India has a diverse and rich cultural landscape. Every community has distinct perspectives and therefore, values can be quite varied. Their unique values and view of the world subsequently translates as distinct aesthetic sensibilities. Many cultures express these through their food, clothes, crafts, building traditions and art. Having said that, globalisation has influenced cultures to get homogenised. Many cultures are therefore in different stages of transition.
The course will help students to understand cultures other than their own, and design with/for them.
Colleges will encourage students to select villages or communities and not projects. The course will help the students identify projects based on the village or community’s needs. The scale of the project can be outlined by the college.
If your college AD studio intends to design with Communities and wants to explore it with other colleges and faculty across the country online, join this studio and hop on to the learning journey planned by Hunnarshala for your college.
The collaborative studio is a unique effort to bring students, faculty and practitioners on one platform. The key features of this studio include the following,
To know more about our past studio click here.
This schedule may be customised to the collective schedule of the colleges on board.
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Unconventional approachto design studio and exposure to new materials and practices
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Improve NAAC score for colleges |
| Experience in approach to rural background projects | Acquaintances with other colleges across the nation for future events | student exchanges, collaboration for events etc. |
| Interaction with other colleges | New approach to Rural documentation studio mandate under the CoA- already devised and planned by us |
| Mentored by Ar Sandeep Virmani, Director-Hunnarshala, Ar. Aditya Singh, Project Architect- Hunnarshala | New Pedagogical practices |
| Authentic mentoring and guidance by artisans | |
| Exclusive access to expert lecture recordings | |
| Quality design results that can be submitted at various design competitions | |
| Certified courses | |
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Outcomes are a merit to the CV and portfolio as well as a merit while applying for post graduation |
Hunnarshala Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation based in Bhuj, Gujarat, working towards sustainable habitats.
THREE THEMES have emerged as cross-cutting for Hunnarshala for its direction and works –
Empower yourself with the philosophy of Hunnarshala. Your mentors on this journey will be Ar Sandeep Virmani, Director-Hunnarshala, Ar. Aditya Singh, Project Architect- Hunnarshala, and artisans associated with the organisation.
Aabhat (आभत) is a non-profit organisation, which has evolved out of Hunnarshala Foundation, having its core focus on participatory design processes relying on the inherent traditional wisdom of the people, especially the idea of the commons. It's objectives include socio-technical research and documentation, working with and upgrading traditional building practices; and creation of a collaborative platform for other like-minded individuals and practices. The word aabhat comes from a Kutch tradition, and can loosely be interpreted as 'coming together of the people for a common good'.
