Kurzbeschreibung Architecture is never an isolated production. It is deeply embedded in the fabric of any social and cultural dynamic, even though new impetuses are often made and established through architecture. This is particularly true of the exuberant social and cultural shift that India is undergoing. A multi-disciplinary approach is crucial in order to unravel the scope of the phenomenon and its manifestations. The title features Sunil Khilnani's meditation on what constitutes the idea of modern India, Prem Chandavarkar's exciting account of the emergence of a new generation of architects in Bangalore and Ravi Sundarum's description of the visceral city. It also includes project sections that portray the divergent and innovative face of Indian architecture from Bombay to Bangalore, which include sophisticated urban schemes alongside handmade self-built buildings in rural areas.
Aus dem Inhalt 01 Editorial
Helen Castle
02 Introduction
Raga India: Architecture in the Time of Euphoria
Kazi K Ashraf
03 The India Project
Sunil Khilnani
04 Indian Panorama
Chris Lee/Kapil Gupta
TEAM (Snehansu Mukherjee and AR Ramanathan)
Sanjay Puri Architects
Fabian Ostner
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
05 One Space, Many Worlds
Ramesh Biswas
06 The Visceral City and the Theatre of Fear
Ravi Sundaram
07 Mumbai Architects
Studio Mumbai Architects (Bijoy and Priya Jain)
Rahul Mehrotra Associates
Samira Rathod Design Associates
08 Auroville: An Architectural Laboratory
Anupama Kundoo
09 Local Stone (A Fragment)
Reinhold Martin
10 Material Formations
Matharoo Associates (Gurjit Singh Matharoo)
Anupama Kundoo
Vastu Shilpa Consultants (Rajeev Kathpalia)
Architecture Autonomous (Gerard da Cunha)
Urbana
11 In Depth: Inscribing the Indian Landscape
Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha
12 The 'Background' in Bangalore: Architecture and Critical Resistance in a New Modernity
Prem Chandavarkar
13 A Trip to India
Michael Sorkin
14 Bangalore Architects
Mathew & Ghosh Architects
Hundredhands
Chandavarkar and Thacker
Mindspace (Sanjay Mohe)
InFORM Architects (Kiran Venkatesh)
15 Sharifa's House
Dr Adnan Morshed
16 This is Not a Building! Hand-Making a School in a Bangladeshi Village
Kazi K Ashraf
17 Subcontinental Panorama
Kerry Hill Architects
Piercy Conner Architects & Designers
Shatotto: Architecture for Green Living (Rafiq Azam)
Ann Pendleton-Jullian
Saif Ul Haque Sthapati
Tsunami Design Initiative (TDI)
Madhura Prematilleke (Team Architrave)
AD+
Interior Eye
Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
Jayne Merkel
Building Profile
Casa Kike, Costa Rica
Jeremy Melvin
Practice Profile
DSDHA
Helen Castle
Spiller's Bits
Good-Natured Stuff
Neil Spiller
Yeang's Eco-Files
On Green Design (Part 2)
The Basic Premises for Green Design
Ken Yeang
McLean's Nuggets
Will McLean
Userscape
Sensible Objects for Digital Environments
Valentina Croci
Unit Factor
Forming Climatic Change
Steve Hardy and Werner Gaiser
Site Lines
Gods Are in the Details: The Ambika Temple at Jagat
