Workshops

2022-23

“The Cognitive Paths on Research & Sustainable development goals in research”

Date – 4th to 9th April.

Dr. Roopal Deshpande coordinated for 6 days Research workshops conducted WES at Shankar Nagar. Dr. Laxmi Rao, Dr. Roopal Deshpande and Ar. Anuradha Bhute conducted sessions on ‘The Cognitive Paths on Research & Sustainable development goals in research. Ar. Namrata Gaurkhede was also part of team.

Workshop on Earthen Construction Techniques

Date: 12th and 13th April 2022

Time: 7am to 6pm

Venue: Maharogi Seva Samiti, Anandwan, Warora

Medium: Onsite (Hands on), Anandwan, Warora

Co-ordinator: Tvaashtra Consultancy, Sankalan-Hunarshala Foundation, Bhuj, Punarnava Ecological Services

Number of Participants: 64 students (B.Arch)

Teachers accompanied: Dr. Seema Burele and Ar. Harpreet Saggu

Two days hands on ‘Introductory training program on Earth Construction Techniques’ was organized by Sankalan, Bhuj. Two-day program was divided into two parts, one was theory and second one was hands on.

Day 1 started with the presentation on the various projects done by Hunarashala. They further explained the advancement in earth construction techniques experimented in different projects. of understanding the basics regarding the soil as building material which covered the field test and lab tests. Students learnt to identify the type of soil through senses. It further focused on the preparation required for making adobe, CSEB, Wattle and daub and rammed.

Day 2 was completely hands on activity in which students were divided in groups and worked on different construction techniques individually. Mixing the soil was enjoyed by all, through pugging in which soil was prepared using other contents like cow dung and husk.

Preparation of soil was different for different techniques. Adobe was made out of molds and kept for drying. CSEB were firstly explained by artisans and then students one by one produced CSEB. How to lift and stack the mud bricks were also told to the students which they quickly adopted. Centering was prepared for rammed earth which was filled layer by layer of about 10 cm each. Ramming of earth was done by tamping rod and the formwork was removed after four hours. All the minute details regarding rammed earth wall were well explained by the expert. Students gained the knowledge about advanced earth techniques through the deliberation and discussion with Hunarshala experts and the artisans too.

Mud roll used as a roofing material was another interesting invention by Hunarshala which was taught to the students by the artisans themselves.

The complete procedure was explained right from preparing the mud, wetting the gunny bags, spreading the loose mud mortar with husk on the jute sheet and making the rolled sections. These rolled sections were kept for drying and its application were discussed with the students. The technicality in mud roll preparation was learnt by the students which got reflected through the ready mud rolls.

‘RUBAROO Season 3’ – 23rd Aug

‘RUBAROO Season 3’ workshop conducted at BRDS, Nagpur by Prof. Atula Patwardhan, Ar. Piyusha Rathor, Ar. Rashmi Thakre & Ar. Samruddhi Amte. This workshop was coordinated by Dr. Madhura Rathod, Dr.Tarika Dagadkar, Dr. Seema Burele & Ar. Vaijyanti Yadav.

‘RUBAROO Season 3’ – 12th Sep

‘RUBAROO Season 3’ workshop conducted at L.A.D. college Shankar Nagar, Nagpur by Prof. Atula Patwardhan, Ar. Piyusha Rathor, Ar. Rashmi Thakre & Ar. Samruddhi Amte. This workshop was coordinated by Dr. Madhura Rathod, Dr.Tarika Dagadkar, Dr. Seema Burele & Ar. Vaijyanti Yadav.

‘RUBAROO Season 3’ – 21st Sep

‘RUBAROO Season 3’ workshop conducted for C.P Berar Jr. College, Nagpur by Prof. Atula Patwardhan, Ar. Piyusha Rathor, Ar. Rashmi Thakre & Ar. Samruddhi Amte. This workshop was coordinated by Dr. Madhura Rathod, Dr.Tarika Dagadkar, Dr. Seema Burele, Ar.Rashmi Tijare & Ar. Vaijyanti Yadav.

A 5-Day workshop on ‘ Certificate Course in Computer Application’ – 17th to 22nd Nov

A 5 Day workshop on ‘ Certificate Course in Computer Application’ was conducted for 7th Sem students by Astral Informatics Pvt Ltd. The timings of the workshop were from 9.00 am – 4.00 pm. 2 Trainers (Ms. Priyanka and Ms. Anjali) from Atral Informatics Pvt Ltd taught the students 2 softwares – Primavera and Microsoft Project. Both the softwares were related to budget finding for any given project. The instructors taught the software in detail. The students estimated the budget for a building designed by them in their 7th sem Design project. The certificate course ended with the submission of the project along with a 15 min McQ based test. Certificates were provided to the students for completion of the course. It was a fruitful Session for the students which would help them in their internship as well.

A 6-day Employability Enhancement Programme – 28th Nov to 3rd Dec

Placement Cell of WES’s Smt Manoramabai Mundel College Of Architecture in association with Placement Cell of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur And Naandi Foundation’s Mahindra Pride Class Room, is organizing a 6 day Employability Enhancement Programme, starting 28th November 2022 till 3rd December 2022 for SMMCA’s Final year students of B.Arch and M. Arch.

Workshop Coordinators : Ar. Rashmi Tijare (Associate Professor and Placement Cell Incharge ), Ar. Samruddhi Amte ( Assistant Professor) and Ar. Tanvi Burghate ( Assistant Professor)

Dr. Pratima Dhoke – IQAC Cordinator

Dr. Roopal Deshpande – Principal SMMCA

2021-22

BAMBOO CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP AT SMT. M M COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

Smt. M M College of Architecture organized a two day “Hands-on Workshop” on Bamboo Construction for second-semester students of Bachelor of Architecture in collaboration with Maharashtra Bamboo Board, Seminary Hills, Nagpur on 28^th and 29^th March 2022. It was Co-ordinated by Dr. Sujata Godbole, Prof.Atula Patwardhan, Ar.Samruddhi Amte and Ar. Rashmi Thakre from SMMCA. The workshop focused on the Use of Bamboo as a material in Construction. It also aimed to transfer knowledge about technical details and current construction technologies with Bamboo.

Mr. Rajendra Kulkarni (Assistant Conservator of Forest) introduced about Bamboo as a Building Material and narrated information about the types and species of Bamboo used in Construction. Mr. Srinivasa Rao (Managing Director of Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board, Nagpur) addressed students, about the efficiency of Bamboo as a construction material. The workshop also included a visit to Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board at Katol road, Nagpur wherein the students got to know about the basic joints and assemblies of Bamboo structures along with the necessary tools required for its workmanship. Ar. Ganesh Harimkar (Architect of MBDB) assisted the students with the Model Making activity by guiding the students with the formulation of the concept and development of design.

Mr. Srinivas Madbhushi (Retired Divisional Forest Officer) and Ar. Surbhi Gawande (coordinator) contributed to the success of this workshop.

Officiating Principal Dr. Pratima Dhoke, SMMCA and all First-year Design faculty of SMMCA extended their appreciation on the entire program for its success.

2020-21

WORKSHOP ON ‘BASICS OF ARCHITECTURE PADEGOGY’

ORGANISED BY VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (School of Architecture)

CONDUCTED BY SMT. MANORAMABAI MUNDLE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, NAGPUR

28^thJuly – 2^ndAugust 2021 (Earlier scheduled 26^th July 2021 TO 30^thJuly 2021)

This workshop was conducted at the Vellore Institute of Technology (School of Architecture). There were total of 15 participants, consisting of faculty from the School of Architecture.

The SMMCA team was approached by the host college to conduct this workshop in order to encourage faculty to educate them about the teaching learning processes in architecture education. The primary objective was to orient the faculty, majority of whom were young faculty, towards the basics of architecture education, research and to acquaint them upon the importance of Pedagogical aspects.

Day 1: 29^th July 2021:

Higher Order Thinking
Teacher as a communicator

The workshop commenced with the inauguration of the workshop by Prof. Jaffer Khan, Dean and Director of school of architecture at Vellore. The first session focused on the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Blooms Taxonomy of Cognition was also discussed in detail. The relevance of Higher Order Thinking Skills in architecture education was also discussed upon.

The second session Teacher as a communicator elaborated upon how the role of Teacher should be as a communicator. Architecture is a diverse discipline. An Architecture teacher has multiple roles to play and how approach needs to be evaluated was the focus of Presentation.

Day 2: 30^th July 2021:

Shifting paradigms in architecture teaching: Changing society
Locus of control

Day 2 focused on understanding Changing Paradigms of Society. Architecture is a Social Art. The realization of how architect can be a contributor to the society and can be an agent of change was discussed. This social angle should consciously become part of Architecture Education by inculcating social values through teaching learning processes in students.

Session 2 focused on understanding Internal and External Locus of Control of an individual. These very components shape the designer. The designer and architect must realize individual strengths and weaknesses through this.

Day 3: 31^STAugust 2021:

Design processes: Sharing experiences at SMMCA

The 3^rd Day had one session. It was on sharing experience through design experiments at SMMCA.

Day 4: 1^STAugust 2021:

Design processes: Sharing experiences at SMMCA (Continued)

The 4^th Day was on sharing experience through design experiments at SMMCA. The projects of Post Graduate Department of Architecture Education were also discussed.

Day 5: 2 ^NDAugust 2021:

Presentation by participants

Concluding session

The last day began with the presentation by participants. The concluding session included discussion and feedback by participants.

Name of the Participants:

Renuka Devi
Zahra Yasmoon
Ankit Kumar
Sunny Bansal
Vidhu Bansal
Hareesh H
Mohafiz Riaz
Selva Ziona (zionabharathi@gmail.com)
Jayadev N
Nazish Abid (nazishabidarch@gmail.com)
Dipika M
Dr Jayaprakash C
Dinesh Raghavan
Meenakshi Pappu
Dr Sharmila J

Link of Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88050799186?pwd=MlBRM0MwYlNpaFcrSHl1U1EvTTNuQT09

Meeting ID: 880 5079 9186

Passcode: 130356

College heritage volunteer training workshop

Date: November 20, 2020

Time: 10:00AM-01:00PM

Venue: Online Microsoft Teams app

Guest Speakers: Dr. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH, New Delhi, and Ar. Nitika Ramani, Nagpur

Participants: Students of Undergraduate, Post-Graduate, Academicians, and Professionals

Workshop Convener: Dr. Madhura Rathod

Technical Assistants: Ar. Vaijayanti Yadav and Ar. Sneha Bodhankar

About the workshop:

INTACH Nagpur Chapter in association with Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture recently conducted an online College Heritage Volunteer Training Workshop. With the present status of the society to conserve, preserve, and restore our rich heritage for the next generation, the need is to spearhead the present young college students. To spread awareness among them and help them grow with the zeal to contribute, this program was initiated by the city’s INTACH Co-Convener Dr. Madhura Rathod. She is an Associate professor at SMMCA, CO-Founder of Architectural Sankul, and torchbearer of activities related to Heritage.

Dr. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS (Heritage Education Communication Services), INTACH, New Delhi along with her team conducted sessions for more than 140 participants online. Followed by which a local heritage session on both tangible and intangible aspects was covered by Ar. Nitika Ramani (Co-Founder of Architectural Sankul and Additional Co-Convener of INTACH Nagpur Chapter).

All the sessions reflected glorious features of the heritage that we have inherited from the rulers and from our fore-fathers. The workshop started with an inaugural speech by SMMCA Principal, Dr. Ujwala Chakradeo

Dr. Datt said the main objective of INTACH is to create awareness among people to protect heritage and instill citizenship values as regards their duties. She appreciated the efforts of INTACH Nagpur Chapter to organize this workshop. The workshop was instrumental in promoting awareness about the need to develop the present generation of students to appreciate the heritage of their city, state, and country and teach them to live with it in harmony. She emphasized on the memories of the past which is fast eroding due to the digital era. “We cannot in anyway decimate the past even though we have come a long way from what it was.”

Dr. Ujwala Chakradeo said “Teachers are the torch bearers who will take the spirit of this particular event to young children in various schools and colleges and young generation should now strive for retaining the existing cultural, traditional, and built heritage.”

Ar. Nitika Ramani shed light on the facts and fascinating stories associated with the heritage of Nagpur. She spoke on the importance of conserving Heritage and transmitting this awareness among others.

HECS team members: Mr. Abhishek Das, Ms. Teresa Walter, Ms. Christina Shangne, and Ms. Sanjoli Mathur shared how to do this department of INTACH work for motivating and inspiring the volunteers to contribute to the heritage at regional, national, and international levels. They shared the volunteer’s contribution and their experiences through videos.

Ar. Vaijayanti Yadav and Ar. Sneha Bodhankar conducted the Question-Answer session and supported the technical assistance required to conduct the workshop online.

Dr. Madhura Rathod concluded the workshop by saying that: “Indian heritage showcases culture, monuments, literature, and other works of art. This workshop is a platform to know how to contribute collectively as volunteers in spreading heritage knowledge.”

It was a successful workshop that was initiated by INTACH Nagpur Chapter and SMMCA successfully contributed by INTACH-HECS, New Delhi to enlighten the young minds for their inclination towards India’s rich and glorious heritage.

Workshop on carpentry joints

First year students working on carpentry joints for the subject Workshop Practices-I under the guidance of Mulekar Sir.

Workshop Co ordinator – Ar. Samruddhi Amte.

Passive Solar Design and Day Lighting for Buildings

25th, 26th July 2019

A workshop was conducted by Ar. Suraksha Acharaya on 25th and 26th July 2019 on the subject of “Passive Solar Design and Day Lighting for Buildings”

2019-20

Workshop conducted by Mr. Niyaz Quraishi

Workshop conducted by Mr. Niyaz Quraishi (Senior IBTC Trainer, E-cell IIT Kanpur & DC Crackers ) on “Personality Development & Career Planning”.

Workshop on carpentry joints

First year students working on carpentry joints for the subject Workshop Practices-I under the guidance of Mulekar Sir.

Workshop Co ordinator – Ar. Samruddhi Amte.

Passive Solar Design and Day Lighting for Buildings

25th, 26th July 2019

A workshop was conducted by Ar. Suraksha Acharaya on 25th and 26th July 2019 on the subject of “Passive Solar Design and Day Lighting for Buildings”

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