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.
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.
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.
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.