Semester 4 Batch - 2014

School of Architecture and Planning

GD Goenka University

Newsletter

“ArcNews”A Students’ Initiative…

Visit to Teri GramModel making workshop

ARCHVENTURE FestEarth day Celebration

SoAP day Photoshop WorkshopCII Conference at IHC

Built Environment Club ActivitiesStudents Work

Visit to TERI Gram

On the bright morning of 25th February 2016 , students of School ofArchitecture and Planning in G D Goenka University embarked on a studytrip to TERI Retreat, Gurgaon. Their Environmental studies faculty Ms.Varsha Khetrapal and Ms. Mukta Rai Saxena accompanied them. Studentsreached the desired place at 11 am. The students were taken to aconference hall where they were shown a short movie about the historyand functioning of TERI.The Energy and Resource Institute or TERI was a great place to ignitethe young minds by their initiatives for sustainable development . Thestudents were apprised of the various architectural and scientifictechnologies to mitigate the environmental effects. The wind tunnel andthe reed bed design elements were highly informative for students andfew of them later incorporated a few features in their design problem.The visit made the students more aware about the sustainable practises inbuilding design.

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Students of 2nd year B.Arch understanding the concept of biomass gasifier

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Model Making WorkshopA Model Making workshop was organised for the Second Yearstudents of SoAP with Architect Ruchira Ganguli on 14thMarch 2016. The workshop started with introduction tovarious model making materials and equipment like paper,acrylic, thermocole, foam board, sunboard, plastic etc. Thestudents were taught to create surface developments andmaking Euclidian forms out of different materials. culminatedwith making an Architectural Model

Students of 2nd year B.Arch attending workshop and learning nuances of model making

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Students’ Wor

A group of 29 students of School of Architecture and Planning, GDGoenka University attended ARCHVENTURE 2016 held in GatewayCollege of Architecture, Sonipat during 1st- 3rd April 2016.Archventure is an annual competition of events among a number ofSchools of Architecture. Among many other colleges whichparticipated, there were students from Sushant School ofArchitecture & planning, and IP University. Our students wereenthusiastic and put in a lot of effort to participate in manyevents. They won six trophies, out of which five were for FirstPositions.Overall, it was a great learning experience for the students ofSchool of Architecture and Planning, G.D Goenka University.

Archventure Fest 2016

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Students of 2nd Year B. Arch, proudly holding their trophy.

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With lot of enthusiasmSoAP celebrated earthday which marks theanniversary of themodern environmentalmovement on April 22nd1970. The studentswere involved in a treeawareness drive toidentify and know ourgreen friends in thecampus.The program wasinitiated by a smalllecture by facultyMukta Rai Saxena,followed by tying ofthe placards on thetrees by students of B.Arch 2nd. Year.The nature walk onearth day, took thestudents and facultyaround the campusgiving them informationand uses of the campustrees, thereby creatingawareness and aninquisitiveness amidstyoung minds.

Earth Day Celebrations : Nature Walk

Students of 2nd year B.Arch explain the characteristics of the trees

Students od 2nd Year B. Arch, putting up the tree name placards.

Faculty explains the nuances of planting

SOAP DAY -2

Students of 2nd Year B. Arch, explaining their design and models.

On 30th March 2016, students of School of Architecture and Planning (SoAP) conducted second SoAP day. The schooldisplayed work of founding class of 2014 and of the second batch, class of 2015. Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof D.K. Jha sirinaugurated the event. Deans, faculty members and students from all the schools of GDGU attended the event. SoAP Day -2was a great success, everyone encouraged the students and appreciated their work.

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Adobe Photoshop is a highly useful software in anarchitectural professional setup.A day workshop was organized by faculty Mukesh Ray ofSoAP. The workshop was open for the entire universitystudents and faculty.The workshop oriented the attendees to the basic andadvanced tools and techniques of Photoshop. Thetechniques of selection , photo manipulations, filters ,perspective cropping were explained with detailedexamples. The students found it very informative and wereinspired to try it in their academic work.

Photoshop Workshop

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Our Architecture students had an opportunity to attend CII Delhi State Annual Session and Business Conference scheduledon 2 March 2016 at India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi.The conference was a complete gamut of all the top leaders and industrialists. A welcome session was followed by eight

sessions with prominent dignitaries and speakers like Mr Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Mr Satyendar Jain,Minister of Industry, Health and Power of Delhi, Mr Kapil Mishra, Minister of Tourism and Water of Delhi, Mr Gopal Rai,Minister of Transport, Employment, Development of Delhi, Mr Imran Hussain, Minister of Environment and Forest of Delhi,Ms Sheila Dikshit, Former Chief Minister of Delhi, Mr Arun Goel, Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), MrMuktesh Chander, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Delhi Police. The students had a feel of the professional world.

CII Delhi State Annual Session and Business Conference

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A face painting competition by name of“ Facenation” was organized by theBuilt Environment Club during theAcceleron 2016

The completion was organized underthe guidance of Ms. Bharti Chaddha.Students from various Colleges of DelhiNCR had taken part in the event. Thesecond year students enthusiasticallyparticipated in the event.

Acceleron 2016Built Environment Club

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Acceleron 2016Built Environment Club

A Wall Graffiti competition by name of“Dee’war” was organized by the BuiltEnvironment Club during the Acceleron2016

The competition was organized underthe guidance of Ms. Bharti Chaddha.Students from various Colleges of DelhiNCR had taken part in the event. Thesecond year students enthusiasticallyparticipated in the event.The theme of the event was Sci Fi andstudents painted their interpretationsfor the same.

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Students’ Work

Architectural Design IV

Students’ Work

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Students’ WorkArchitectural Design IV

Students’ Work

Students’ Work

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The life he lives...-by, Rohinya SekhriHumans have always dreamt of seeing the world withthe eyes of a bird, from the sky. An architect’screation made it possible with his structures. Butthis dream comes at a cost where no matter howsmall the human may be, his ideas and hisimagination is beyond the zenith level and oncethese ideas take form of a structure, he knows hehas left his mark in the world and mankind willremember him for the coming centuries. But in thisrace he’s not alone, he’s constantly competing withhis own companions with whom he was once nurturedand with whom he learnt the art but sooner or laterhe realizes that after numerous phases he will beleft alone with nothing to survive on but his owninstinct to trust and his creativity to give. He willponder upon questions and solve the riddle of hisheart because only then he would’ve passed thetoughest stage where he will be tested, and thenwhat will be born is not just a man, but the one withthe power to create.‘His mind works while others snooze as he sees it asan advantage he must use’, He lives by these wordsto stay a step ahead from the race he belongs to .hewill go against every rule, every oath to provehimself right! He will not listen but he will be at hismost respectful because no matter how his passiondrives him, he still is a human. But when his timecomes, there will be no one who stands for him, butthe structures he created and they will all moan onthe death of their creator. They will continue tostand tall as a reminder, that an architect livesforever!

Creation by Rohinya Sekhri.

Creation by Sneha Nagar.

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What is Architecture?

-by Viplav Sanduja

Architecture has a vast variety of meanings. It iscomposed out of two words: art and tech (technology).It is a process, not an outcome that translates asarchitecture. A good architectural outcome will have agood aura and would be appreciated by all.

Our brain has two parts, right and left and betweenthem the right one is the creative one and the left oneis the logical one. Architecture utilizes both parts ofthe brain and challenges us with an interesting puzzleto solve. This puzzle gets more complex as we movefurther, but at the point where we feel it has reachedthe peak of complexity, it actually means that theprocess is going in the positive direction. Then suddenlyit appears to simplifying and evolve into a distinctstructure. This structures is generally very attractiveand resembles our style and thoughts.

Architecture also represents the psychology of the user.No two persons have same thoughts and hence no twobuilding could be similar. Everyone has their own sense oflikes and dislikes based on which an architect designs.

Apart from elegant design, a building should satisfy itspurpose and yet it should also be sustainable. It shouldcontribute itself to the nature, in such a way that no harmis done to nature, rather the benefits of the nature shouldbe harnessed in design.

There are many forms and styles of building constructedin this century and the previous one, but my personalfavorite is bio mimicry in buildings. Such a building takesinspiration from natural elements and evolves in such away that it not only gains the shape but also the aestheticsof that natural element. This gives a beautiful design aswell as a sustainable feature to a building. It provides afree flowing sculptural form to a building.Such buildings have been my inspiration to choosearchitecture.

Model by: Sana Vij

Model by : Sneha Nagar.

Faculty Members:

Mukta Rai SaxenaAssistant Professor

Bharti ChadhaAssistant Professor

Anuj SethAssistant Professor

Guneet Raj SinghAssistant Professor

Students’ Initiative :Rohinya SekhriViplav Sanduja

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Ms. Varsha KhetrapalAssociate Professor

Prof. Chhabi MishraDean, School of Architecture and Planning

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Students of B.Arch 2nd year excited for their trip in UDAIPUR

Site seeing for Sunset at Sajjan Garh Fort, Udaipur

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