Environment and Built Form

Interpretive Centre |  Semester 06 – Design Module (Feb-Apr 2020) Studio Mentors : Ravindra Punde, Dipti Bhaindarkar, Sabaa Giradkar, Malaksingh Gill, Faizan Khatri, Abhijit Ekbote, Shrikar Bhave Text by: Veeravalli Vikram, Dipti Bhaindarkar, Faizan Khatri and Shrikar Bhave  The SEA Semester VI Architectural Design project is seen as a culmination of ‘Part-1’ of the Bachelor…

Unlearning

Orientation Module 2019-20 | A19 Batch Studio Mentors : Prasad Shetty, Tamal Mitra Text by : Tanuja Vartak Edited by: Veeravalli Vikram   The first week of the 'orientation module' was rather disorienting as we had discussions about the ideas of ‘respect’, ‘god’ and ‘religion’ that had been imbibed into our minds. We were trying…

Rethinking Transportation for an Exploding Metropolis (Andheri)

author: Komal Gopwani   In November 2018, SEA got the opportunity to host the Mumbai Design Charrette of the Van Alen International Council, who over the course of a four-day, deep-dive exploration of Mumbai, were examining the complexity of the city through three distinct dimensions – public space, social connectivity, and transit infrastructure – conceiving…

Energy management for built forms

Project : Passive Design House Semester III (Batch A18): Technology Studio conductors: Malak Singh Gill, Abhijit Ekbote, Shahveer Irani, Sabaa Giradkar, Dipti Bhaindarkar, Gauri Joshi Text by: Diwakar Motwani Edited by: Veeravalli Vikram, Sabaa Giradkar Today, the world's economic system is based on the principle of exhaustion of natural resources for the purpose of production…

The Resource Question

Case : Architecture School at Borivali West Studio Mentors: Ravindra Punde, Dipti Bhaindarkar, Sabaa Giradkar, Faizan Khatri, Gauri Satam, Malaksingh Gill Duration : 27th August to 05th October 2018 The focus of Semester 5 Design Studio was to create a awareness on the issue of resources in architecture and related design questions. The project was…

The Ground Scape

Semester 6 | Landscape Module Studio Mentors: Ravindra Punde, Savita Punde Blog Text - Dipti Bhaindarkar and Nikeita Saraf  The semester six landscape module exposed the students to working with the complexities of terrain and programmatic demands of a project. It broadly focused on the four major objectives,  To Build an understanding of natural systems…

Winter Electives 2020

Electives at SEA this semester brought in diverse intersections with the design discipline through the varied courses of visual storytelling by Sunil Thakkar, urban ecology by Anand Pendharkar, bamboo weaving by Pratik Dhanmer, appreciation of  Indian classical music by Anita Kulkarni, urban farming by Julius Rego, ethnographic studies by Prajakta Palav Aher, theatre by  Shivani…

Blurred Edges

A Tale of Two Lakes - Powai and Vihar Semester 6 | Settlement Studies  Studio Mentors : Rohit Mujumdar, Sabaa Giradkar, Malaksingh Gill, Ravindra Punde, Dipti Bhaindarkar Blog Text - Veeravalli Vikram, Dipti Bhaindarkar, Sabaa Giradkar and Rohit Mujumdar Architectural Representation and drawing have been a subject of discussion over the past few years. The…

Design Detailing

  Semester 6 | Technology Module Studio Mentors : Ravindra Punde, Dipti Bhaindarkar, Komal Gopwani and Abhijit Ekbote Expert Guidance : Gauri Joshi, Suhas Chande, Dnyanesh Bhave  Blog Text - Veeravalli Vikram, Dipti Bhaindarkar and Komal Gopwani  Design Detailing module for semester 6 initiated with the intent of equipping the students with understanding the sequential…

Contextual Technologies

Allied Design Module, Vertical Studio, Semester 7 & 9 Mentors : Dushyant Asher, Milind Mahale, Chinmay Shidore, Mihir Desai Blog Post by : Dushyant Asher Urban spaces in Indian cities such as street edges, railway bridges, unused vehicles, small and large open spaces, on the one hand, and environmentally sensitive conditions such as hill slopes…