Nurturing Environment Conscious Architects: TSAP

  The Vision and Reality of Navi Mumbai “From a Counter Magnet to a Connected Urban Hub”-Arundhati N Urban development in post-independence India witnessed the formation of new settlements that progressed swiftly with government support, often outpacing their parent cities. Against this backdrop, the 1965 article by Charles Correa, Pravin Mehta, and Shirish Patel in MARG magazine proposed a bold and visionary idea: not to curb the growth of Mumbai, but to expand it onto the mainland. This expansion gave birth to Navi Mumbai, a large integrated city designed to mirror the prestige of the original metropolis. The Emergence of Navi Mumbai: A Visionary Proposal By the early 20th century, Mumbai had grown into a bustling hub of trade, industry, and governance. However, by the 1950s, the city was struggling with congestion and overcrowding, especially in its southern business districts. The geography of Mumbai, a narrow island, only exacerbated the problem, making it clear that f...

 Heritage Tourism - The LayMan's Perspective Heritage & Tourism – The Lay-Man’s perspective   Keywords – Heritage, Tourism, perspective, vision/eye/grasp of the commoner, literately illiterate, ecological & economic friendly, interpretation, presentation of the Heritage.   Introduction & Preamble The festive season almost at its peak, like the Ganesh festival is almost over and Dusshera (Durga Pooja) is almost at the threshold of the beginning. The comeback of the josh, jallosh, scale & the enthusiasm of Ganesh Festival seemed to know no limits. Everyone wants to venture out, explore things, tangible, intangible, etc., with all these, there are new protocols, procedures, restrictions, new pattern of behavior, it was inevitable, after the long pandemic affect. People wanted and were waiting to come out from the virtual world (online) to the material/physical (offline) world.                    ...

  DEMYSTIFYING ARCHITECTURE OF AR. DANIEL LIBESKIND                        (https://www.inexhibit.com/architects-artists/daniel-libeskind-works-of-architecture-art-and-design/, n.d.)                         The aim here is to have an overview on the works of Daniel Libeskind, along with his talk on the subject of his Architectural practice. Daniel Libeskind has been labelled amongst the Deconstructivist Architects to the likes of Zaha Hadid, and others. However, Architecture of Daniel doesn’t represent any stylization or pattern, it is an ideological pedagogy that sets itself in the emotion of the site, program and culture. His style of Architecture is unique and believes in narration of a story. He says “It’s not the material that makes architecture”. According to him it is a story told through lig...

  Blue and Green Infrastructure: A Sustainable Approach of Urban Planning The Environment and Economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we can not sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourself. Wangari Maathai Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) Ensures Livability and Sustainability. Livability in Urban Areas is the foremost concern of stakeholders of the city. The livability mainly deals with public health, safety and wellbeing and can be achieved by economic potential, social integrity, environmental quality. To make the city livable and sustainable these three parameters need to be fulfilled on participatory approach of all the stake holders. Blue and Green Infrastructure is one of the components of Urban Planning which ensures livability and leads to sustainability of the city.         Introduction of Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) The color Blue depicts water and the Green depicts vegetation . Blue and Green Inf...