Search Workshop 18
Landscape Urbanism
Workshop 21-27 December 2018 | Kolkata, India
Venue: IIT Kharagpur's Extension Centre, Salt Lake City, Kolkata INDIA
Seven-day Worskhop with Expert Talks + Case Studies + Site Visits + Studio Interactions with Mentors & Experts + Proposal-making
Follow-up Events Travelling Exhibition in Mumbai, Bhopal and other cities based on outcomes of the workshop + Public Symposium + Publication of workshop proceedings
Mentors & Experts Professionals, Academicians & Industry Experts from the fields of Architecture, Design, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture + Urban Planning and Mobility Planning + Environmental Science & Engineering + Urban Governance + Project Finance & Branding + Art and Design
From Adiganga to Tolly Nullah...
Kolkata, famously termed as an 'ecologically subsidised' city by the eminent environmentalist Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, has subsequently become vulnerable to imminent ecological changes. The negligence of the urban ecosystems, especially water bodies (rivers, canals, wetlands, etc.) over the years has led Tolly’s Canal facing such unfortunate reality with catastrophic urban environmental implications.
One cannot miss the unpleasant sight and the foul smell of a polluted water tract beneath Alipur bridge on the way to the National Library or while travelling from Naktala to Garia in the southern part of Kolkata. This water tract is none other than the Tolly’s Canal, which was a part of the old route of the Adi Ganga, revived by William Tolly between 1772 and 1777. Kolkata’s canals were excavated primarily for two reasons—trade-transportation and drainage-sewerage-sanitation. It was adequately maintained during the colonial period due to its essential role in riverine ecology and for a trade-transportation purpose. However, in the post-independence period, the canal became a sewer due to the discharge of untreated effluent into it from a large number of sewerage drains, belonging to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Kolkata Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (KMWSA). Through the decades, Tolly’s Canal was neither restored nor maintained. Some schemes and plans were discussed to revitalise the canal since the late 1990s such as the Calcutta Environment Management Strategy Action Plan (1996–97) (CEMSAP). All such plans became futile, once the metro rail emerged between Tollygunge and Garia with the elevated railway tracks going directly over Tolly’s Canal and three hundred pillars, each at a distance of 20 m from the other, were dug into the canal bed!
The Workshop sheds light on the changing trajectories of the Tolly’s Canal using archival research, ethnographic findings and transect walks. Further, taking inputs from multi-disciplinary intellectual exchanges, the Workshop attempts to evolve effective recommendation strategies and design ideas to revitalise this disrupted and degraded network as an environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive space.
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Who all are eligible to participate?
Applicants including a mix of UG, PG, Doctoral Students and Young Professionals from the fields of
- Environment
- Landscape Architecture
- Urban Design and Architecture
- Design and Media
- Civil/Geo-spatial Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
No. of Participants: 60
Workshop 21-27 December 2018 | Kolkata, India
Venue: IIT Kharagpur's Extension Centre, Salt Lake City, Kolkata INDIA
Seven-day Worskhop with Expert Talks + Case Studies + Site Visits + Studio Interactions with Mentors & Experts + Proposal-making
Follow-up Events Travelling Exhibition in Mumbai, Bhopal and other cities based on outcomes of the workshop + Public Symposium + Publication of workshop proceedings
Mentors & Experts Professionals, Academicians & Industry Experts from the fields of Architecture, Design, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture + Urban Planning and Mobility Planning + Environmental Science & Engineering + Urban Governance + Project Finance & Branding + Art and Design
From Adiganga to Tolly Nullah...
Kolkata, famously termed as an 'ecologically subsidised' city by the eminent environmentalist Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, has subsequently become vulnerable to imminent ecological changes. The negligence of the urban ecosystems, especially water bodies (rivers, canals, wetlands, etc.) over the years has led Tolly’s Canal facing such unfortunate reality with catastrophic urban environmental implications.
One cannot miss the unpleasant sight and the foul smell of a polluted water tract beneath Alipur bridge on the way to the National Library or while travelling from Naktala to Garia in the southern part of Kolkata. This water tract is none other than the Tolly’s Canal, which was a part of the old route of the Adi Ganga, revived by William Tolly between 1772 and 1777. Kolkata’s canals were excavated primarily for two reasons—trade-transportation and drainage-sewerage-sanitation. It was adequately maintained during the colonial period due to its essential role in riverine ecology and for a trade-transportation purpose. However, in the post-independence period, the canal became a sewer due to the discharge of untreated effluent into it from a large number of sewerage drains, belonging to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Kolkata Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (KMWSA). Through the decades, Tolly’s Canal was neither restored nor maintained. Some schemes and plans were discussed to revitalise the canal since the late 1990s such as the Calcutta Environment Management Strategy Action Plan (1996–97) (CEMSAP). All such plans became futile, once the metro rail emerged between Tollygunge and Garia with the elevated railway tracks going directly over Tolly’s Canal and three hundred pillars, each at a distance of 20 m from the other, were dug into the canal bed!
The Workshop sheds light on the changing trajectories of the Tolly’s Canal using archival research, ethnographic findings and transect walks. Further, taking inputs from multi-disciplinary intellectual exchanges, the Workshop attempts to evolve effective recommendation strategies and design ideas to revitalise this disrupted and degraded network as an environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive space.
APPLY NOW
Who all are eligible to participate?
Applicants including a mix of UG, PG, Doctoral Students and Young Professionals from the fields of
- Environment
- Landscape Architecture
- Urban Design and Architecture
- Design and Media
- Civil/Geo-spatial Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
No. of Participants: 60
Dates & Deadlines
12 December 2018 Last Round Application Deadline
13 December 2018 Selection Results and Offer to Selected Applicants
Course Material
3 December 2018 Release of Course Material 1.0
10 December 2018 Release of Course Material 2.0
21-27 December 2018 Search Workshop 18 at IIT Kgp's Extension Centre, Salt Lake City, Kolkata
12 December 2018 Last Round Application Deadline
13 December 2018 Selection Results and Offer to Selected Applicants
Course Material
3 December 2018 Release of Course Material 1.0
10 December 2018 Release of Course Material 2.0
21-27 December 2018 Search Workshop 18 at IIT Kgp's Extension Centre, Salt Lake City, Kolkata
Organisers
SEARCH : Trust for Sustainable Education and Action in Architecture
www.searchtrust.org
SEARCH is a charitable non-profit trust registered in India to promote activities of excellence in the fields of built environment and related spheres. The team includes eminent professionals, mainly architects, planners and designers, from Delhi, Kolkata and several places across the globe. The Trust intends to collaborate to impart socially nuanced and technologically appropriate knowledge-generation in Architecture, Planning, Design, Urban Studies and related realms.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpurhttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/HS
The Department came into existence with the very inception of IIT Kharagpur in 1951. Its objective was to provide value-based liberal education to budding scientists and engineers so that they can become professionals with a difference to understand the social realities. Along with the teaching engagements at various levels, the Department takes up projects and consultancies from public and private agencies to address the challenges they face and provides solutions. In keeping with its multidisciplinary character, it carries out research in diverse and emerging areas of human interest and social concern.
Knowledge Partner
VSPB Associates, Architects, Urban Designers, Landscape Architects, New Delhi | www.vspbassociates.com
Advisors
Anjan Mitra, Architect and Urban Designer, Kolkata
Prof. Aneerudha Paul, Director, KRVIA, Mumbai
Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik, Head of the Department, HSS, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Suptendu P. Biswas, Architect, Urban Designer and Planner, New Delhi
Coordinators
Dr. Jenia Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, HSS, IIT Kharagpur
Subhadip Biswas, Trustee, SEARCH
Speakers & Mentors
Abhimanyu Prakash, Urban Planner, Kolkata & New York
Prof. Amita Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Anjan Mitra, Architect and Urban Designer, Kolkata
Ashok Bhattacharjee, Former Director, UTTIPEC, Delhi Development Authority
Jayanta Basu, Environmentalist, Kolkata
Dr. Jenia Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, HSS, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Mainak Ghosh, Associate Professor, JU Kolkata
Sandeep Menon, Faculty at KRVIA, Mumbai
Saurabh Tewari, Architect and Designer, Assistant Professor at SPA Bhopal
Prof. Dr. Shubhrajit Das, JU Kolkata
Prof. Dr. Suchandra Bardhan, JU Kolkata
Dr. Suptendu P. Biswas, Architect and Urban Designer, Visiting Faculty at SPA-Delhi
Vina Verghese, Landscape Architect, Delhi
and more to join...
SEARCH : Trust for Sustainable Education and Action in Architecture
www.searchtrust.org
SEARCH is a charitable non-profit trust registered in India to promote activities of excellence in the fields of built environment and related spheres. The team includes eminent professionals, mainly architects, planners and designers, from Delhi, Kolkata and several places across the globe. The Trust intends to collaborate to impart socially nuanced and technologically appropriate knowledge-generation in Architecture, Planning, Design, Urban Studies and related realms.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpurhttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/HS
The Department came into existence with the very inception of IIT Kharagpur in 1951. Its objective was to provide value-based liberal education to budding scientists and engineers so that they can become professionals with a difference to understand the social realities. Along with the teaching engagements at various levels, the Department takes up projects and consultancies from public and private agencies to address the challenges they face and provides solutions. In keeping with its multidisciplinary character, it carries out research in diverse and emerging areas of human interest and social concern.
Knowledge Partner
VSPB Associates, Architects, Urban Designers, Landscape Architects, New Delhi | www.vspbassociates.com
Advisors
Anjan Mitra, Architect and Urban Designer, Kolkata
Prof. Aneerudha Paul, Director, KRVIA, Mumbai
Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik, Head of the Department, HSS, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Suptendu P. Biswas, Architect, Urban Designer and Planner, New Delhi
Coordinators
Dr. Jenia Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, HSS, IIT Kharagpur
Subhadip Biswas, Trustee, SEARCH
Speakers & Mentors
Abhimanyu Prakash, Urban Planner, Kolkata & New York
Prof. Amita Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Anjan Mitra, Architect and Urban Designer, Kolkata
Ashok Bhattacharjee, Former Director, UTTIPEC, Delhi Development Authority
Jayanta Basu, Environmentalist, Kolkata
Dr. Jenia Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, HSS, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Mainak Ghosh, Associate Professor, JU Kolkata
Sandeep Menon, Faculty at KRVIA, Mumbai
Saurabh Tewari, Architect and Designer, Assistant Professor at SPA Bhopal
Prof. Dr. Shubhrajit Das, JU Kolkata
Prof. Dr. Suchandra Bardhan, JU Kolkata
Dr. Suptendu P. Biswas, Architect and Urban Designer, Visiting Faculty at SPA-Delhi
Vina Verghese, Landscape Architect, Delhi
and more to join...
APPLY NOW
Who all are eligible to participate?
Applicants including a mix of UG, PG, Doctoral Students and Young Professionals from the fields of
- Environment
- Landscape Architecture
- Urban Design and Architecture
- Design and Media
- Civil/Geo-spatial Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
No. of Participants: 60
Who all are eligible to participate?
Applicants including a mix of UG, PG, Doctoral Students and Young Professionals from the fields of
- Environment
- Landscape Architecture
- Urban Design and Architecture
- Design and Media
- Civil/Geo-spatial Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
No. of Participants: 60
Please NOTE
Individuals willing to participate in the Workshop and accepting above conditions may apply by filling this application form.
In case of any query, e-mail to searchworkshops@gmail.com
- On the selection, the applicant will have to deposit the Participation Fee within 2 days of notification.
- Further, Wait-listed applicants will be invited after the review on vacant seats. They will be asked to submit the participation fee within 2 days.
- 30% refund will be provided if the selected applicant withdraws from the workshop till 14 December 2018. No refund will be provided after that.
- In case of any misinformation or plagiarism in application and portfolio, applicant’s registration for the workshop will be cancelled and no refund will be provided.
- The organisers plan to provide Tea/Coffee during the breaks. Lunch is to borne by the participants. A small canteen with mini-meals, snacks and juices is functional at the venue.
- There are a limited no. of dormitory beds available at the venue at nominal rates. The workshop organisers will help the selected applicants in procuring the same.
- There are numerous accommodation facilities available around the venue including Yuva Bharati Kridaangan, SN Bose Institute, Tripura House, Mizoram House apart from various OYO rooms.
Individuals willing to participate in the Workshop and accepting above conditions may apply by filling this application form.
In case of any query, e-mail to searchworkshops@gmail.com