VERTICAL STUDIO - MUMBAI PUNE

Juhu Beach

Krvia

Pav Baji Night

Mentors

Experiencing street food at Juhu beach

An introduction to KRVIA College

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Mumbai Dharshan

Krivia Workshop

Travel

Mentors

Visiting the places in and around mumbai

Workshops and conducted by faculties at KRVIA

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Mahabaleeshwar

Mumbai Dharshan 2

Hill station

A day trip mahabaleeshwar , beautiful hill station.

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Visiting the places in and around mumbai in double decker bus

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Ar.Manoj

CONTENTS

Krivia Workshop Talk by Ar.Manoj Parmar at KRVIA

03 Pune Dharshan Travel

Visiting the places in and around Pune.

06 SEA Mentors

An introduction to SEA College

09 The Vertical Studio in KRVIA Mumbai gave a wide knowledge about the city of Mumbai, its Master Plan and development. The students interacted with various faculties from the esteemed institution. The discussion was taken forward to understand architecture and city planning.

RAVEL Mumbai Darshan is a one-day city tour covering about 60 tourist attractions of Mumbai. These include 14 sightseeing spots and rest are the drive-past spots. Mumbai Darshan tour takes place in air-conditioned buses, and there are professionally trained and licensed guides to introduce you to the mesmerizing

Mumbai Darshan is a one-day city tour covering about 60 tourist attractions of Mumbai.

Travelling in auto in

Travelling in Trainroutes connecting cities

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TRAIN

DOUBLE DECKER BUS

Travelling in bus , understanding the routes

TRAVEL Mumbai Darshan is a one-day city tour covering about 60 tourist attractions of Mumbai.

These include 14 sightseeing spots and rest are the drivepast spots. Mumbai Darshan tour

Viewing the city from the water , travelling by ferry

FERRY

METRO Travelling in Metro, understanding the undergroud city

BUS

A Story of

EXPERIENCE MODES OF TRANSPORT

Travelling in BUS, understanding the city

JUHU BEACH

A NIGHT AT Students had a jocular experience to ponder on shores of juhu and feel the grains of sand and lend ears to the tides in a pleasant evening. students tinted their hands with jagua tattoos of local craftswomen.

The indigenous dainties pav bhaji, the cool blue cola, sweet bitter tamarind paani puri altogether painted a good ending to the day.

A SERENE EXPERIENCE A SERENE EXPERIENCE

Students visited the Juhu, an ambiguous turf with patches of residence and Tourist spots and it is acclaimed for its food variety.

JUHU BEACH

PAV BAJII Serene

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having the world famous unlimited Pav buns in the galleries of Juhu beach with the aura of night waves.

KAMLA RAHEJA VIDYANIDHI INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

ABOUT THE COLLEGE KAMLA RAHEJA VIDYANIDHI INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

The service of architecture is not to a client but to society. This is one of the fundamental premises that shapes architectural training at the KRVIA. to be able to think critically about spatial production and evolve skills and tools to participate in it through an ethical framework. In other words, we are interested in shaping the ‘Self’ of an architect.

INTRODUCTION MEETING NEW PEOPLE

CAMPUS TOUR THE NEW PLACE

The tour around the campus and its functional spaces with the students showcased its significance of 30 years.

KRIVIA WORKSHOP

MENTORS Ar.Manoj Parmar

Director

His academic interests include theoretical writing on Architecture and Urbanism.He has been in private practice of architecture, urban design since 1992.

He has worked on numerous private and public housing/ institutional commissions across the country. His work was discussed at UDRI and CEPT Ahmadabad. He has contributed chapter writing (co-author) on “Unraveling Redevelopment” in book “Trends & Issues in Housing in Asia” published by Routledge, UK.

Ar.Rohan Shivkumar Dean, B.Arch

Rohan believes that architecture and the city are the powerful indicators of culture. In them are represented the values system of a society, the aspirations it has for the future, along with its successes and failures. He believes that the academic space is a space to critically examine the role that it plays’ and be able to suggest modes to recalibrating the modes in which it is practiced. He strongly believes that such a critical examination can happen through rigorously reexamining of some of the presumptions that architecture assumes.

Ar.Aditya Sawant

Ar. Sanaeya Vandrewala

His practice of urban design and planning has been mainly through research of contemporary urban India as well as cities of the broader global south. His primary interests are issues of low-income housing in urban India and also understanding the larger impact of social, political and economic contexts on urban form.

Specializations- Disaster Management, Stained glass conservation, 20 C Modern Heritage, Management Plans, WHS Nomination Dossier, Project Management, Historic Building Restoration Interests-Theological Studies, Existential Feminism, Philosophical Studies

Ar. Chandra Vadhana

Mr.Karthik

An Architect & Urban Planner, a graduate from School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada. She has been part of various sustainable projects in the field of architecture. She is involved in various Projects with Puducherry forest department with special focus on restoration of water bodies of eco sensitive zones.”

Mr. Karthik, an Electrical Engineer has his extensive knowledge to make the toughest problems to be an easy one. His way of teaching motivates students to perform well in their exams and career. Also, he guides students to excel in aptitude exams and competitive exams.

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The Director of the college enlighted upon his experience into the field and overall scape of the city.

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Ar.MANOJ PARMAR

A PEEP INTO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION OF MAHARASTRA

The Students had a brief session regarding the urban planning and BREVCOM programs in KRVIA by Dean AR. Ainslee, and AR. Shanaya , faculty of KRVIA created a great canvas to understand the heritage resilience of Mumbai and the importance to know about the trajectory of the evolution of the culture and architecture of a city and then we had an urban planning lecture mostly focused on the housing typologies of Mumbai by AR. Aditya Sawant.

– Sen Kapadia, Founder Director for Architecture & Environmental Studies

An Insight The workshop ellaborated the history of the mumbai city and significance of the rise of wide mixed architecture there.

The Campus Tour He has worked on numerous private and public housing/ institutional commissions across the country. His work was discussed at UDRI and CEPT Ahmadabad.

He has contributed chapter writing (co-author) on “Unraveling Redevelopment” in book “Trends & Issues in Housing in Asia” published by Routledge, UK. He has co-authored two books.

“Smart City in India, Laboratory, Trajectory or Paradigm” & “Resilience Paradigm and Southern Urbanism, published by Routledge UK.

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The Students had a brief session from the Dean, Ar.Rohan Shivakumar.

The Dean

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SHIVAKUMAR THE DEAN

The Students had a brief session regarding the urban planning and BREVCOM programs in KRVIA by Dean Ar. ROHAN Some of the main urban projects Rohan worked on include the Churchgate Revival Project and the Tourist District Project; and other projects with the Design Cell of the KRVIA including ‘City in the times of Ambedkar’, Dharavi Project and the Cess Building Project.

Rohan is the co-editor of an interdisciplinary research and art collaboration- ‘Project Cinema City’.

An Insight He also is the curator of the monthly film programme at the Bhau Daji Lad Museum. His film work include ’Nostalgia for the future’ which won the Best Documentary of the year at the ISDFFK, ‘Lovely Villa’, and ‘Squeeze Lime in Your Eye’.

KRIVIA WORKSHOP

Restoration

SANAEYA

VANDRAWELA RESTORATION ARCHITECTURE

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Restoration of Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court, Fort, Mumbai 2.Restoration of the Raj Bhawan, Nainital 3.

Facade Restoration, Illumination, Conservation, and interior designing of MCGM HQ, Mumbai 4.

Comprehensive redesign and up-gradation of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (Crawford) Market, Mumbai 5. Restoration of The Architectural Works of Le Corbusier - UNESCO WHS of Capitol Complex and Management Plan, Chandigarh

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AR.Adithya has worked with Nongovernmental organisations like Society for Promotion of Area Resource Center (SPARC) in Mumbai on rehabilitation housing for informal settlements and was the Research Director for the ‘State of Housing India’ exhibition held by the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI) in Mumbai in 2018.

ADITHYA

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“The Kamla Raheja Experiment started in 1992 with a goal to arrest the drift in architectural education.”

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Felicitation & Feedback The workshop ended with felicitation and feedback from the students.

Experiences The students experienced architecture of mumbai.

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They were exposed to the work of other cities and their view on architecture.

The experience changed the way they look at architetcure.

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Overview of the CITY

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People The City Food

Mumbai Darshan is a one-day city tour covering about 60 tourist attractions of Mumbai.

These include 14 sightseeing spots and rest are the drive-past spots.

Mumbai Darshan tour takes place in air-conditioned buses, and there are professionally trained and licensed guides to introduce you to the mesmerizing history associated with these locations.

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HAJA ALI DARGAH

BABULNATH TEMPLE

Haja ali dargah contains the tomb of haja ali bukhari and is located in the shore of worli one of the 7 isle of mumbai. this dargah supports the life of plethora of hawkers in its promenade

The students have visited numerous Nagara style temples on their previous travels, but the babulnath temple is one of its kind because of the comparatively smaller scale but, intricate detailing in all the shrines and on the

WORM’S EYE VIEW

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LANDMARKS

COLABA CAUSEWAY

Taj Hotel, Sivaji Maharat Sanghalaya and gateway of India were the landmarks that helped the students identify the locations and guided them on their night walks. The Night lights of the Taj Hotel and the gateway of India were a treat for the eyes.

The students were exposed to the busy shopping streets of Mumbai, they walked amongst the crowds exploring all the handicrafts.

VIEWING MUMBAI FROM INSIDE THE BUS

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Mumbai

Suprises

Cherished Memories

Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 2.3 crore (23 million). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour.

The Gateway of India is an arch-monument built in the early 20th century in the city of Mumbai, also known as Bombay, India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of King-Emperor George V, the first British monarch to visit India,

INDIA GATE All India War Memorial

ENTRANCE My practice of urban design and planning has been mainly through research of contemporary urban India as well as cities of the broader global south.

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STREET My practice of urban design and planning has been mainly through research of contemporary urban India as well as cities of the broader global south.

B’DAY NIGHT That night we a wonderful dinner in one of the famous biryani shop in mumbai That night we saw a family celebrating a birthday of their kid since we were there they joined us in that celebrations and we had a lot of interactions with them though they were strangers they we enjoyed a lot that night

After a long journey across the city of mumbai we reached mahim dargah the whole place was flooded with the people since it is the famous food festival of dharga we experienced variety of food at that one single place we had an awesome juice which is available only in that festival and also had unique foods available only in that place

HAJI ALI DARGA

Tomb of Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari

Babulnath Temple is an ancient Shiva temple in Mumbai, India.

BABULNATH TEMPLE Tomb of Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari

The students have visited numerous Nagara style temples on their previous travels, but the babulnath temple is one of its kind because of the comparatively smaller scale but, intricate detailing in all the shrines and on the elements of the temple and the ambience of the temple stood out because of the settlement along the stairs of the temple.

TEMPLE The Babulnath Temple is situated in a suburb called Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. It is a hillock temple which has become wellknown over the years.

TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE The students have visited numerous Nagara style temples on their previous travels, but the babulnath temple is one of its kind because of the comparatively smaller scale but, intricate detailing in all the shrines and on the elements of the temple

THE WALK The students have visited numerous Nagara style temples on their previous travels, but the babulnath temple is one of its kind because of the comparatively smaller scale but, intricate detailing in all the shrines and on the elements of the temple

The students were exposed to the busy shopping streets of Mumbai, they walked amongst the crowds exploring all the handicrafts. They shopped from variety of vendors on the market, some of them showed excellent skills in their craftsmanship. They had an opportunity to compare and contrast the similarities between market regions from Mumbai and Chennai.

Colaba Causeway, officially known as Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, is a commercial street, and a major causeway or land link between Colaba and the Old Woman’s Island in the city of Mumbai, India.

COLABA CAUSEWAY

Shopping at Colaba Causeway

HERITAGE WALK The students were exposed to the busy shopping streets of Mumbai, they walked amongst the crowds

PUNE Dharshan

An Insight - Into the CITY

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Pune is a sprawling city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It was once the base of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha Empire, which lasted from 1674 to 1818.

Pune, also called Poona, city, west-central Maharashtra state, western India, at the junction of the Mula and Mutha rivers.

Called “Queen of the Deccan,” Pune is the cultural capital of the Maratha peoples. The city first gained importance as the capital of the Bhonsle Marathas in the 17th century.

Pune is widely regarded to be the second major IT hub and the most important automobile and manufacturing hub in India.

Pune has emerged as the smartest city of India over the span of last 10 years

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KESARI WADA

SHANIWAR WADA

Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, popularly known as Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was the first leader of the Indian independence movement.

Shaniwar wada is the palace of the Maratha king peshwa, whose planning and design was very well executed with defence strategies that can withstand the British army and their armories.

THE CITY

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NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL

The National War Memorial Southern Command is a war memorial in the city of Pune, India, dedicated to post-Independence war martyrs.

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MOUNTAIN The drive towards the mahabaleeshwar mountains itself is an amazing experience since it was a few hour drive .

The drive towards the mahabaleeshwar mountains itself is an amazing experience since it was a few hour drive from pune, and the students had some lovely views of scenery on their journey. After reaching the echo point, they felt as if they’re at the top of the world, screaming with joy, hoping for the echoes to get them.

MAHABALESHWAR

All India War Memorial

Since they had some time to kill before the sunset, they climbed another mountain for a better view of the sunset, and they had joyous moments playing on those mountains and enjoying the astonishing views in the perspective of birds, from the highest point of those mountains.

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DOUBLE DECKER BUS The students were used to observing buildings and their elements regularly by walking but the marine drive on the double decker bus, gave them a different eye level to experience because from what they observed,

They came to a conclusion that viewing a building in various perspectives gave them far more details to observe like how the balconies of different buildings are treated with one another, and they could see the entire stretch of the road from that height, so they observed the traffic patterns precisely and they got to experience what they’ve learned from the heritage resilience session at KRIVIA to its core essence because of the ride, and they could see how the bridge connects the seven islands together to form the metropolitan.

MAHIM DHARGA

FASHION STREET

FOOD FESTIVAL

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FOOD JOURNEY

EXPLORING

TRAVELLING

The students were there at the festival time, so they got to experience the spiritual connection of people to their religious roots, the street food they had there was something they couldn’t get anywhere else because it was exclusive for that festival.

DHARGA

Fashion street is a market place in Mumbai which is different from colaba causeway because of its narrow spread of shops and is more of a feast to fashion enthusiasts and shopaholics. There was a cricket stadium between CST and fashion market, from which tons of Indian cricket players were emerged.

The students were used to observing buildings and their elements regularly by walking but the marine drive on the double decker bus, gave them a different eye level to experience because from what they observed.

MARINE DRIVE

FERRY RIDE

They came to a conclusion that viewing a building in various perspectives gave them far more details to observe like how the balconies of different buildings are treated with one another, and they could see the entire stretch of the road from that height, so they observed the traffic patterns precisely and they got to experience what they’ve learned from the heritage resilience session at KRIVIA to its core essence because of the ride, and they could see how the bridge connects the seven islands together to form the metropolitan.

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHITECTURE, Mumbai

DAY 03

INTRODUCTION

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The Director of the college enlighted upon his experience into the field and overall scape of the city.

An Insight The students of SEA presented to us how a village can be studied online, and productive and technological designs can be proposed for the betterment of those villages and our students presented them how they did their rurals semester online, studying rural villages and proposing effective designs in those villages and it helped both the students to learn from one another.

A PEEP INTO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION OF MAHARASTRA

An Insight The workshop ellaborated the history of the mumbai city and significance of the rise of wide mixed architecture there.

The Campus Tour The School of Environment and Architecture (SEA) is set up and run by architects, educationists and experts from various fields related to architecture. It is conceived as a place of excellence with a research and design focus.

SEA WORKSHOP

RVS WORKS At SEA College

Presentation

CAMPUS TOUR

An Insight