361 - the design conference

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Since economic liberalisation, design has become a key element

for growth. As the markets are thrown open to globalisation,

unprecedented forces drive and redefine the architectural landscape

and the practice of design. New economic avenues combine with

the idea of modernity, giving rise to capital that needs and feeds

architectural practices. The profession has seen an aggressive

surge in demand and supply of architecture that develops from a

thriving capitalist market which supports and experiments with

fresh thoughts, attitudes and perspectives in design. Architecture

can no longer be identified and defined by expressions of the likes

of vernacular and modern. The ever-antagonistic attitudes of the

conservative architect against the progressive architect diminish

in a wave of optimism and pragmatism that defines contemporary

architectural practice. With multiple ways and means, multilateral

approaches and multidimensional practices, architects and

designers in India, and the world, venture into previously unseen

realms dealing with unprecedented unknowns and armed with

intense understanding of the new age. The 361 Conference 2012

will attempt to understand and debate on of the chaos and will

try to make sense of the ambiguous whole. The forum will try and

decipher the New Spirit in Architecture.

361 2012New Spirit in Architecture


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Link: www.hundredhands.com


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DOSHIFilm by Premjit Ramachandran. Produced by Hundred Hands.

In a career spanning almost 60 years, Balkrishna Doshis work has in many ways mirroredthe evolution of contemporary Indian architecture. Doshis first job under the Frencharchitect Le Corbusier, who designed Chandigarh, had a profound impact on him but he

has often sought to interpret Corbusiers modernism through local conditions of site, climateand available technology.

Two monographs have been published on Doshis work and he is regularly featured inarchitectural magazines. The scope of these printed articles is limited in capturing thespatial and qualitative aspects of his work and does not adequately present Doshis uniquepersonality and his philosophy. Film is the perfect medium in which to capture architecture -it covers the spatial narrative and sequence, the quality of light and the impact of movement.It is also the best way to engage a person like Doshi. Having a conversation with him is toimmediately understand his appeal and the reasons for his unique success.

Not only is his work as an architect seminal but his contributions to academia through thesetting up of the school of architecture in Ahmedabad and his own Vastu Shilpa Foundationare unparalleled. These successes are primarily due to his ability to communicate to andinspire the people around him, and his rigor as an architect. Both these aspects can besatisfactorily captured only on film. The film will not only introduce people to a truly greatmodern architect, but also to an evolved, cultured human being and help redirect ourattention to the truly important questions of our time.

ABOUT PREMJIT RAMACHANDRAN, THE FILMMAKERBorn in 1975, Premjit Ramachandran is a filmmaker/musician/graphic designer based inBangalore. This is his first full length documentary feature. Prior to this he has workedon several experimental projects. Of particular interest is a short film called Look here,Kunigunda, which was shot in the deserts of Dubai and was officially selected at the RomeInternational Film Festival, 2006.

ABOUT BIJOY RAMACHANDRAN, THE ARCHITECTBorn in 1971, Bijoy Ramachandran is an architect and urban designer based in Bangalore.His firm, Hundredhands (hundredhands.com) is an internationally recognized practice and

has been featured in Architectural Design (UK) magazines survey of contemporary Indianarchitecture (Made in India, January 2008). Bijoy has a Bachelors degree in Architecturefrom Bangalore University (1994) and a Masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, USA, in Architecture & Urbanism (1998).


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This track will showcase practices that use data, digital media, intelligent technology, interactive interfaces etc. to

devise new means of creating architecture and design. The idea will be to discuss emergence of new realms of work withtechnology as a common point of departure.

TRACK 1:Systems & Technology

Kapil Gupta, Principal, Serie Architects, Mumbai, India

Serie Architects is an international practice based in London, Mumbai and Beijing.

Serie works in the diverse field of architecture, urbanism and design, technology

and typological explorations being a point of departure. Amongst their famous

works is Tote, Mumbai. Kapil Gupta is also Director at the Urban Design Research

Institute in Mumbai, which is leading several research projects on the city.

Kas Oosterhuis, Director, Hyperbody, Delft, Netherlands

Kas Oosterhuis is the director of the architectural practice ONL

[Oosterhuis_Lnrd], as well as director of the ProtoSpace Laboratory for

Collaborative Design and Engineering. Since 2000, Oosterhuis has been

appointed Professor of Digital Design Methods at the Delft University of

Technology and is currently le ading a staff of 20 resea rchers at Hyperbody,

the knowledge centre for Non-Standard and Interactive Architecture.

Manit Rastogi, Managing Partner, Morphogenesis, New Delhi, IndiaMorphogenesis follows the process of development of form, structure and

organisation in nature. Manit, the Managing Partner at Morphogenesis

and Morphogenesis Education, was also the Director at Sushant School of

Architecture and is currently the Principal Advisor to the Sushant Group of

Institutes, Gurgaon.

Dr. Ken Yeang, Principal, T. R. Hamzah and Yeang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

He is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer, best known for advancing

green design and planning, differentiated from other green architects

by his comprehensive ecological approach. Dr. Ken Yeangs architecture

features eco-land bridges, vertical landscaping, ecocells, energy

efficiency, light shelves, light pipes, stepped terraces, vertical linked

enclosed atria, windscoops, bioswales, and deep green architecture.


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Contemporary design profession influences and is influenced by parallel creative practice and design thinking that cuts

through fine distinctions of the traditional school and amalgamates creative thinking through multiple points of view. Thistrack will showcase such contemporary practices through their work and try to understand the spirit behind such knit.

TRACK 2:Objects & Experiences

Gurjit Singh Matharoo, Principal, Matharoo Associates, Ahmedabad, India

Reinvigorating the concrete language of Le Corbusier and Kahn, Matharoo

Associates has a very holistic design approach coupled with innovation and

acute attention to detail and function. The firms in-house team executes projects

and designs in the field of Architecture, Structural Design, Interiors and Product

Design; all under the same roof.

Andre Tammes, Principal, Lighting Design Partnership, UKIn 1984, Tammes co-established the first professional design group in the UK

that focused solely on lighting designLDPand currently leads the firm

from a base in Sydney, Australia. His work continues to be informed by 20

years in stage lighting design and theatre consultancy. Andre has also been

influential in the development of lighting design as a distinct profession.

Pradumnya Vyas, Director, NID, Ahmedabad, India

Prof. Vyas has been associated with NID as a Faculty Member in the

Industrial Design discipline for the past 22 years. Since April 2009, he has

been appointed as Director of NID and has also been nominated as MemberSecretary of the India Design Council by the Ministry of Commerce &

Industry, Government of India.

Martha Schwartz, Principal, Martha Schwartz Partners, Massachusetts, USA

Martha Schwartz has over 30 years of experience as a landscape architect and

artist on a wide variety of projects located around the world with a variety

of world-renowned architects. She is the recipient of numerous awards and

prizes including the Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award from the

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Ar ts, manufactures and Commerce.

Benjamin Hubert, Principal, Benjamin Hubert Studio, London, UK

The London-based studio, founded in 2007, specialises in industrial

design across furniture and lighting sectors, working with international

manufacturers across Europe and Asia. The studio works on a diverse range

of projects including both mass/batch-produced consumer products and

limited edition/one-offs.

Iwan Baan, Architectural Photographer, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dutch photographer Iwan Baan is known primarily for images that

narrate the life and interacti ons that occur within architecture. His work

has been included in many exhibitions around the world. He has also

published a book, BrasiliaChandigarh, that looks at life in two cities

woven into modernity.


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Many contemporary practices develop an individual identity and distinct modus operandi emerging from an at times

rebellious, at times divergent attitude towards the mainstream. The agenda of the track is to understand the reason for

individuals and ideas to resist the forces of the global capital and align to the alternative.

TRACK 3:Paracentric Practices

Bijoy Jain, Principal, Studio Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Studio Mumbais pursuit is to use the Indian landscape as a resource; to create

spaces formed by local climatic conditions, materials and technologies and an

ingenuity arising from limited resources. The practice has developed a hybrid

approach with ideas of both contemporary culture and ecology.

Anne Feenstra, Principal, arch i, Delhi and KabulAnne Feenstra has three teams working for Kholm, Kabul, and Delhi addressing

fundamental thinking in architecture through investigative programmes like

Delhi 2050 and projects in remote corners of Afghanistan. He has also teamed

up with Architecture for Humanity and Dutch DFA for various projects.

C. Anjalendran, Architect, Sri Lanka

Anjalendran has functioned as a key commentator and has contributed

behind the scenes to all of the major publications on Sri Lankan architecture

that have appeared over the past two decades.

Thisara Thanapathy, Principal, Thisara Thanapathy Architects, Sri Lanka

Established in 1997, Thisara Thanapathy Architects belongs to the

creative breed of contemporary Sri Lankan architectural practices.

Since its inception, it has focused on the aesthetic experience of

spatial from, delivering sensua l delight to its clients, while addressing

their practical requirements

Alejandro Aravena, Principal, ELEMENTAL, Chile, South America

Alejandro Aravena, architect Universidad Catlica de Chile, established

Alejandro Aravena Architects in 1994. He was Visiting Professor at Harvard

GSD (2000-05) and is currently the Elemental-Copec Professor at UC. He is

member of the Pritzker Prize Jury and has been named International Fellow

of the R oyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Rafiq Azam, Principal Architect, Shattoto, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Rafiq Azam is a Bangladeshi architect. He is principal architect of

the architecture firm Shatotto, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a teacher,

a lecturer and a painter. Azam has accumulated a number of achievements in

architecture and painting. He has given lectures worldwide and his work is

published and exhibited on national and international platforms.


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Many young designers and architects have started to look back and rethink the idea of design innovation taking the tough

yet pragmatic route of working at the grassroots to develop inherent potential at micro and macro levels. This track will

look into this important aspect of contemporary architecture and design practices.

TRACK4:Innovating @ Grassroots

Prof. Anil Gupta, Coordinator, SRISHTI; Founder, Honey Bee Network;

Executive Vice Chairman, National Innovation Foundation, India

Through his efforts with the Honey Bee Network, Gupta has uncovered

ground-breaking product designs - a myriad of inventions developed out

of necessity. Since 1988, the networks database of original inventions

has grown to over 12,000, and its newsletter is now published in eight

languages and distributed to 75 countries.

Sandeep Virmani, MD, KHNA & Hunnarshala, Bhuj, India

Established since sixteen years in the Kutch region, Sandeep Virmani took

profit from this remote and arid district s conditions to gain global/ holistic

understanding on the fields of water harvesting, organic agriculture,

renewable energy, nomadic living conditions, sociology and rights

defence. He is also the managing director of Hunnarshala foundation

(HSF) since its creation in 2003.

Luyanda Mpahlwa, Principal & Director, MMA Architects, Cape TownBeyond architecture and design , Mpahlwa has, since 2005, been a member

of the Local Organising Committees technical team of professionals

appointed as consultants for the construction and refurbishment of the

2010 Soccer World Cup stadia. His experience also includes academic

involvement with Wits University, the University of Cape Town and the

University of the Free State.

Peter Rich, Principal, Peter Rich Architects, South Africa

By studying indigenous tribes, especially the architecture of the Ndebele,

Peters designs are rooted in Africa and show a profound African

understanding. The architecture in the practice is extremely diverse due

to each project being specially formulated for the specific site in which

it is located.

Dharmesh Jadeja, Principal, Buildaur, Auroville, IndiaDharmesh Jadeja, a calligraphist and architect who lives in Auroville, is

the first artist of his ilk to be invited to be a part of the residency at the

University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. His practice has beeninvolved closely with exploring almost all forms of design, ranging from

architecture, interior design and landscape to product design, calligraphy,

graphics, and architectural ceramics and pottery. His designs are rooted in

culture and nature.


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SCHEDULE DAY 117thMarch 2012, Saturday

08:30 Registration

09:00 Inaugural Address

09:30 Film Screening - Doshi

10:15 Discussion & Introspection

10:45 Refreshment Break

11:00 Track I Systems & Technology

11:15 Lecture 1 Manit Rastogi

11:45 Lecture 2 Dr. Ken Yeang

12:15 Lecture 3 Kas Oosterhuis & Ilona Lenard

12:45 Lecture 4 Kapil Gupta

13:15 Discussion & Open Mike13:45 LUNCH Book Signing at Art & Design Book Store

14:30 Eternia Product Launch by Hindalco

15:30 Dutch DFA Profile Screening

15:45 Track II Objects & Experiences

16:00 Lecture 1 Iwan Baan

16:30 Lecture 2 Gurjit Singh Matharoo

17:00 Lecture 3 Martha Schwartz


17:45 Lecture 4 Benjamin Hubert

18:15 Lecture 5 Pradyumna Vyas

18:45 Lecture 6 Andre Tammes19:15 Discussion & Open Mike


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SCHEDULE DAY 218thMarch 2012, Sunday

09:00 Registration

09:30 Dutch DFA Profile Screening

09:45 Presentation by Industry Patrons

10:00 Track III Paracentric Practices

10:30 Lecture 1 Thisara Thanapathy

11:00 Lecture 2 C. Anjalendran

11:30 Lecture 3 Bijoy Jain


12:15 Lecture 4 Anne Feenstra

12:45 Lecture 5 Alejandro Aravena

13:15 Lecture 6 Rafiq Azam13:45 Discussion & Open Mike

14:15 LUNCH

15:00 Presentation by Industry Patrons

15:15 Track IV Innovating @ Grassroots

15:30 Lecture 1 Prof. Anil Gupta

16:00 Lecture 2 Luyanda Mpahlwa

16:30 Lecture 3 Dharmesh Jadeja


17:15 Lecture 4 Sandeep Virmani

17:45 Lecture 5 Peter Rich

18:15 Discussion & Open Mike18:45 Closing Address & Vote of Thanks


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For any queries, contact us at: [email protected] / 022 40373639

If you are a student of architecture/design, you can apply for the

Student Fellowship in 361 Conference 2012, awarded to the top 15 entries.

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