Chennai:
As Tamil Nadu is undergoing a transition phase with massive
infrastructure projects set to dot the state’s landscape, architects
are planning to nurture budding architects through a three-day
symposium to be held here from April 6.
The symposium, which will be held in Chennai Trade Centre, will create
more enhanced awareness about professional design education and
creative learning, said Prof Solomon Vedamuthu, former academic
council member of Anna University and director of McGan’s Ooty School
of Architecture.
Addressing a press conference along with chairman of ZAK Trade Fairs
and Exhibitions Syed Zakir Ahmed, he said the symposium, organized by
McGan’s in collaboration with ZAK Trade Fairs and Exhibition, will
focus on ‘The Wold of Facades,’ and ‘Professional Design education.’
He said a Life Time Achievement Award will also be presented during
the occasion. “The Council of Architecture, New Delhi, is constituting
a special jury to select Lifetime Achievement Awardees for their
outstanding contribution to architecture in practice or education,” he
added.
The symposium will also have design competition for architecture
students from all colleges and schools during the exhibition, he
added.
Jaiprakash Gandhi, correspondent and advisor of McGan’s Ooty School of
Architecture said that there is a huge demand for architecture and
civil engineering graduates with the growth in urban infrastructure.
He also said the symposium will try to bridge the gap between
curriculum and architecture.
To a query on why the architects are aping the western architecture
when India has a rich architectural heritage, the director in-charge
of National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture Jayashree
Deshpande said the change will happen slowly as people will realize
the feasibility of adopting to Indian design rather than aping west.
She also said the Green building code will soon become mandatory.
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