The spirit of the conference is to engage in deep explorations and question rather than ready answers. Even when a solution is being offered seeing the same with a spirit of openness. The reason for organizing the conference is to address the mechanization, standardization and homogenization that is sweeping the world.

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Jointly Organised by

Department of Architecture and Planning

NIT Calicut

The National Institute of Technology Calicut is a technical institution of national importance set in a picturesque landscape at the foothills of the Western Ghats and located about 22 kilometers north east of Calicut City.

Department of Architecture and Planning,
NIT Calicut

The Department of Architecture provides a strong academic platform for the aspirant architect to leave an enduring impression in the field of architecture and design. This calls for an attitude for research, exploration and evaluation to authenticate the work of design. Great are the thoughts that moved the world, greater are the perpetuators of these thoughts. The Department of Architecture strives to reach these goals.

www.nitc.ac.in

Indian Institute of Architects

Calicut Centre

The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) is the national body of Architects in the country. Having started in the year 1917, the institute today has more than 15000 members. The Institute has a major role to play in promoting the profession of architecture by organising and uniting in fellowship the Architects of India to promote aesthetic, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession both in Practice and in Education. IIA is represented on vario us national and international committees connected with architecture, art and the building industry.

IIA, Calicut Centre, is a very active centre under Kerala chapter. With its flagship events, like CROSSROADS and Design STREET build expos, IIA Calicut Centre is actively playing a major role in connecting the architecture community and the general public. Through its various social and public initiatives, IIA Calicut centre have been addressing several urban and public concerns. The conference is a part of continuous education initiatives of the centre joining hands with several premium institutes.

www.iiakerala.org

Existential knowledge foundation

Pune

Existential knowledge foundation is an initiative to understand the existential -the eternal, universal and immediate- basis of knowledge, biological roots of beauty and ethics. It is an endeavor to know the perceptual and behavioral; the idea and its practice. This is in response to the cognitive crisis brought about by the decontextualized and fragmented knowledge system being promoted by modernity, which is leading to the alienation of man from himself and nature.

www.existentialknowledgefoundation.org

Organising Committee

Conference Chairs

DR. P P ANIL KUMAR
Professor & Head, Department of Architecture and Planning
National Institute of Technology Calicut ppa@nitc.ac.in
(+91) 94463 64311
AR. VIVEK P P
Chairman
IIA Calicut Centre
vivekpp@deearth.com
(+91) 94474 38869
MR. JINAN K B
Founder Member
Experiential Knowledge Foundation, Pune
jinankb@gmail.com
(+91) 94471 21544

Committee Members

DR. NASEER M A
Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
Dr.A S SAJITH ,
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut
DR. MOHAMMED FIROZ C
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
DR. CHITHRA K
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
DR. BIMAL P
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
DR. SHYNI ANILKUMAR
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
DR. ANJANA BHAGYANATHAN
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
DR. DEEPTHI BENDI
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
DEEPAK LAWRENCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut
AR. A K PRASANTH
IIA Calicut Centre
AR. VINOD P CYRIAC
IIA Calicut Centre
AR. ANITA CHOUDHURI
IIA Calicut Centre
AR. NOUFAL HASHIM
IIA Calicut Centre

Advisory Committee

PROF. JOY SEN
Professor, Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Kharagpur
PROF. RAJA MOHANTY
Professor, IDC, IIT Mumbai, India
PROF. S BALRAM
Industrial Designer, Author, India
MR. U. V. JOSE IAS
Director, Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala, India
MR. PAWAN GUPTA
Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas, Mussorie, India
AR. MONA DOCTOR PINGEL
Architect, Auroville, Pondicherry, India
AR. ANA PERDIGAO ANTUNES
Architect, Portugal
DR. SANGEETHA MENON
Professor and Head, Consciousness Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc, Bangalore
Dr. Abraham T Mathew,
Coordinator TEQIP III, National Institute of Technology Calicut
Dr. A.P.Shashikala
Professor , Civil Engineering Department National Institute of Technology Calicut

Chief Patron

DR. SIVAJI CHAKRAVORTI
Director, NIT Calicut