[in-enaction] NIASA: Integral Health Enhancement Center (studio)

March 6th to 19th 2007 (2 Weeks) - at Auroville (TN)

Integral Health Enhancement Center

Design Studio  - for Young architects



The Studio will primarily aim at the design of an ‘Integral Health 
Enhancement Center’. Prof. B.V. Doshi has consented to lead the final 
design jury alongwith the client body of Healing practitioners from 
Auroville.



The programme schedule will be as follows :

Day 1 & 2  - Architectural Tour of Auroville

This will include visits to Matrimandir, Future School , Savitri Bhavan, 
Auroville Earth Instit tute, Afsanah Guest house, Atithi Griha, Solar 
Kitchen,Visitors Centre and a few housing communities.



Day 5 - Panel discussion

Man-Nature-Economy : Implications for integral health & design
The panelists include Dr.Aster Patel, Sen Kapadia, Ulrich Blass, Dhanya 
Pater & Dr.Sumeet. The discussion will be moderated by Prof.C.L.Gupta



Day 3 to 14 - Architectural Design Studio

The focus of the studio will be to create an atmosphere, in 
architectural terms, that is conducive to healing. The morning sessions 
will include group discussions to support the design process ,where we 
will experiment with - Collective Intelligence and Co-Creating Café - 
techniques that help in exploring new designing tools as a team.  The 
afternoon sessions will provide time for individual inputs towards the 
project. A list of resource persons from within Auroville will be made 
available who can be consulted towards preparing an ecologically 
sensitive design. Visiting faculty including Dr. B.V.Doshi, Dr. 
Chamanlal Gupta, Sen Kapadia, Piero Cicionesi & Poppo Pingel will share 
their work & philosophy in the evening talks.

The learning will also include the experience of living in a sustainable 
environment at Verite, the community where the Participants 
accommodation and the Studio has been arranged. This is a community 
established in 1985 with the aim of integrating environment and ecology 
in daily living. As a result, the whole community of 8 acres is fully 
powered by solar energy integrating a wind mill, sustainable building 
techniques, biological wastewater treatment, rainwater harvesting and 
organic farming.

The Studio is subsidised by the Auroville Foundation. All the core and 
visiting faculty are giving their time on a honorary basis. The course 
will be certified by NIASA ( National Institute for Advanced Studies in 
Architecture), Pune.

To apply: Please send two pages (A4) of sketches/photos/writing of one 
of your projects before 15 Jan 2007 to: aurovillestudio@xxxxxxxxxxx
or Post to:

Studio Co-ordinator, Yantra Too,

Irumbai P.O., Auroville 605111,T.N.

ph : 0413-4308229.

Participation fee : Rs.10,000 (includes Boarding Lodging for 15 days & 
Course materials)


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Interested persons are requested to confirm their participation by email 
before the dates mentioned above followed by sending the application 
form (download from TTP/CEP webpage) along with participation fee (Draft 
in the name of Council of Architecture, payable at New Delhi) by courier 
to NIASA. Food & Lodging (Twin-Sharing; on first-come-first basis) will 
be provided at CDSA Campus. Travel expenses and other expenses will have 
to be borne by the participants / institutes.



Programmes may be repeated in the calendar year according to response.