Jul 30 2024 to Jul 30 2024 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

The design of the IIM Bangalore (IIMB) campus has evolved through contributions from multiple architects over time, yet its adaptable built and open spaces seem to have allowed it to develop into a cohesive and integrated entity. The book The Making of a Campus: IIM Bangalore shares how this campus came into being and how it has been experienced over time. Through its pages, the book reveals the thought processes, design philosophies, and the interplay between architecture and community that have contributed to the campus’s continuing appeal and functionality. Using the book as a starting point, the session will explore how a shared design philosophy has imbued the campus with a sense of timelessness. This project, conceived and executed by architects Balkrishna Doshi and Achyut Kanvinde with subsequent additions by Sanjay Mohe & Medappa, stands as a testament to the enduring design. The session will commence with an introduction by the book’s author, Kiran Keswani, followed by insights from Bijoy Ramachandran, who has produced two documentary films on Doshi. Subsequently, architects Sanjay Mohe and Medappa will present their contributions to the campus design, sharing their discoveries, challenges, and outcomes. The event will conclude with a dialogue on ‘creative collaboration’ among the speakers and a Q&A session with the audience. In collaboration with: Speakers Kiran Keswani Co-founder, Everyday City Lab Kiran Keswani is the co-founder at Everyday City Lab, an urban design lab that focuses on the everyday life of the city. She is the author of the book: The Making of a Campus: IIM Bangalore published by Altrim and released in October 2023 as part of IIMB’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations. She has had a design practice for over 20 years. She trained with the architect Balkrishna Doshi at his studio, Sangath in Ahmedabad from 1991-92 and holds a PhD in urban design. She has taught urban design studios at CEPT University, Ahmedabad and elective courses on architecture and design at Azim Premji University and IIM Bangalore. She has published papers in the Journal of Urban design and recently, a chapter in the Routledge Handbook on Urban Design Research Methods. She is a recipient of the Earthwatch Europe grant for 2022-23 for research related to nature in the city. Sanjay Mohe Founder, Mindspace Founder of the Bengaluru based Mindspace, Mohe has had a working association of 21 years with Bengaluru’s famous Chandravarkar and Thacker Associates (CnT). His work experience also counts his years spent with Charles Correa in Mumbai and his work stint in Saudi Arabia. A prodigy of India’s first architectural institute – Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai, his work straddles a spectrum of projects – Research Laboratories, Knowledge Parks, Campus Designs, Factories, Beach Resorts, Libraries, Corporate Offices, Hospice and Residences. A well-known face adorning a lot of architectural forums and talks, he has many awards to his credit, including JK cement Great Master Awardee 2019,The Golden Architect Award by A+D & Spectrum Foundation Architecture Award (2009), India; J K Cements Architect of the Year Award – 1991 /1999 /2001 /2004 /2007 /2008; The Award of the Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects – 2002; ar+d International Annual Award of Architectural Review (1999), London and d’line, for JRD Digital Library Bangalore; Gold Medal from ARCASIA (the Asian Forum for Institutes of Architecture-1998). P N Medappa Partner, Mindspace P N Medappa graduated from Malnad college of engineering and has 35 years of experience. He has briefly worked with Sri.Sharad Padalkar before joining Chandavarkar and Thacker where he worked for about 11 years. He was inducted as a partner in the prestigious firm Mindspace in 2008. He has achieved several accolades, including the A+D Spectrum Award for Institutional Architecture in 2006, the JK Cements Commendation Award in 2008 and again in 2010, the NDTV Design and Architectural Award in the Institutional category in 2014, and most recently, the JK Cements Architect of the Year Award. Medappa believes in human-centric, climate responsive, sustainable design. His constant search for spacial experience, poetics of light, integrating nature into the built is aimed at engaging emotive senses and spawn tranquil feeling.He believes that design is a language binding creativity and context. Bijoy Ramachandran Founder, Hundredhands Bijoy Ramachandran founded Hundredhands, a widely recognised architectural practice in 2003 with his partner Sunitha Kondur. He currently serves on the faculty of architecture at the British School at Rome and is the Design Chair for the post-graduate program at BMS College of Architecture in Bengaluru. Ramachandran has a Master’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree from BMS College of Architecture; he has also attended the Glenn Murcutt masterclass in Sydney. In addition to practicing architecture, he has also produced three documentary films: two on the celebrated Indian architect Sri B.V. Doshi, ‘Doshi’ (2008) and ‘Doshi: The Second Chapter’ (2019); and one on architectural practice in Bangalore, ‘Architecture and the City: A Bangalore Perspective’ (2005). Hundredhands, led by Bijoy Ramachandran, designed the BIC building.