TAPAN MITTAL-DESHPANDE Conservation Architect, Thotpot Mumbai
EDUCATION Teachers Training Program ‘Architectural Documentation for Conservation’ Workshop held by NIASA-UNESCO-COA at CEPT Ahmedabad, Jan 2009 School of Planning and Architecture Master’s in Architectural Conservation, May 2004 Ranked first with a 73.2% mark Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture Bachelor’s of Architecture, May 2002 One of seven best Thesis projects chosen for an award by the jury
ACADEMIC PROFILE Various design assignments as part of B.Arch. curriculum. Was part of a team project cum workshop on designing & building of a full scale model involving transformation of human form into three dimensional structures. Thesis project in B.Arch. was based on the concept of ‘gurukul’, situated on the edge of Ghosale tank, Thane. Was awarded one of the seven best projects of the year. As part of M.Arch curriculum, have worked on assignments titled o
Evolving a Methodology for the Study of a Historic Site, Purana Qila
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Amber, a study of the transformations in a historic settlement
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Establishing the significance of the historic city of Lucknow
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Conservation Management Plan for Lady Irwin College, New Delhi
Thesis project in M.Arch, was ‘The Survival of a Fishing Settlement, the Original Inhabitants of the city of Bombay, Conservation as an Approach’. The main aspects of the study: o
Significance as living heritage
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Socio-economic cultural forces within the community
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Processes of change and transformations
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Capacity for future growth of the settlement
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tapan@tmdcell.com