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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:30:29 +0600
The India Habitat Centre along with some partners is organising the
Habitat Summit some time in late September 2009. Building up to the
Summit, was an “in conversation” evening between Manit Rastogi , one
of the founding partners of Morphgenisis , and Prof. Ashish Ganju,
Founding Director of TVB Scholl of Habitat Studies, discussing the
trends, developments, and over-all direction of the Indian Urbanism.
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I was surprised by the attendance, with the number of firms in Delhi,
its four architecture schools, its teeming academics, and to add to it
the fact that this was the Habitat Centre, 60 odd reflected poorly. It
is hard to imagine, with the sheer number of practices, many engaged
with issues of urbanism, many more changing the face of India across
it many cities - designing new airports, new urban facilities, metro
stations, and bringing a new imageability to India -that an Audience
of so few assembled. More surprising was the fact that the orgainisers
expected few more, a small hall with a capacity of maybe a 100 at most
was the venue. It says something I would prefer not to acknowledge
about the perception or the manner of architectural practice in India.
cont'd....
http://henrifanthomeoffice.blogspot.com/2009/08/cities-and-seepage-and-architects.html