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28th Feb 2023: Morphed Traditions | Elle Décor

Morphogenesis project Zydus Corporate Park got featured in Elle Décor Feb-March 2023 issue.

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17th Feb 2023: Are Indian buildings safe and prepared to ...

Sonali pens an opinion-editorial for ET Infrastructure on ‘How the impact of a large-scale earthquake can be reduced and how safe are Indian buildings to withstand earthquakes?’

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13th Feb 2023: Sonali Rastogi-Manoeuvring her way to lead ...

Ar. Sonali Rastogi discusses the trajectory of gender representation in her journey as an architect and how she, along with her co-founder and partner, Manit Rastogi, went on to lead one of India's only gender-positive practices.

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13th Feb 2023: The Holcim Awards 2023 Jury

Ar. Manit Rastogi is going to chair the APAC jury for the Holcim Awards 2023, organized by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.

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Bengaluru
Cities , Environment , Landscape , Livability

Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future

Abstract: In this talk, Professor Nagendra examines the past, present, and future of nature in Bengaluru, one of India’s largest cities. Though threatened, nature in the city exhibits a remarkable tenacity. She charts changes in nature from the 6th century CE to the present, drawing on original social-ecological field r ...
By Siddharth Joshi, Amritha Krishnan & Rishikesh AG
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Built Environment , Cities , Research , Sustainability

Socio-Cultural Manifestation in Built Form- Kerala

By Susan M Thomas
Sustainability has been the core concept in most well-conceived, upcoming projects in India. In the modern context, the methods to achieve it are validated by computer simulations to optimize the atmosphere in buildings. Vernacular architecture in India built sustainably by incorporating socio-cultural activities in its built form. This response provided a positive environment for the inhabitants. Interestingly, in Kerala, ...
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Inside Outside
Built Environment , Cities , Livability , Research , Residential

Framing Views: Improving the User Experience of Spaces

By Rahat Varma
We, as users of the built environment, spend most of our days in heavily cordoned off spaces, attempting to both be productive during our work day and to turn-off the hustle and relax after work hours. The unpleasant truth is that we do not have enough time to be outdoors and experience what nature has to offer. With the prevalent introverted construction style being applied to most new developments, it is essential for us as ...
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Delhi Skyline
Cities , Research

Delhi Architecture: Weaving the Past with Present

By Pratibha Chauhan
Place influences architecture and in return, architecture influences how we remember a specific “place.” An image of Paris evokes a certain kind of architectural memory that is completely different than one instigated by an image of New York, Tokyo, Mumbai or anywhere else for that matter. Memorable architecture stems from the place it sits in, relates to its surroundings in an organic manner and subsequently locks itself ...
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Smart Cities
Cities , Research

Sustainable Smart City

By Manit Rastogi
The definition of a Sustainable Smart City to me is that the city of the future has to be zero water, zero energy and zero waste to landfill. We need to start thinking of our buildings and cities as Bazaars (places of human interaction) rather than only as Machines (places of human habitation). So how do we redefine our urbanism as an emergence of interwoven networks? The first thing is to determine the carrying capacity of t ...
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