Bhopal, 4, June, 2022: The Bhopal Centre of Madhya Pradesh Chapter of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) organized the next edition of “Circle”- an interactive session for practitioners and scholars of architecture. ‘Circle’ is a series of events with eminent architects across the country who discusses the design restrictions and solutions involving modern techniques and local vernaculars.
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The previous year’s edition witnessed key-note lectures by the distinguished experts of architecture and design Biju Kuriakose and Nuru Karim, who have enriched the knowledge bank through their pithy lectures in the previous editions. While, this year, the event was graced by the eminent academician, Dr. Antonella Contin, Arch Ph.D. She is a Research Associate at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering at University of Politecnico di Milano.
Professor Contin’s research deals with Metropolitan Architecture Project, new sustainable model of the urban growth, smart sensitive city, new technologies and urban design mapping.
While addressing the media, Professor Antonella Contin orated that she believes that an understanding of how natural hazards affect the vast and diverse Indian landscape due to climate change is crucial. She notes that Indian cities have the problem of the deep welfare gap between town and country. The countryside should turn into the city which is not possible if we want to achieve sustainability. The key is to determine which growth model can allow us to preserve the structuring values of the past city but integrate them with the new green-grey infrastructure of the Metropolis.
And, that is the Metropolitan Architecture Project’s aim that includes new built form types and New urban-rural linkage pattern definition, questioning knowledge, methodologies, and tools needed to engage with unfamiliar events, temporalities, with landscapes beyond conventional lines of sight.
Prof. Contin has several research publications including “Smart Global Megacities: Collaborative Research Tokyo, Delhi, Mumbai, Lagos, New York, Hong Kong- Shenzhen, Calcutta, and Bangalore” delves into comparative study of smart cities in India and abroad.
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The event was successfully conducted under the aegis of Architect Ashutosh Agarwal, Jt. Secretary, Indian Institute of Architects, Ar Shubhashish Banerjee, Chairman ITPI MP Chapter and Ar. Jitendra Mehta Chairman, IIA MP Chapter were also present on this occasion. The event was jointly sponsored by the Jaquar Group and NCR.
