Surfaces Reporter Collectors Edition Vol IV 2017 preview

section Index - SURFACES REPORTER stones 53-73

Material Poetries 207-251 Application of Products & Materials shared by Architects & Designers

{ MATERIAL STORIES } some untold stories

Facade 74-87

Door 138-146 Art in...

034. Railway Stations 036. ‘Lola’ in Prison!

038. Transparent Sculptures &...

040. Metallicious Sculptures

Panel & Surfaces 88-100

Flooring 150-161

Tiles 107-121

LIGHTS 162-173

Bath 122-137

Laminates 174-189

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Veneers-WOOD 190-205

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Some of the Best Readers' Opinions for SHOWCASE COLLECTORS Edition...

I think Collectors Edition was much needed, making the designers' task of material selection easy.

- Ar. Nitin Parulekar, Mumbai & Pune Surfaces Reporter is one of the amazing platform to showcase innovative ideas and product development. Creative efforts

by Surfaces magazine is very much appreciated.

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- Dr. Arun K Tripathi, Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Surfaces Reporter is helping designers to imagine more. It’s a nice magazine which gives precise information regarding products along with useful information on application.

- Sai Venkat, 95 Designs, MD, Hyderabad Like every architects in India, I look forward to the monthly edition you come out with. So we the community, are looking forward for this personal & exclusive Surfaces Reporter's Special Showcase Collectors Edition.

- Ar. Parish Kapse, Team One Architects, Mumbai Showcase Collectors Edition is a great initiative by Surfaces Reporter; this annual issue work like a mini global encyclopaedia of all materials that are both, existing and new in the market. It’s great for us Architects / Designers to have something like this in our library for ready reference.

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- Manishi Aggarwal & Apoorv Singh, Design Cosmos, New Delhi Surfaces Reporter is very different magazine from whatever I have read till now. The content is very tasteful and informative.

The magazine understands the need of clients really well.

Ar. Aakash Sriram, Becker Kitchens, Collins, New Delhi

“Surfaces was launched in May 2011. In short span of time it has become a household magazine not only for Architects and Interior Designers but also people who do up their own houses without the help of professionals. The fact that they have established themselves as a seasoned magazine in a span of five years makes it a very creditable feat for Ms Vertica Dvivedi and her team. Credit goes to them for conceptualising SURFACES, to which they have done full justice.

To further educate its viewership, the thought of Grand Collection Edition is an IDEA worth applauding and welcoming. I in person am in awe of their thought process and result oriented magazine. Wishing the TEAM of SURFACES REPORTER the very best for this year and years to come!”

- Ar. Hoshedaar Eruch Carnac - Creative Director, HEJC Architects Combine, Mumbai “It’s a great initiative and I feel the world is getting smaller. Most material is readily available and if not in small lead time can be imported. Designers are getting more and more aware via media.”

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SURFACES rEPORTER

MATERIAL SOME UNTOLD

{ POETRIES } STORIES When an idea embraces materials, different forms & expressions are born. As the touch of a musician brings life to an inert musical instrument, a material comes to life when a designer actualizes an idea with it. MATERIAL POETRIES BY SURFACES REPORTER is a place to share the untold stories behind designs, along with all the “emotions and learnings�. Surfaces Reporter believes that we discuss one design at a time, sharing becomes teaching, reading becomes learning, and story becomes an inspiration. The purpose is to inspire and facilitate learning.

These stories are from various projects, from the seasoned and upcoming ones together.

We hope you will like our first attempt at bringing forth the untold stories. Eagerly waiting to know more, write to us at press@surfaces.in.

Anand Kulkarni, Pune

Monika Bhatt, Surat

Anshuman Bhargava, New Delhi

Monita Patel, Surat

Anubha Fatehpuria , Kolkata

Pameli Kayal, Mumbai

Apoorv Singh, New Delhi

Prasanna Parvatikar, Tirupur

Dipen Gada, Vadodara

Priyal Thakker, Mumbai

Gauri Shah, Mumbai

Priyanka Khanna, New Delhi

Goutaman Prathaban , Puducherry

Richa Bose, Kolkata

Kayzad Shroff, Navi Mumbai

Robert Winkel, Netherlands

Krupa Zubin, Mumbai

Rudraksh Charan, New Delhi

Madhini Prathaban, Puducherry

Sameer Balvally, Mumbai

Manishi Aggarwal, New Delhi

Shilpa Jain Balvally, Mumbai

Mansi Pandey, Mumbai

Solomon Canara, Ahmedabad

Mallika Desai Thakker, Mumbai

Vaibhav Shah, Mumbai

Maria Leon, Navi Mumbai

Yatin Pandya, Ahmedabad

Mitesh Antala, Rajkot

Zubin Zainuddin, Mumbai

MATER!AL QU‘O’TES Surfaces Reporter has been collecting QUOTES on Materials, Buildings, Building industry and Application techniques. Here are some of the quotes on Materials from our collection. Write to madhu@surfaces.in for submitting your Quote.

“The brick is another teacher.

How sensible this small, handy shape, so useful for every purpose. What logic in its bonding, what liveliness in the play of patterns.”

The materials of city planning are: sky, spaces, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.

– Mies van der Rohe

—Le Corbusier

I am particularly fond of concrete, symbol of the construction progress of a whole century, submissive and strong as an elephant, monumental like stone, humble like brick.

“Glass is noticeable yet not quite visible. It is the great membrane, full of mystery yet tough… it is evident that a material of such qualities requires the building itself to be remodeled, conceived in a revolutionary way.”

– Carlos Villanueva

– A. Korn

“For me, metal is the material of our time. It enables architecture to become sculpture.”

“Plaster is the material with a memory. The very texture of time becomes part of its enrichment.”

– Frank Gehry

– C. Moore

"Reinforced concrete is the best structural material yet devised by mankind. Almost by magic, we have been able to create ‘melted’ stones of any desired shape, structurally superior, because of their tensile strength, to natural stone.”

– P.L. Nervi

editorial

WADe Asia: Not just an event but a movement

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eople today are more connected to their smart phones & laptops than with each other. The world has already got its first human-like Interactive Robot known as Jia Jia in China. Prof. Ishiguro’s from Osaka University created an android named Erica with lifelike skin and facial gestures. Erica uses Artificial Intelligence to listen and respond to requests. AI is said to have three stages of development with the last one being the ‘capability to replace human.’ Well, anything can be put to good or bad, but it does sound scary when we think from a social point of view!

While technology has connected the entire world and made information widely accessible, there is no substitute to human one-to-one interactions.

WADe India believes in positive sharing.

For the negatives, you already have newspapers and television.

WADe India is about coming together of everyone to celebrate Women-led design & development. It was formed to bring together women architects, artists and designers in one platform. Research revealed, generally women have more avenues to attend, leading to less time for networking and connecting with others.

Social media does help them to stay in touch but real connect happens through sharing & interactions which are intelligently facilitated through researched topics, bringing together people from same peer groups, mentors, mentees, more, for exchange of ideas, thoughts & knowledge-exchange.

I am often asked, if WADe is about women empowerment and crying about how bad the world is treating women etc. I ask, why this kind of frozen mindset? Why coming together has to be about shouting out for rights & privileges? Our women are empowered and a platform like WADe gives them power to empower those who need a hand through dissemination of knowledge and sharing of experiences.

WADe is about Women-led Development and to inspire the world through the wonderful works done by women. It is the coming together of industry and families to celebrate their work. And if there is any issue that a fellow woman designer is facing which needs to be discussed, we are open to discuss that too. WADe is also about documenting the work and progress of Women in design.

Surfaces Reporter Initially, I used to not like being called a woman architect. But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don’t mind that anymore.

Zaha Hadid

WADe India believes in positive sharing. For the negatives, you already have newspapers and television. There is a lot of need for women to meet and interact with each other. It is important to get an opportunity to listen to their Role Models. There is a need for assurance that things are possible.

There is a need to meet women in flesh & blood who have broken glass ceilings that others thought 'impossible'. At the same time, women should be proud for being the nurturers of the world. And there should be no guilt feeling associated with wanting the best of both worlds - family and career.

This generation is seeing a surge of such women and it is time to learn how to balance all the three crystal balls together in balance- family, work and yourself. Yes, WADe is standing by your side to support.

from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don’t mind that at all.” Thanks to her wise understanding & perseverance, the whole world now considers her as a Role Model. Zaha won the Architects’ Journal’s inaugural Jane Drew Prize for her “Outstanding contribution to the status of women in Architecture” in 2012.

Many women may not like themselves to called ‘Women Designers or Artists’ as it gives a feeling of being compartmentalised. However, those who can see the bigger picture are definitely different and creating the difference for others. Zaha Hadid who initially didn't like the idea of being called Woman Architect had said, “As a woman in architecture, you’re always an outsider.” Can you imagine what the world’s first female architect to win Pritzker Prize (known as ‘Nobel prize of Architecture’) had to hear from press? As per an article, The New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp called Zaha “a big, raucous peasant woman” whose “earthier appetites” leaned toward eating lamb testicles over reading books. Guardian reporter Stuart Jeffries called her miserable. Edwin Heathcote of the Financial Times rudely questioned her if she deserved the prize. No other Pritzker Prize winner had ever been subjected to such a confrontational press response.

Margaret Thatcher had once said, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. WADe believes Women in design have much more potential than what have been achieved so far. As said, it is perfectly human for women to want the best of both worlds – family and career or just to focus on what she likes. To enable continuous motivation & learning while ensuring documentation of their works and progress, WADe Asia is formed.

Hadid rose above it all, including her inhibitions about being called a Woman Architect. She came to recognize her importance as a symbol. She understood it was important for her to be called a Woman Architect to be a Role Model for others so that she can look at contributing for others. “Initially, I used to not like being called a woman architect," she said. “But I see the incredible amount of need

Tegan Bukowski, a former student of Zaha Hadid have been quoted saying that the office was rare in the profession not only because it was nearly equally split between men and women. Zaha herself was a role model, but she also created role models in the company by making sure that women thrived.

This can happen strongly when you are proud to be a Women Professional and equally responsible & sensitive about your Roles as a Role Model.

WADe India 2016 saw the recognition of Role Models and young designers of India. This year it is from 28-29 October 2017 as WADe Asia, an attempt to touch & extend the chord with sisters in design, around Asia. All are welcome at Hotel Leela Ambience Gurgaon. Visit www.wadeindia.com to book your seat. We shall be waiting to meet you all.

Vertica Dvivedi | vertica@surfaces.in https://www.facebook.com/verticad www.surfaces.in, www.wadeindia.com

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