AapNa %yaat rhavaM...

Gar ho f> AaramaacaI jaagaa nasaUna jagaNyaacaI jaagaa Aaho...

Gar ho Garatlyaa maaNasaaMca p`tIk Aaho...

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Credits - Viraj Gapchup (V TH Yr.)

HANDS RUNNING FREE

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HANDS RUNNING FREE A SERIES OF MASTERSTROK

Eternal

Narendra Gajalley , I YR

Acrylic on Canvas 23.6” x 23.6”

Innocence

Nikita Yeola, I YR

Colour Pencil on Indian Ivory 11” x 7”

Bloom Nikita Dhavale, III YR

Acrylic on Canvas 11” x 15”

Stardust

Watercolours on Canon Riddhi Vaze, I YR 8.3” x 11.7”

Symphony

Sayali Godbole, II YR

Eiffel Tower

Acrylic on Canvas 8” x 8”

Chirayu Jain,III YR

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Posters on Canvas 11.69” x 16.53”

Vintage Balcony Chirayu Jain, III YR

Vividly Carved

Narendra Gajalley, I YR

Lion King

Posters on Canvas 11.69” x 16.53”

Acrylic on Canvas 25.1” x 18.5”

Chetan Chaudhari, II YR

Old Popeye

Omkar Sasane, III YR

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Sunset

Sketch Pens on Cartridge 30” x 22”

Smital Rangate, I YR

Posters on Cartridge 8.27” x 11.69”

Realism

Nikita Yeola, I YR

Legend

Anand Khurd, I YR

Charcoal on Indian Ivory 7.5” x 5”

Graphite on Cartridge 13” x 11”

Bhaav

Graphite on Cartridge 15” x 15”

Nikita Dhavale, III YR

Emerge

Riddhi Vaze, I YR

Micro Pens on Cartridge 8.3” x 11.7”

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Reverso

Manan Dhamija, III YR

Graphite on Cartridge 8.25” x 11.25”

An Old Expression Ayush Pandhare, III YR

Expression

Manan Dhamija, II YR

Graphite on Cartridge 23.4” x 33.1”

Graphite on Cartridge 8.25” x 11.75”

Eternal Love

Krutika Patani, II YR

Himnoor

Viraj Gapchoop, IV YR

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Colour Pencil on Cartridge 11.75” x 16.5”

Ink Pen on Cartridge 5.8” x 8.3”

Voyage A journey of 5 years, through stormy seas and calm waters, all to reach a destination as beautiful as a marmaid’s song. The final stepping stone to the real world, a few slippery, a few strong, all to create a wiser and more sensitive human, going out into the world.

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Graphic Credits - Omkar Hiremath (V TH Yr.)

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THROUGH THE LENS "Who says black can't give out beautiful colours, here it is a series of beautiful photographs capture through the lens."

"Eyes searching for the truth"

Harsh Pandey,III yr Shot on:Canon 200D,Lens:500MM prime f1.8STM II,

"Joy is the serious business of heaven" Akhilesh Devgadhe,II yr Shot on:Redmi note 7S

"The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it"

"Mystic"

"Bombay,1000 Universe is one"

"Light always Follows the path of beautiful"

Anmol Jain,II yr Shot on:Samsung A750

Akash Karnavat,III yr Shot on:IphoneXs,Auto

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Abhishek Mahale,IV yr Shot on:Iphone XS max,

Mayur pacharne,IV yr Shot on:Redmi 3S prime

"Art is structure,art in culture"

"Koi fishes"

Shreshtha Kulkarni, I yr Shot on:Oneplus 7T Auto

Ruchi Kumbhani,IV yr Shot on:Iphone X

"Enchanting"

"The GAZE that sees is the GAZE that dominates"

Rutuja Honrao,II yr Shot on:Oneplus 7 Auto

Sanket Bahekar,III yr Shot on:Canon 200D

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"Bold"

Pranit Bora,IV yr Shot on:Canon 700d Manual

"Erasing the ephemeral"

"Northern Delight"

Mayur Pacharne,IV yr Shot on:Redmi 3S prime

Radhika Kandale,II yr Shot on:Samsung A7

"Beautiful view up from a courtyard in jaisalmer" Sreshtha Kulkarni,I yr Shot on:Oneplus 7T,Auto

"It's not what you look at that matters.It's what u see" Akhilesh Devgadhe,II yr Shot on:Redmi note7S

"Beauty is rather than a light that plays over the symmetry of things than that symmetry itself" Janhavi Deshmukh,III yr Shot on:Samsung galaxy A7,Auto

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Swarakar Vadya Pathak Pushkaraj Bhamre V Yr pushkaraj.bhamre05@gmail.com

Swarakar means devotion towards rhythm for us. The main intention behind idea of pathak is to create musical interaction from bottom to top year as a platform to play, wave and perform. Firstly I took initiative with fellow batchmates Shubham Gujar, Raviraj Daware and Raghav Maheshwari with making instruments from scrap just to prove that rhythm has power to control or hold crowd’s mindset.

As member of Dhol tasha pathak in pune from 2015, since then every year I used to perform in ganesh festival at laxmi road pune.

During such time I realized that many students in college who also want’s to perform in pathak but cant manage with our college timings.

That time itself l had informal discussion with JP sir and told them idea about starting our own college dhol-tasha pathak.

Without any questions Jitendra Pitaliya sir approved our idea and guided us further directions. This is how Swarakar forms in

November 18.

Rhythm is always a best way to celebrate any occasion and we selected Shearforce and Food fest as a platform to perform. Students (boys and girls)from each year likes participating selflessly from the soul and addition to that admin and faculty team also started joining us which is true encouragement for us.

With fruitful help from Desai sir and JP sir every swarakar is adding new things to the occasions. It’s really great to watch a small initiative or idea is now binding with upto 50 members including faculty and became identity of institute.

Swarakar dhol-tasha pathak is a platform to develope leadership qualities and management skills with performance daring. Be ready for upcoming rhythmic years by SWARAKAR. Keep joining Keep playing

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Test your terminologies Its time to take a deep dive into our roots. Its time to test your memory. Lets see who can remember these simple terminologies that we come across in our reads.

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2) rows of columns surrounding a space.

6) workshop or studio space, especially a one used by an artist or designer.

7) Similar to a terrace, it is an outdoor extension of a building situated above the ground level and is open to sky.

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Down: 1) lacking columns or pilasters.

2) a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals 3) round building or room, especially one with a dome.

4) a piece of ground surrounding or adjacent to a temple.

5) a band of richly sculpted ornamentation on a building.

DOWN : 1. ASTYLAR ; 2. PORTICO ; 3. ROTUNDA ; 4. TEMENOS ; 5. FRIEZE.

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ACROSS : 2. PERISTYLE ; 6. ATELIER ; 7. PATIO.

Credits - In Collaboration with Academic Team

THE TANGIBLE LAYER

Credits - Viraj Gapchup (V TH Yr.)

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Meraki the three years journey Ar. Shubham Kotawadekar PVPCOA Alumni shubham.artech@gmail.com

It started as a simple idea, an idea to execute some of the innovative ideas which otherwise not get pass drafting table. It was to get everyone involve in this process from designing to constructing.

It was to bring everyone together for a cause and now after 3 years of Meraki, has grown more than what we had ever imagined. Each year, with new people getting involved has brought fresh perspective to this journey. Everyone taking responsibilities of different aspects of it has made Meraki functional and efficient.

Meraki is a life lesson. It has made us more confident with our design and more willing to get out of our comfort zone. We are exposed to the diversity of thoughts, ideas and how others approach to design problems, which made us thoughtful and considerate. In this learning process we have an understanding : You are for Meraki and Meraki is for you.

It’s a delight to see people getting involved in Meraki, adding value to it. It’s great to see students from other colleges want to be a part of it. All the appreciations, suggestions and critics had helped us improve and to do better and to keep working. And most important of all, we

are enjoying this journey at every turn.

This is what we believe in that, it’s not about the product, it’s about process.

Meraki Pine Wood Seating 2019-20

Meraki Bottle Pavilion 2017-18

Meraki Cycle-rim Pavilion 2018-19

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Meraki Pavilion 2020 Radhika Bhamburkar III Yr rbhamburkar@gmail.com

Meraki means doing something with soul, creativity and love following the legacy of past two years, this year too. Team meraki was all geared up to create something new something different. The location is to make each year count, nurture ourselves into better learners and grow together.

Team became strong with the process and this year we tried to explore a new material, “Pine Wood”. A canopy, made up of wood, which is retractable. A kinetic structure which can simply be opened up by human weight. This was the basic idea behind the design. As the material allowed many peaple to work on it, seatings came into picture, complementing the design. From drilling a hole into a plate, till its assembly we learnt to appreciate materials sterngth and understood the weaknesses. The exploration, with new materials each year, is spine of the team.

ends were tied together, everything fell into place perfectly and words are not enough to eaxplain what everyone felt. With smiles and tears that sunset was different that all the other days, magical as if it was only for meraki.

What else can be a better way to celebrate a new year ?

Meraki, Is a motivation we carry through out the year.

The warmth we seek.

The thought we believe in and the people we call home !

Meraki, fulfilling a dream at a time.

Yes ! Miracles do happen in Meraki.

Meraki, is beautiful end and beautiful start.

-Radhika Bhamburkar III year B. Arch

We inaugurated the structure with small celebration with some faculty members and team marking the culmination of year long collective efforts and dedication. the few hours of celebration were overwhelming. All loose

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What seems to be the purpose of learning?

Niranjan Garde Faculty niranjangarde@gmail.com

Dear Students, I am often reminded of the question that why should students (and by extension – we or the society) be concerned about what they see around and exactly WHAT is it that they need to be concerned about?

Clarity regarding “what” will give you an approach to “how” (process) of achieving the outcome. If you are very lucky, you may be able to come to terms with “why” of the phenomenon. Here are a few things that I keep thinking about We see things as “objects”. The problem with the object is that we don’t see it as being related to us – it is different (because of the belief that you are different). Believing that things are different indicates that they are distinct from you, or you are separate, they can be consumed or they can be judged and can be used or abused and can be thrown away at will. This is an attitude – a way of perceiving things around us. What it creates or fuels is a sense of fear and the craze of hoarding things.

Thus, our mind has to be trained

continuously to decode the phenomenon of object and see it as a “pattern” of relationships. This means, to understand that the object and you are interrelated, thus your decision to do anything to the object is going to affect you as well.

Secondly, to perceive object as a set of interrelationships (as an ecosystem) – or a system of dependence on many things.

Thirdly, to see or realize that the object (in a moment of Space-Time) is a continuum of many ideas/ processes/ intentions from the Past and which will appear in new ways in the Future – a cyclic/ spiral behavior of Time.

In each of above imaginations of phenomenon, our level of awareness grows to an extent that we do not just think only for a moment, we do not just think only for us, but include the entire universe. In other words, we move beyond limitations or compulsions of thoughts imposed by our body and mind. The sense of separateness diminishes substantially and that is the way we develop empathy

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for Creation. Ethics is an integral part of this realization.

This also changes our intentions behind our actions. It is easy to see that as long as we think only as per what our body or mind demands, we operate in gross intentions – we hoard things, we fight, we become jealous, we get entangled in the web of desires and we keep running. If we realize existence as a “pattern” of things – interconnected in the moment and with Past-Present-Future (as a whole), ‘we’ gain access to that Force which is not bounded

by Time. Our intentions cover the welfare of the Cosmos – not just you and me.

This is what evolving our mind to achieve greatness and this is what should be expected out of education. In other words, can we realize that our body and mind are “channels” or mechanisms or conduits to realize the Unknown? Or the body and mind are “extensions” or “expressions” of the Unknown? The Unknown is always there. At the core of our experience of existence, is this dimension that lies

beyond everything else.

At an existential level, ‘we’ generally define our selves through mind-body. That is – we treat the mechanism as the final reality of life. Hence, we make short sighted decisions, we defend, we judge – all in the compulsion of ‘protecting’ ourselves; protecting our ‘body’ and protecting our ‘constructed identity’. Somewhere in life, if we keep questioning this tendency of ourselves to behave in this way, we are represented by the dilemma of choice/ decision making process. For whom are we taking a decision? What is the motive behind our decisions? What do you call benefitting us or others? Are ‘we’ different from ‘them’?

These questions are indeed hard to entertain. And harder to get to a sustainable answer. I hope in the academic (and professional) environment we realize that, there is no such thing as a teacher and a student – as separate things. Each one of us is here to learn, to give and to share – for we belong in some ways to the same

concerns - which are about the nature of environment and our role in it. We do belong to the same Force that generates the good in us. Hence, we have a responsibility to play – which is of motivating ourselves and others to reach to the best of our abilities for whatever benefit our actions are bound to generate.

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Ode of the nearby stream Ar. Hrishikesh Ashtekar Faculty. PVPCOA ashtekar.pvpcoa10@gmail.com

Today the Rain caught me on the street and casually got me off my feet.

Said the nearby stream ..Wait today I will show you clogged drainage lines and streams which you changed directions. You never understood my topographic connections.

However you try with your machines and intelligent resources, you will never be able to change my natural courses.

The Hills which you injured with your JCBs and trucks got water in your house today full of mud and muck.

Your Plastic waste choked me yesterday for which I showed you my terror face today.

As there were sad deaths and life was fear, my eyes were full of tears.

Hence my friend, please listen to my wise advice.

“Don’t Change but Save each of my courses for our natural resources”.

The ‘Urbanizing Peripheries’ of Pune has these kind of common juxtapositions of large residential projects in the countryside with several such streams and yet to be developed agricultural fields. In the recent flash floods in end of September 2019, few such streams overflowed on the streets and housing colonies , also breaking their channelizing edge walls.

As Pune progresses towards becoming a global city (also as one of the 11 megacities of India by 2025 with more than 4 million population), the question of ecological issues remain unanswered in the spate of suburban development.

The original poem above in ‘Marathi’ written by my wife Mrs Sheetal Ashtekar (graphic designer and artist) brings out the plight of such a stream. The same is further expressed in English by me.

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PVP Library is nothing But temple…

Sit in the Library…...

Shantilal B Ahire Librarian shantilalahire11@gmail.com

PVP Library is a hub, where in thousands of students and faculty members have been acquiring knowledge. Library is the soul of the PVP community. Without reading, no one becomes an Architect.

A huge amount of information is available here, on the field of architecture. Despite this we avoid visiting the library. Most users usually rely on social media rather than using the library and its resources. Library is the industry and the books are a machine by which comprehensive Architects are created, a magazine is the crux and an indispensable source of information.

Very few patrons ask the Librarian that “sar Daomasa jaanaovaarI 2020 caa AMk Aalaa ka ? Everyone must be aware of the fact that the magazines are a rich source of information.

Architects like Charles Correa, Laurie baker, Le Corbusier, B. V Doshi, and Achyut Kanvinde enormously contributed in the field of Architecture; but the community isn’t conscious that these erudite nascent books are displayed in our Library; in the new arrival zone. Most of the first-year students are not aware of the services provided by Library. When they reach fifth year, they feel a sense of compulsion to use the Library.

As a Librarian, I am really eager to cognize your questions and your problems; to help you face your fears, and always be ready to help You…….

Sit in the Library And you can find the Answers to your questions of “Why do you want to become an Architect?”

Sit in the Library And you will find Society’s expectations from an Architect; Sit in the Library And you can be the Best Fellow Architect in your life; Sit in the Library And you can explore The Information you desire; Sit in the Library And you will think of a New notion to design buildings; Sit in the Library And share your idea’s to That friend of yours who maunders from his goal…

-Shantilal B Ahire Liabrarian PVPCOA,Pune.

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Hostel moments with JP sir

Everyone has some memories about hostel..but ours was a unique one.

The #strictrules of the hostel were fun while breaking them..

The #11o’clock timelimit to enter was fun. Even after entering beyond 11 o’clock, never thought hostel could be so much fun like watching dailysoaps together, going for outings, the Apna Floor bonds, the chalo lets cook group and the chalo unhone banaya hai khalo groups together..

The discussions with JP sir, constantly complaining to him.. arranging picnics.

JP sir being a firm support of the hostel treated every child as his own.

The hostel was more of a family than just a student residency.

-Harshada Mahajan V th yr Jp sir aur own Godfather guiding hostelities and hostel Life for the whole journey with every kind of challenges and guidence.

A man of his words and guts, karta dharta of outsiders in PVP thank you for the presence Jp sir

JP Sir. The strongest pillar and support for the institute and our beloved PVPCOA hostel.

5 years away from the family never felt difficult as JP sir never failed to catch our words and assured us that things would always be the way students wanted.

May it be hostel picnics, festivals, dinner outings, visits to the hostel from his busiest schedule to just see if his students are fine and chat with them and much more, he was always there as a head of the family.

One call and we all knew Jp sir would figure out something for us going out of the way.

Thankyou sir for always caring, guiding and supporting each of us in this tough leeward journey as hostel was the place where we had our peace.

Youu always tried to make our hostel a better place to live in, a second home.

-Apoorva Patil Vth YR

Whenever we think of hostel life then there are lots of memories of fun and enjoyment attached to us but while finding and thinking about source and foundation for all this then there comes only one name and he is none other than our JP sir...

The time we spent, secured a learning atmosphere always at hostel.

He was not only our mentor or caretaker, he was very much friend to us with whome we could share our everything and every time we got positive response.

Without him we cannot think of hostel and hostel life where we have spent many festivals yearly and managed many things with the Sir to happen different activities in hostel where everyone got opportunity to develop themselves with the enjoyment and energy.

Thank you sir for being pioneer of our hostel where senior and junior learn a lot with lot of things with lot of enthusiasm where I could spent my lovely time during architecture. I would always love to cherish my unforgettable memories with Hostel and JP sir.

- Yogesh Surkutlawar Alumni

- Raghav Maheshwari Vth YR

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ALONG THE STRAIGHT FLIGHT STAIRCASE

Credits - Viraj Gapchup (V TH Yr.)

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Freshers 2019

Moving from home, making friends for life and throwing yourself into altogether new experiences. Welcoming these hundred bright faces to an unchatered ocean of knowledge, anxiety is bound to creep into these novice minds. Every year it is a customary in our college to celebrate Freshers’ day. From Zamana unplugged to Hippy Trippy to this years theme “Disco of the Dead” the commencement of performances increased incredibly every year. It is the spark within everyone that makes them feel alive-setting off on a long but exciting journey of change and adventure. Freshers’ being the most awaited moment of the year, all II year students get involved enthusiastically and take efforts whole heartedly to welcome the new batch. Juniors hunt for partners and compete among themselves to have the best ,turn out for the theme. Seniors wait all through the passage while some accompany their partners. As they start accending toward the entrance ,curiosity arises-what would be the atrium look like? what would everyone be dressed up and look? Working for the event, planning all programmes ,the studio transforms into a different space altogether in one night. Here comes the time when I year students show their talent and have an interaction with seniors. Every year culturals team reveal a theme that is decided and all the performances, decor and costumes have to be done according to it. ” Disco of the dead “ was the theme that describes the genre of dance and music. Powerful, bass-heavy and sound systems were viewed as a part of the disco club experience. It is one of the challenge to look totally different for one night. Everyone was swaying with the rhythm of the musical bands of the music team,juniors and seniors learn to bond along the lines of the tune. Later, the programme was followed with the ramp walk. There is also an exciting contest held of Mr. and Ms Fresher where the new comers are given an opportunity to introduce themselves and participate in fun activities to win titles. The students were then given different titles that added zest in the programme. Culturals team, II years has a major contribution in the event from arranging of materials to participating in programs, song fusions done by music team. It was all over a very energetic environment!

- Editorial Team

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Insight 19-20 The whole campus was filled with joviality with the commencement of Insight 19-20.

A great silent fight between reality and perceptivity was seen in the art following the theme of this year ‘‘Semblance’’.

The colonnade entrance and Meraki was re-established to achieve ideas and form, pleasing to the spaces and theme.

Section and Warli wall went hand in hand by presenting the stories of ‘‘Night-chitect’’ with perfect strokes and splashes. While the Atrium struck attention with its light and flowing Origami.

From a colourful and full of props theme based stage back drop to finely done costumes everything was created innovatively from recycled dry waste by students for the Final performance on ‘‘Culturals’’ night, an annual gathering. Each House had to create an act, narration which had a musical performance, a Runway Walk and a story which best fits the ‘‘Semblance’’ theme. And all the houses did justice to it with their act, leaving a tough choice for the judges to announce the winner!

Insight Day 1

The next day ‘‘Rock Eat High’’ saw a sunset filled with kites and appetizing food at stalls handled by the first years under ‘‘Parampara’’. Music Band and Singers gave a blasting performance and this night concluded.

Insight week gave this dynamic energy to everyone as it was the time when we got to play popular songs in the atrium on speaker, share stories with seniors and teachers even, and learning came easy and quick while recreating these spaces.

Sports day had all the House players competing with other houses for getting maximum points and House Trophy to get their rank up!.It was held At SMJV Ground and everyone was present there either to play or to cheer the players.

Working was constant throughout with some students working till midnight while a few looked for a place to sleep. And Tea Talks at night brought buzz in the canteen.

These days are celebrated because everyone finds a new piece of themselves and hopes these days come soon again.

Players competed with each other in games like Basketball, Volleyball, Athletics, Dodgeball, Tug of war and Admin Cricket. and playing didn’t felt exhausting in joyous enviroment.This event came to end with distribution of prizes at the amphitheatre.

Insight Day 2

-by Editorial team.

Insight Day 3 Doodle graphic showing Day wise activity.

- by Narendra Gajjaley.

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Shearforce 2019-20

Shearforce is an inter-college event hosted by PVPCOA for all the architectural colleges in Maharashtra. Through its journey of nine years, Shearforce has evolved from being an ordinary sports event to a sports festival that is looked forward to, by one and all.

It has become an influential platform to nurture a sporting culture amongst architectural colleges.

This year , Shearforce was held on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th January 2019. Twenty One colleges from Pune, Mumbai,Indapur and Aurangabad paticipated in this event.PVPCOA bagged the first place in Football(boys) and Volleyball(boys).

This year Red Bull , one of the offical sponsors of Sheareforce hosted a football tournament where anyone with a team of five could register, and participate.

An initiative such as this helped people develop an interest towards football and also unlock their sportive side.

Shearforce as an experience: SHRIYA BHAGWAT(PVPCOA BASKETBALL TEAM MEMBER): Being there on the ground where the struggles of getting the ball beyond the net, the urge to score a basket or the pressure to save a goal creates unforgettable memories.

Where there are no two sides, but one spirit. Shearforce is a feeling.

HARSH PANDEY(PVPCOA FOOTBALL TEAM MEMBER): Shearforce is that time of the year when apart from architects , you get to identify yourselves as sportsmen/women . The connections and bonds you build due to shearforce , definitely last longer and stronger than any of the bonds made otherwise . The immense sense of brotherhood teamspirit and belongingness we feel towards each other is unparalled and perhaps the best one. Its only after the first shearforce , you willingly wait for this time of the year to come sooner than ever .

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TRIVI ARCH

AQ

Friday, 21st June 2019

Friday, 19th July 2019

ROOKIES

Saturday, 3rd August 2019

Triviarch an architectural quiz competition held by PVPCOA every year with an intention of increasing the general knowledge of the students and prepare them for the city level competition ,called AQ (Architectural Quotient). The quiz questions are related to architecture and its parallels. The team consists of two students ,one being compulsorily from junior class. It works on two levels -the preliminary and the final round. Triviarch sees a lot of enthusiasm and interaction by both students and faculty.

AQ or Architectural Quotient is an intercollegiate quiz competition held for students from colleges in and around Pune as a precursor to Archumen.

PVPCOA conducts this event in collaboration with IIA Pune.

The quiz comprises of a Preliminary round followed with a fast paced buzzer final round with 6 finalists by Ar. Prof .

Prassana Desai. The quiz is extremely popular among colleges with a huge number of participation by students every year.

This event is a great opportunity to gain information .

The ACARA ( Asian Contest for Architectural Rookies Awards) an Asian level competition and national level round which was sucssesfully orchestrated at PVPCOA. The contestants are required to present third year final projects to an estimated panel of judges. The gold winners get an opportunity to present at the Asia level round in Mongolia. The event usually happens in first week of August and is conveyed by Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai. The students also get an opportunity to see the level of work by architecture students by all over the country, their ideas, presentation skills.

Winners: Shaunak Mazumdar(III yr) Neha Phadtare(II yr)

Winners: PVP College of Architecture, Pune Ravi Varma (IV yr) Sanidhya Shah (IV yr)

Winners: Silver Medal(3rd position)Somesh Kachawar (IV yr)

1st runner up: Adesh Bhawar(IV yr),Smit Dungarwal (II yr), Aparna Kher(IV yr) 2nd runner up: Mukul Phansalkar(II yr), Mayur Pacharne(IV yr),

1st Runners up: Pritish Jain (IV yr) Aparna Kher (IV yr)

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Silver Medal - 4th Position: Abhijit Pardeshi (IV yr)

Ram Sharma : “Who could connect the dots between the office studio & the school studio” Ar. Prasanna Desai Director of PVPCOA desaiprasanna.pvpcoa08@gmail.com

It was some time in Feb 1974 as a student of First year B Arch on a sunny Saturday morning I was at the SPA Sports Ground which used to be opposite the Department of Architecture Building next to river Yamuna (where the current Indraprastha Stadium is built ) for the annual sports day. The famous annual cricket match between faculty & students was on all off us were curiously watching the same with 11 members of the faculty in field. It is then one realized that the bowler was holding a ball in one hand and a cigarette in another and as soon as he would deliver the bal would take a puff in a very stylish manner, this act continued for the full over. Stunned to see this kind of action with lot of hesitation & fear I ask one senior sitting next to me that who is this person blowing. He looked at me with surprise & and asked which year are you in and I said first year immediate came his reaction oh that is why you do not know him he is Ram Sharma you get to know about him slowly and you will have to face him in final year just watch he is a tiger & a competition king.

Years passed by but this statement kept on lingering in the mind throughout the journey of 5 years and we were nurtured

by teachers like K B Singh, M R Agnihotri, Surinder Sharma, Y R Gupta, Madan Mehta, Rose Merry Sachdev, Satish Grover, Vinod Gupta, Vasant Kamat, Rasik Bhel, P N Mathur, O P Sharma, Lakshman Pai, P C Jain T Narayanswamy, K A Patel, S K Narayana led by non-other than Prof C H S Jhabvala. During these years one kept hearing stories about Prof Ram Sharma as to how tough it is to face him, how critical can he be while discussing design, if he does not find any merit in the design instead of shouting & tearing the sheets he would just look out of the window indicating that your work is not even worth a glance. This guilt trip would automatically make students produce work which needed to be of a level worth discussing with Prof Sharma. I also saw at times jubilant students in the canteen coming running from the first floor faculty room declaring that today Prof Sharma looked at my design for 10 seconds, the second one would counter and say he not only looked at my design but asked questions & the third would over excited and would tell that this is nothing, today Prof Sharma picked up a pencil & demonstrated to me by drawing on my tracing paper how to improvise my design and what direction I should take.

This picking up the pencil & drawing on the sheet was the most important act that most of the teachers of SPA indulged in, but the golden lines drawn by Prof Sharma along with his words though at time very harsh & sarcastic if viewed positively would give you the direction and clarity to work for weeks to come. His response to your work would have the utmost clarity characterized by firmness and confidence.

Though many would say that he was very arrogant but for his tough stand which pushed us at times to the breaking point

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we would not have learned the lessons of reaching a matured design resplution..

My first encounter with Prof Ram Sharma was some time in Jan 1980 while doing my B Arch thesis and there was a thesis review. There were three rooms on the first floor and in the first room was the team of Prof P N Mathur ( Kuki Mathur ) & Prof Ram Sharma followed by two other teams in the following rooms. As soon as I arrived in the corridor with my drawings & model Prof Agnihotri who was standing there asked me as to what was my topic. On hearing my topic he immediately directed me to go in the first room where Prof P N Mathur & Prof Ram Sharma were sitting sipping the doctors chai ( our canteen owner was called doctor ) At this I juncture I literally pleaded with Prof Agnihotri not to send me in this first room but let me go to the room number two or three thus sparing me with this agony & torture in the lion’s den but alas Prof Agnihotri did not budge and enforced that as your topic is in Institutional category and this is the perfect team to guide you.

With no choice left, though reluctantly gathering courage I entered the room and the next 30 minutes were full of clarity and confidence which gave me the direction to complete my thesis with reasonable grades.

Later on during my Masters in Urban Design at SPA he was our studio guide for the 3rd semester where we did the densification of the Luyten’s Bunglow Zone which was one of the most exciting studios that I have ever participated in my career laying the foundation of some basic principles of urban design. My Masters thesis project Oshiwara District Centre Jogeshwari Mumbai was a live

competition which was guided by him and I along with Architects Bhel Joshi supported by my friend and partner Narayan Shastri participated in the same. Later on when the results came in May 1983 we saw that Prof Sharma had won the First Prize & we followed his footsteps by getting a special mention.

After shifting to Pune in 1990 I had two specific opportunities of interacting with him closely as a professional. I was travelling with him in a car to Aligarh Muslim University for a COA Inspection where he was asking me as to what is happening in Pune & I told him about FEED lecture series and that we always have 300 to 400 audience for each lecture. Complementing us he immediately asked as what the size of the city of Pune is & how much time takes to travel to the city centre and replied maximum 30 minutes. I keep wondering why did he ask the question and then realized that he was connecting the dots of quality of talk & distance of travel to success of the event which was actually Urban design in a practical way.

In October 2008 the Dept of Landscape Architecture at SPA organized a workshop & Late Prof Mohammad Shaheer ( another Guru Guide Mentor Inspiratior …….. ) asked me to present the Pedagogy of Design Studio at this conference. With lot of reluctance I accepted this invitation and it was an honor, privilege and coincidence that I presented all my leanings with Prof Ram Sharma as the session chair watching me very closely. It reminded me of my college studio days & with confidence & courage I shared all my experiences about him with the audience & it was with humility & the Ram Sharma smile that he accepted my presentation.

The most disappointing part of his career was when he participated in 1980 Indraprastha Indoor Stadium competition along with Ar Raj Rewal & Er Mahendra Raj making a very strong team considering the past experience that number of times he was not awarded the work despite having won the first prize because his office was not big enough to handle the project of large scale. Though they won the first prize for this competition and despite having such a strong team they did not get the work depriving Prof Sharma of executing one of the largest and a very interesting projects of his career.

His contemporaries like Ar Raj Rewal, Ar Kuldip Singh, Ar Ajoy Choudhary , Ar Rajit Sabikhi and many others were in active practice established through competitions but it was from Prof Ram Sharma’s work & his capacity to win competitions is what inspired us and it is with him that we learned the art of how to crack competitions.

In an academic environment in the schools of architecture the teachers need to have the capacity & capability to motivate students and give them the clarity of direction, while doing so they may be very tough, very harsh & very curt which Prof Ram Sharma was at times but the value of such an approach can only be appreciated decades later when you get matured to understand the benefits of the same.

I only wish that more & more professionals like Prof Ram Sharma join the School & commit themselves for active teaching.

Professor Sharma did not have a big practice in terms of numbers but certainly had the depth in whatever he built and has been inspirations & demonstrative of

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inculcate in the students. I hope the recently published book will inspire lots of young practicing architects to come inside the ring ( means regularly teach in the colleges of architecture two to three days a week ) than criticizing sitting outside the fence. That is the only way that we can raise the standard of architectural education and bridge the so called gap between academics & profession.

Thank you sir for being our mentor, guide, inspiration & helping us in connecting the dots.

architalk Ar. Sanjay Mohe Ar. Sanjay Mohe

Ar. Neelkanth Chhaya

Ar. Ankon Mitra

5th July 2019 : ”You should learn to bring energy into the building, learn from the five elements of nature.” Students should start looking inside, feeling the space and energy within the space you design around the function. Always fuse nature in your concept of Architecture.

Learn to AGREE to DISAGREE.

26th July 2019 : When child is young, you give him a ball, he starts playing.

When a ball doesn’t touch the bat the child doesn’t start crying, the child is fully aware that there will be problems and I will keep on trying to hit it. So as a student if you don’t find yourself in that state, then start doubting yourself if you are the one.

17th August 2019 : “The apparent chaos of the universe has an underlying order, that order is created by folding processes.”

Architect’s lifelong work is to research these folding processes, and to understand the reasons why nature and the Universe uses folding techniques so extensively.

Ar. Frank Lyons

Ar. December Vikas Dilawari visited ourarts college 5th 2019 : “The are on 20th December 2019.it is assumed generated subjectively, that the finished cultural artefact is also subjective.” He seeks to unpick the complex relationships that go to make up great works of architecture, to reveal a set of principles that are found to apply not only to architecture but also to art, music and culture in general.

Ar. Verendra Wakhaloo

12th July 2019 : “You should always have more than one reason to build a project.”

Engaging in a dialogue is very important, always narrate your stories and experiences to one another. Once you start speaking, you participate yourself more with the designing process.

He attempts to move from the known to unknown in search of Timeless Principles.

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Ar. Vikas Dilawari

20th December 2019 : “Its good not because its old. It is old because its good.” Conservation is bit like a ‘root canal’ than fixing new dentures. ‘The historical significance, the cultural context and sentiment have to be kept in mind when one works on conservation projects ‘says the architect. Six Inch Six Yard concept : Judge any space from six yard and even six inch with accuracy.

Ar. Neera Adarkar

Ar. Johanna D. & Yasamen E.

Ar. Robert Harvey Oshatz

30th August 2019 : She is an architect, researcher and an urbanist whose work is largely informed by her pedagogical concerns and active participation in urban, social and gender movements.

She has been part of the women’s group which voluntarily overviewed the proposed Development Plan of Mumbai.

13th January 2020 : “Architecture has become too complicated to be understood by architects.” The study of the relation of floating settlements with respect to the main land along with the human-water linkage is essential. One has to travel the world as much he/she can to become a better architect.

17th December 2019 : ” I do not try to be different for the sake of being different.

If I am different, it is to make a difference.” The client’s program and vision are the seed that grows into the solution of each design challenge.

Architect is client’s artist, creator and logician of evolving aesthetic structures.

Ar. Saumya Sampat

Er. BL Manjunaath

27 December 2019 : He has over eight years of experience with Shaheer architects based in New Delhi. He shared his experience working with such a legendary architect and talked about work experience in some famous pojects like Sundar Nursery. He later spent three years in leading the India office for a Hong Kong based firm called One

4th January 2020 : ”For him the question to question the innovation is the innovation.” When you look at a product, try and figure out the process behind it. Question the materials, fabrics and forms. Learn to feel the failure, observe the setbacks and analyse.

Sensitive observation and logic should overpower greed. Capture the essence and create more.

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As the name refers, This page contains key points and great words said by Master Architects around the world who come to FEED and also visits our college and share their own journey of architecture.

They share their experience working not only as an architect but also as a leader for the society and boosts our own energy and enthusiasm to become more sensitive and socially conscious architects. They present their works on feed platform and inspires many architects and architecture students around the world.

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SandeepKale(PVP Kale (PVPalumni) alumni)presented presentedhis histhesis thesis -- Mend Mend Sandeep The Mines .An attempt to bring life to a quarry, Makrana The Mines _ An attempt to bring life to a quarry, Makrana RajasthanatatMimansa Mimansa Forum. entry was one of the Rajasthan Forum.

HisHis entry was one of the 12 12 short listed entries for the same. short listed entries for the same.

Vivek Sanidhya Shah(lll yr) photography were the winners Pranit Wanarase Bora (IV Yr)and won the online wildlife contest while Vaibhavi Pujari, Ashutosh Mundada and conducted throughout India. The winning prizeRavi wasVarma free (III yr) stood third in the Drawing Board competition organised photography Workshop at Bandhavgarh national park.

by Rohan Builders.

ElevateGreen Green Steel Steel Competition Elevate Competition 2019 2019 was washosted hostedbyby MahaBamboo an initiative by the MBDB & CORE MahaBamboo an initiative by the MBDB & CORE winners:Priyanka PriyankaShinde,Anisha Shinde,AnishaJoshi,Shriya Joshi,ShriyaBhagwat, Bhagwat, winners: Vedant Nalawade.

Second runnerups: Pranit Bora, Vedant Nalawade. Second runnerups: Pranit Bora AbhiAbhijeet Pardeshi,Rushi Khurud jeet Pardeshi,Rushi Patel, Patel,Mohit Mohit jahav,jahav,Anand Anand Khurud and Vaishnavi Patil.

Atharva and Jahnvi Kamthe(IV the the Atharva Ghogale(IV Ghogale (IVYr)Yr) and Jahnvi KamtheYr) (IVwere Yr) were winners of IGBC Green Design Competition 2019 hosted winners of IGBC Green Design Competition - 2019 hostedby by Ethos.

Siddhesh Marne Marne(PVP Ethos. Siddhesh (PVPalumni) alumni)was was the the first first runner runner up up for for the the same. same.

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KMATM 2019 - An event of inter-architecture colleges of Pune city KMATM 2019 - An competition event of inter-architecture colleges of Pune city for for model making hosted by Sinhgad college. model making hosted byShankad,Mayur Sinhgad college.

1st place: Nirajcompetition Navlakha,Chanveer Pacharne, 1st place: Niraj Navlakha,Chanveer Shankad,Mayur Pacharne Shreyans Lunkad.

2nd place: Savan Bogawat, Naveen Dhariwa Shreyans Lunkad.

2ndDalvi. place: Savan Bogawat, Naveen Dhariwa Nikhil Nikhil Wagh, Vaibhav Wagh Vaibhav Dalvi.

Snehal Choudhari (V Yr) won the best colour choice Award at Nippon Paint India AYDA Asia Young Designer Award 2019 competition by Ethos.

Pranit Bora (IV Yr) won the online wildlife photography contest conducted throughout India. The winning prize was free photography Workshop at Bandhavgarh national park.

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Dhiraj Sachdeo (lll yr) and Vinay Jakhotia (lll yr) Snehal Choudhari (V Yr) wonworkshop the best colour choice were selected for the Japan held by Award at Nippon Paint India AYDA - Asia Japan.

Young DeArchitectural Design Association Nippon signer Award 2019 competition by Ethos.

Mukul Phansalkar(II Yr), Devendra Jadhav (II Yr), Mukul Phansalkar(II Devendra Jadhav Yr), Tanvi Gokhale (II Yr), Yr), Shreya Lele (II Yr) stood (II2nd Tanvi Gokhale (II Yr), Shreya Lele (II Yr) stood 2nd in the Utopia Mindspark competition hosted by in the Utopia Mindspark competition hosted by COEP COEP planning department. planning department.

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Our first Relative Study Program was set off to Rajasthan. The journey was destined at Barmer, silver lined with its leather goodies and embroidered cloth work. The next destination was Isrol, where the houses evolved to suit the climate. It is unbelievable that a house built in 7 days stays intact for 5-6 years. That is the beauty of techniques passed down the generations.

They are powerful and eternal. The Aplique work which is a support system of the Barmer women and the block printing with natural paints is the essence of the culture there.

The communities are interdependent yet somehow independent too. It is amazing to witness the normal daily life in the communities. The terraces of all houses are one, they are interconnected and they are open for all- just like their homes and hearts, warm and welcoming. But what was most striking: The Culture and the Lifestyle. That is what stays, that is what is always remembered - the pleasant welcome and the homely atmosphere. This is what we learn, it is always the people first, then comes the house that evolves and builds around the livelihood, the purpose, and the culture.

- Riddhi Vaze (I Year)

Latitude, longitude, culture, history: we knew all of these well before stepping into this humble, kindhearted and untouched land of Lachung. The town which sits along the frontier of China, West bengal and Bhutan, still embraces loudness which is less than a drop of pin.

This study programme was to make us sensitive towards the built and the unbuilt where every contour had awestrucking views. Amidst the fog, conifers and snow, documentation was nowhere in any student’s platter but despite; we focused on intricately carved monastry and the wooden houses which mesmerized all of us completely. The town is self sustained and has goodv hands in trading as well.

All the houses contains same typology of timber walls, sloping roofs and high plinth making the complete section homogenous. Mask making, weaving, edible corn bowls were some of the prominent features of Lachung. The town is where the sound of wind tries to make conversation, the stream paths it’s way crashing the rocks and the hoperays in between the conifers surrounds the beautiful monastry of Lachung. The culture, the people, the builts, all camouflages with atmosphere and that’s what heaven looks like in reality.

- Shrutika Darekar (I Year)

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III Banaras, the city has layers. The city is so overwhelming, where street is not divider but it binds home and sometimes it is the home. Varanasi is where you cannot define city as beliefs separately. People and faith, architecture and myths, streets and stories, city and religion. They coexist. In Kashi, death is not a taboo, it is a celebration. From Raj ghat to Assi ghat, Varna consumes all the sins and Assi makes you stronger. Every single person, from a kid to an elderly has a strong opinion and fear never holds them back.

The city teaches you that positives and negatives are interdependent, they cannot exist independently. Accepting this and still maintaining the balance is what makes this city beautifully honest. Sab vishwas ki baat hain! Varanasi is a city where you cannot be judged on the common line of logic, there are layers beyond it, which the city unfolds, and you just keep walking through it, overwhelmed, trying to find a balance, sleeping with a dilemma and waking up to a new story teaching you to find a perspective, be a little more sensitive and learn. The city is older than history and people live within it, in the past, surpassing the present and chasing the future, with the Ganges.

Varanasi, where the arc of life is complete.

- Amitvikram Yadav (II Year)

-Radhika Bhamburkar (III Year)

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- Omkar Sasane (III Year)

ASTITVA STUD

G. SECs. IV Yr Atharvi Netragaonkar

ACADEMICS

ENVIRONMENT

EXHIBITION

CULTURAL

mentors

mentors

mentors

mentors

mentors

V Yr Ruchi Kumbhani

V Yr Tanya Chanchalani Madhura Gupte Gayatri Gosawi

V Yr Ketaki Ghodke Namrata Sowale

V Yr Viraj Gapchoop Apurva Patil Omkar Hiremath

V Yr Ishita Suratwala Pallavi Laddha

advisors

advisors

advisors

advisors

advisors

IV Yr Anisha Joshi Pritish Jain

IV Yr Rutuja Yemul Prerana Godambe Neelakshi Jain

IV Yr Ketaki Ghodke Namrata Sowale

IV Yr Atharva Ghogale Vivek Wanarase

IV Yr Shruti Kochar Vinay Jakhotia

WAR ROOM

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

mentor

III Yr Varun Dholu Lakhan Baheti

III Yr Abhaya Patil Aryaeshu Deokar

III Yr Srujan Kulkarni Shrutika Parkhe

III Yr Laxmi Gandhi Radhika Bhamburkar

III Yr Apaar Jain Archana Bhatiya

deputees

deputees

deputees

deputees

II Yr Tanvi Gokhale Shivam Agrawal Devendra Jadhav

II Yr Radhika Kandale Mohit Kamble

II Yr Rutuja Saykar Vaibhav Gaikwad Rajharsh Parmar Manas Joshi Sushant Bhujbal Pratik Bhende

II Yr Riya Sethiya Anuradha Muley Gaurav Bhadane Sakshi Bangad Shruti Gupta Preksha Oswal

team

team

Sayali K.(III) Shreya C.(II) Janhavi D.(II) Mrunal R.(III) Ishwari S.(II) Shraddha P.(III) Aryesh B.(II) Vaibhav D.(III) Shubham S.(III) Mohit J.(II) Nikhil T. (IV) Mrugendra V.(III)

Krutika P.(II) Inan K.(II) Vedika M.(II) Anurag M.(II) Ruchir D.(II) Mrugendra V.(III)

IV Yr Vivek Wanarase

V Yr Meera Ganjve

TREASURERS

advisor IV Yr Roma Ambekar secretaries III Yr Riddhi Gugale

III Yr Shruti Aradhye

deputees II Yr Juika Kawale Samiksha Shirname

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ENTS’ FORUM

House of CREDIBILITY

FILM

FOOD

INSIGHT

PHOTOGRAPHY

SPORTS

mentors

mentors

mentors

mentors

mentors

V Yr Karan Parab Yash Khinvasara Rugveda Sawant

V Yr Siddham Nahar Kajol Parekh

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V Yr Mihir Ghotankar Abhishek Patil

V Yr Pranjal Pitaliya Aditya Bhole

advisors

advisors

advisors

advisors

advisors

IV Yr Nupur Phadnis

IV Yr Anuja Mande Niraj Nawalakha

IV Yr Yash Kumthekar

IV Yr Pranit Bora Mohit Tatooskar Yash Lele

IV Yr Urvi Karmarkar Kanika Aggarawal

House of COMMITMENT

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

III Yr Mitanshi Jain Ishan Patil Radha Barbhai

III Yr Shivani Gosawi Shreya Bajaj

III Yr Shivani Gawande

III Yr Harsh Pande Naman Baj

III Yr Nishchay Salve Shriya Bhagwat

captain (IV Yr): Purushottam Deth

captain (IV Yr): Mayur Pacharne vice captains (III Yr): Shubham Sunthankar Mrugendra Wayase programmers (II Yr): Omkar Bagul

vice captain (III Yr): Nikita Dhawale programmers (II Yr): Durga Pansare Pranal Labade House of CONVICTION

deputees

deputees

deputees

deputees

II Yr Nihar Baldawa

II Yr Sayali Godbole Hriday Aduri

II Yr Neha Phadtare Rutuja Honrao Akhilesh Devghade

II Yr Atharva Naik Shraddha Pande Shwetali Nande Runal Pungaliya Kanish Porwal Purvesh Khandelwal team Rutu B.(III) Aayush B.(III) Shreya S.(III) Sanika M.(III) Mehul A.(IV) Adarsh Y.(IV) Akanksha Y.(IV)

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captain (IV Yr): Nikhil Wagh vice captains (III Yr): Vaibhav Dalvi Ayush Pandhare programmers (II Yr): Vedant Nalawade Gouri Chilap House of COURAGE

captain (IV Yr): Abhijeet Pardeshi vice captains (III Yr): Chirayu Jain Sayali Katkar programmer(II Yr): Smit Dungarwal

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CREDITS: ATHARVA BENDBHAR II YR

Ar. Harshawardhan H Ar. Meenakshi S As As War Machine Mantis

Ar. Anuja Chawda As Rogue

Ar. Ketaki Randive As Quick Silver

Ar. Anubandh Hambarde As Vision

Ar. Aanchal V As Falcon

Ar. Niranjan Garde As Wolverine Ar. Vijay Srinivasan As Ancient One

Ar. Rashmi Joshi As Dr. Strange

Ar.Devendra Deshpande As Black Panther

Ar. Vaibhav Kulkarni As Captain America

Ar. Shekhar Garud As Thor

Ar. Garima B As Valkyrie

Ar. Raohan Nahar As Iron Man

Ar. Sanika Inamdar As Rocket ‘Racoon’

Ar. Ashish Srivastav As Bucky Barnes

Ar. Deeparani Choughule As Captain Marvel

Ar. Anushree Kulkarni As She HUlk

Ar. Prerna Shetty As Black Widow Ar. Vaidehi Sadwilkar As Hella

Ar. Aarti Chandrashekar As Scarlet Witch

Ar. Prof. Prassanna Desai As Nick Fury

Ar. Minal Sagre As Spiderman

Ar. Prutha Mathankar As Hawkeye

Ar.Yashashree L.A As Shuri

Ar.Hrishikesh Ashtekar As Star Lord

Ar. Isha Umrani As Firestar

Ar. NIkita Khade As Thanos

Ar. Shibani Jadhav As Loki

Ar. Sayali Vaso As Antman

Ar. Swapnagandha G As Wasp