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B.V. Doshi 60s Supamar Parekh was involved in classes held for

housewives.

y Flower Decorationy Interior Designy Landscaping

Short Term Improvement programs were held

Eg. Dr. Vakils Advanced School For Structural

Engineering

People outside the profession of architecture

came and interacted with students

y Municipal commissioners came for jurysy Mrinalini Sarabhai and Mallika Sarabhai

took electives on dance appreciation

y Niranjan Bhagat gave lectures on Englishliterature

Interactions with Institutions In the City

y Theatre programs with NID and IIMy Natarani and Darpan Academy

Music programmes providing a platform and

helping the cultural scene of ahmedabad

y Kumar Gandhar 1970y Bhimsen Joshiy Kishori Amolkar 1972

Open Campus

Informal discussions

Exposure to the outside world

Both gates were open Confluence of cross

movement

Lot of work in villages and three week studio in

jaisalmer

Outdoor studying

Bernard Kohns Initial Vision of the Sabarmati

Project and the Sunday mkt. Exhibition.

Vikram Sarabhais Science Centre

World Class sculptors and theatre artists used to

come and interact with students

Eg. Japanese sculptor Nisawu Nagochi

International architects would come interact with

students and even take studios and give lectures

y Bucky Fullery Charles K.y Kenneth Framptony Warren C. Fullery Paolo Soleriy Louis Khany Max Burny Leo Leoni

Visits to different sites were very often


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Students were participators not observers

The idea was for students to be self sustaining

and self generating...

How does one create experience..

All outreach programs always happen provided

you are open to get involved and get absorbed...

meetings with pan walas or slum people wereusual

Kartik Vohra

(74)

Akhtaas fought for schools involvement in

outside world.

The smaller of the two geodesic domes is made

by cept students

Photo available of

dome

Krishna

Shastri (63)

John C. Turner came to campus and together

with some students organised shelters in slum

areas

Worked with Govt.

Low cost ProjectPhase 1 Self Help Housing

Provided platforms, Worked out a layout.

Phase 2 4 Bamboos/sticks (Ballees) were

provided to the people and guided on how they

could make an efficient, low maintenance shelter

for themselves.

1st

semester was almost completely held in a zoo.

Studios Lasted much longer

Team 10 which was the ten best architects of the

world all came one by one to CEPT and interacted

with students in their studios. (remembers having

to take Louis Kahn around in order to select treesfor the landscaping ofIIM)

Bernard Kohn took very interactive studios that

were held mostly outdoors.

Outdoor Projects included

y Building a site officey Faculty office was constructed by

students in bamboo

Many people local and international paid visits

y Kanvinde from Delhiy Chicago School of architecture

(remembers being awed by complicated

drawings)y Charles Correa

Low cost housing projects were being discussed

during that time.

Society was simple at that time... we did a lot of

work... and helped each other out... We were

taught very basic and fundamental things... we

were like family


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P.V.K.

Rameshvaram

2008-

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Participatory Approach to studios...

Socially relevant and interactive with the local

people as well as government officials.

Jurys are also held at the location and locally

elected officials are also part of the jury

y Goa Studio Helping local bodies maketheir own plans in accordance with the73

rdand 74

thamendments... Exploring its

possibilities

y Chennai Studio Metro Stations andtheir surroundings

y Ujjain Studio Kumbh mela

All photographs and

documentation is

available... awaiting

structure and amt. Of

space that can be

given to these projects

Vivek

Khatpekar

Cultural activity during Gandhi Centenary

Came together with Darpan academy and set up

a whole festival.

Bernard Kohn was awarded the design for

Community Sc. Centre

He decided to hold a studio for it amongst hisstudents in school ... Hamir Wadi won the

competition and so it was built under the name

of Vastu Shilp Foundation.

Bernard Kohn also held studios in villages.

N.H. Chayya Jayendra Bhatt and Kirtee Shah are the key

people to contact.

Soft Copies of the

panels of the bhuj

earthquake

Dr. Vakil was involved in the Directors Forum

And the Ahmedabad Citizens Initiative

Morby floods

1970s onwards students were involved inrehabilitation projects

Crafts Bazaar in Kutch was built to provide a

workplace for the craftsmen right after the

earthquake.

Exerpts from

Chayya Sirs

Lecture during

08 -09

Sabarmati

Interactive

workshop

Surveys done by CEPT students through the years

1. Water bodies studies around Ahemedabad

There are a number of lakes around Ahmedabad

that served as important sources of water for the

populations around the lakes. Studies of these

water bodies were done by CEPT concerning

various issues such as revitalization of waterbodies and topography and behaviour of the

water bodies. Some interesting findings are that

the lakes to the west of the Sabarmati starting

from North Wadaj, Thaltej, Vastrapur, Malav

and Sarkhej tank were topographically

connected in terms of overflow. Rain waters

filling up the Wadaj Talav would overflow

downwards to the other talavs and subsequently


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reach a catchment tank before flowing into the

Sarkhej tank. With rampant construction in the

west of Ahmedabad today, the natural flow

patterns are disrupted and consequently, roads

such as Drive In road flood every monsoon.

2. Mill lands around Ahmedabad old city

Studies of closed mill properties forming a ringaround the old city a few decades back, this mill

land ring had the potential to form a planning

resource that could act as an interface between

the congested old city and the hinterlands.

3. Studies of medieval walled city of Ahmedabad

Extensively studied with works ranging from

building typology (both institutions and

dwellings), topography of old city (complete

absence of flooding in the streets of the old city)

to technological enquiries such as earthquake

resistance of old city buildings.

4. Earthquake related initiativesEarly student initiative to the Bhuj 2001

earthquake in the form of collection of relief

material and establishment of a help desk. Later

efforts included an extensive damage assessment

survey of nearly 5000 buildings in Ahmedabad.

5. Public transport in Ahmedabad

An on-going project to design the Bus Rapid

Transit System for Ahmedabad

2006 Social Service - Municipal school, East part of

ahmedabad

Photographs from

each batch available

97-98 Painting roofs across ahmedabad

2008 Elective Festival august September

Kutch Craft Persons workshop.

Wordpressblog on the

project

2008-09

Sabarmati Interactive workshop 24th to 14thDecember

a public project is to be judged on how well it

addresses all walks of life, and especially the

poorest Gandhi

High resolution photosof exhibition and final

sheets + lectures and

talks done by Bernard

Kohn, prof. Chayya,

prof vasavada,

Kirtee Shah 1970- Mandva floods in navdar. Entire project was done


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(1962) 71 by students, not only of CEPT but students from

many others colleges as well. They camped in the

village and volunteers came every week. They

built 355 houses

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