ISVS 4 – Workshop Ahmedabad, INDIA

4th International Seminar on Vernacular Settlement (ISVS) hosted by Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India. February 14-17, 2008

ISVS-IV 14-17 February, 2008
Pace or Speed?
Vernacular Building Types and Settlements in Transition

The fourth international seminar on vernacular settlements was hosted by School of Architecture, CEPT at Ahmedabad, India in February 2008. The theme of the seminar was ”Vernacular Settlements and Architecture in Transition”.

The 4th ISVS had two part – Seminar and Study workshop.

Seminar

This seminar aims at understanding the building types and settlements that are going through change/metamorphosis/transition or for that matter have remained unchanged due to definable factors. Thus what has changed, how the changes have occurred, where in the type the changes have occurred, magnitude, quality, reasons, effects, etc. would help in the forming of the topics. Topics based on case-studies/ field studies as well as theoretically geared ones would be contributory to the seminar.

water and architecture: tradition and innovation

other papers

 

 

Field Study cum Workshop

 

February 16, 17 2008

As an important feature of the seminar there will be a guided and conducted tour of a few selected micro regions around Ahmedabad. This will allow for participants from various parts of world to probe the conference theme through study and presentation and get a better insight into the regional nuances of vernacular architecture in particular, while getting an exposure to the classical and modern urban cultures in general of some regions of Gujarat. This component of the seminar will be called a Field Study cum Workshopand will result in a report based on a previously worked out format of both the study and the report/portfolio.

The participants of this activity will be divided into three to seven groups depending upon the number of participants who elect to join. Each group will study and make presentations on either of the three microregions, which are Dabhoi, Patan, Viramgam, Siddhpur.

Dabhoi

Patan

Viramgam

Siddhpur

All the above regions are around 100 kms distance from Ahmedabad. The participants will be accompanied by local students for on-site guidance and help with compiling presentation. A template will be provided for the presentations. The participants are expected to investigate the regional flavor of the study area while focusing on the vernacular. A pre-event presentation on Bhuj area in the Kutch will be made as reference.

The aim is to be able to generate serious interaction between the participants and the students while giving/facilitating an opportunity of an in-depth inquiry to the participants. Ahmedabad as a city is associated with origins of vernacular house types, Indo-Islamic architecture legacy, industrial progress, Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement initiatives including his Ashram, modernist movement and avant-garde School of Architecture.