Guest Lectures – M.Arch (Architecture Education) – Women’s Education Society’s Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture, Nagpur

Guest Lectures – M.Arch (Architecture Education)

2021-22

Guest Lecture by Dr. Ujwala Chakradeo, Vice- Chancellor, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai

4^th February 2022

Dr. Ujwala Chakradeo addressed the students of 1^st Semester M.Arch on an Online Platform. She shared her journey from an Architect to Architecture Educationist. She in an interactive discussion with Students particularly discussed the Art Deco Buildings of Mumbai.

2020-21

DETAILS – GUEST LECTURES – 2020

Guest Lecture by Ar. Tanisha Dutta on “Parameters for Analyzing Indian Temple Architecture”

PG department of Architecture Education hosted a Guest Lecture by Ar. Tanisha Dutta on Thursday, 1^st October 2020 at 11:00 AM. The title of the lecture was “Parameters for Analyzing Indian Temple Architecture”and was linked to the ongoing studio of M.Arch (Arch Edu) III Semester.

Ar. Tanisha explained various key factors behind the concept of temples. She discussed the key differences between South Indian and North Indian types of temples. She discussed how temple is a representation of micro as well as macro systems of knowledge. Ar. Dutta elaborated on the various layers of temple logic.

Ar. Dutta discussed following Points :

Concept behind the construction of temples
Temple as a representation of macrosm and microsm
Political influence and temples
Mythology
Residing Diety
Vastu Purush Mandala
Form of Shikhara
Geometry of Ceilings
Acoustics
Ornamentation

She also discussed the key differences in North Indian and South Indian style of Temple architecture quoting examples of Sun Temple at Konark, Shore Temple, Lingaraj Temple etc.

The lecture was followed by interactive question and answer session. The guest lecture was attended by students, academicians and professionals. Around 45participants joined online for the guest lecture. The program was conducted by Dr. Madhura Rathod. Dr. Lakshmi Rao and Ar. Renuka Chutke Chakradeo were a part of support team to the guest lecture.

Guest Lecture by Dr. Mainak Ghosh on “Role of Visual Perception in Design and Analysis of the Built Environment”

PG department of Architecture Education hosted a Guest Lecture by Dr. Mainak Ghosh on Thursday, 17^th September 2020 at 11:00 AM. The title of the lecture was “Role of Visual Perception in Design and Analysis of the Built Environment”and was linked to the ongoing studio of M.Arch (Arch Edu) III Semester.

Dr. Ghosh introduced the 3 O’s of Visual Perception being Object, Observer, Others and interrelationship between those. He further explained what is psychological interaction and analytical factors for the same. The top down and bottoms up approach was also discussed.

He elaborated on the Environmental and socio-cultural aspects as significant factors which affect the perception.

Environment was discussed as synthetic and natural to focus on the understanding the pyramid of space, user and activity. User can be humans or animals. He explained that Environmental perception thus attributes the senses, mental processes which can be perceived in space and time through examples.

The socio-cultural aspects include material, method, modality, mythology which form the basis for analysis and design for cognitive judgements. The layers of analysis include physical attributes, visual attributes, impression, emotion and design.

He further explained Design and Creativity as processes. The taxonomy to create design was also discussed.

Guest Lecture by Ar. Ujjwala Khot Palsuley on “Analysing Temple Architecture – An Indian Viewpoint”

PG department of Architecture Education hosted a Guest Lecture by Ar. Ujjwala Khot Palsuley, on Tuesday, 8^th September 2020. The title of the lecture was “Analysing Temple Architecture- An Indian Viewpoint”and was linked to the ongoing studio of M.Arch (Arch Edu) III Semester on “Geometry of Indian Architecture.”

Ar. Ujjwala discussed various stages of evolution of temple architecture. She discussed it through following examples:

Dashavatra temple, Deogarh
Gaudra Gudi Temple, Aihole
Badami Cave Temple, Badami
Durga Temple
Kailasha Temple
Mukteshwar Temple, Bhubhneshwar
Brihadeshwara Temple Tanjavaur
Kandaria Mahadev Temple
Lingaraj Temple
Rajarani Temple, Bhubneshwar
Natraja Temple, Chidambara
Sun Temple, Konark

Further, she discussed the Western approach in analyzing temples by quoting James Fergusson, .B. Havell, Percy Brown, Adam Hardy, Banister Fletcher, Christopher Tagdell. She also pointed out our dependency on these resources is because of inability to trace eastern literature and the invasions which lead to destruction of some of our resources.

Ar. Ujjwala referred to Kapila Vatsayan, Bettica Barmer, R. Nagaswamy’s writings as a reference for eastern literature. She explained the Eastern and Western viewpoint with the example of Brihadeshwara Temple.

She further concluded that it is important to understand the process and meanings of temples. Ar. Ujjwala stressed on linking different artforms, folkfare, stories as an integral part of studying temples. The oriental literature and practical application of the same becomes the base for research. The temples in Indian Context are “ Sarva Sarvatmakam” and should be looked through the same perspective only.

Guest Lecture by Ar. Ujjwala Khot Palsuley on “Documenting Temple Architecture”

PG department of Architecture Education hosted a Guest Lecture by Ar. Ujjwala Khot Palsuley, on Thursday, 3^rd September 2020. The title of the lecture was “Documenting Temple Architecture” and was linked to the ongoing studio of M.Arch (Arch Edu) III Semester on “Geometry of Indian Architecture.”

Ar. Ujjwala addressed the audience about the need of architectural documentation. While elaborating on the need of documentation of built environment she discussed the practical, historical and aesthetic purposes of the same. Further, the techniques of documentation by hand and by digital mediums were also discussed. By quoting and explaining through the example of Angkor Wat temple at Cambodia, she narrated her own experience of documentation.

The lecture was followed by interactive question and answer session. The guest lecture was attended by students, academicians and professionals. Around 100 participants joined online for the guest lecture. The program was conducted by Dr. Madhura Rathod. Dr. Lakshmi Rao and Ar. Renuka Chutke Chakradeo were a part of support team to the guest lecture.

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