Blue Lines of Kolkata, an edited book, was launched by Prof. Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Director, IIT Kharagpur on 28 June 2017 at Oxford Book Store at Park Street in Kolkata.
A panel discussion on 'Future of Canals of Kolkata', followed the book launch. The Panelists were: Kalyan Mukhopadhyay, DCP Traffic Kolkata; Prof. Samiran Datta from SRFTI Kolkata; Somnath Biswas, MD: Terre Armee; Abin Chaudhuri, Architect from Kolkata and the discussion was moderated by Dr. Suptendu P Biswas, Architect & Urban Designer from New Delhi. It was a fantastic learning experience through the diverse panel discussion and Q&A session. One rarely encounters such a passionate audience!
Blue Lines of Kolkata, emerged out of ideas and proposals from the Search Workshop 16 and selected contributions from various experts, initiates a discourse on shifting the focus to Landscape Urbanism as a method to reimagine and rejuvenate the city.
Image Credit: Subhadip Biswas, Saurabh Tewari, Anshuman Abhishek Mishra and Oxford Bookstore, Kolkata
A panel discussion on 'Future of Canals of Kolkata', followed the book launch. The Panelists were: Kalyan Mukhopadhyay, DCP Traffic Kolkata; Prof. Samiran Datta from SRFTI Kolkata; Somnath Biswas, MD: Terre Armee; Abin Chaudhuri, Architect from Kolkata and the discussion was moderated by Dr. Suptendu P Biswas, Architect & Urban Designer from New Delhi. It was a fantastic learning experience through the diverse panel discussion and Q&A session. One rarely encounters such a passionate audience!
Blue Lines of Kolkata, emerged out of ideas and proposals from the Search Workshop 16 and selected contributions from various experts, initiates a discourse on shifting the focus to Landscape Urbanism as a method to reimagine and rejuvenate the city.
Image Credit: Subhadip Biswas, Saurabh Tewari, Anshuman Abhishek Mishra and Oxford Bookstore, Kolkata