MELANGÉ 2020 Mariah Mustafa | Darshit Gohel
“Culturally and socially the world is in a state of transition - a period of great architectural expression is open to us, a period of analysis and experimentation, a period of transition.” Jacques Carlu Our Annual festival – Mélange has always been the heart of all the activities, that are conducted over the year. This three-day festival has its spirit, allowing IPSA family to gather along with their excitement and exuberance. Students, for months, had been planning, preparing and working for the event with all the determination, patience, enthusiasm and diligence. Due to the pandemic, this time for all of us has really been unprecedented and it was no different for everyone else. Adapting to the “New Normal”, the idea for our Mélange also had be thought in an alternate medium. Finally it came down to gathering the IPSA family, online! With the idea that all our alumni, parents, and students sitting on their screens could attend this event. People from far and wide could come and engage with students and the faculties, through lectures, panel discussions, and talk series. The theme of the Melange ’20 was Transition, this paradigm shift that we all are still adjusting to.
In these ever-changing times, we hardly pay any attention to the changes that happen around us. However, when we look from a different perspective, we find that so much has changed and so much has grown.
Growth, that does not strike as hard in the beginning, but hints as we go through transition. All these aspects of our life go on in these distinct phases and it only catches our eye if they are devastatingly beautiful or simply devastating. The current scenario has made us contemplate over the value of this chance we have been given towards the world and life, as we know it. Thereby, giving all of us an opportunity to thrive with rigour and zeal, in developing a more sensible and humane environment to dwell in.
T - B : The School of Architecture Music Club Ekya rehearsing before their show, The School of Architecture Dance club shot during their performance Drama club Rangmanch posing for their poster shoot B R : Architect Dean D’Cruz in an online conversation of his practice at Mozaic, Goa
