publications

Publications

ISVS- International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements - Proceedings of ISVS-IV CEPT, Ahmedabad. Paper presented on "Improving the Search mechanisms for identifying building artisans to support the vernacular type in India" Feb 2008

India Together Codifying indigenous ways of building

How do we bring back to our streets the indian identity they once had? The answer may lie in documenting and codifying our built-heritage and the indigenous building skills within the construction process. Jan 2008

Marg - a Magazine of the Arts Vol. 58 Number 1 Sept 2006 Conservation Newsletter : Bimilipatnam (pdf)

In India, there are many small towns that have quaint and historic streets which remain obscure and neglected. Bimilipatnam is one such coastal town near Visakhapatnam. It has some English, some Dutch and some Indian heritage. In March 2002, a Conservation workshop was initiated here with its focus on participation of the local people. This paper attempts to share how different people gradually became a part of the conservation process.

A+D Architecture + Design Vanishing Vernacular vocabulary (pdf) It looks at how vernacular houses in the city of hyderabad are being sold to‘dismantling contractors’so that the land can become useable again for constructing a multi-storeyed residential building.June 2006

OneWorld South Asia “Reviving Vernacular architecture in India” It discusses briefly the decay and resurgence of vernacular architecture in india and emphasises the need for architecture schools to include the study of indigenous ways of building. March 2004 Reviving vernacular architecture

Building Research and Information – The International Journal of Research, Development and Demonstration (Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom) “The Contribution of Building Centres to Low-Cost Housing in India” Vol. 25, Number 1. Jan/Feb 1997 an abstract

Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects (Mumbai) “Architecture and Representation” It analyses a painting in terms of its geometry and its meaning and relates the lessons in perception to how both art and architecture are represented. May-June 1995

Indian Architect & Builder (Business Press Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai) “Soul Architecture” A study of the contemporary SOS village at Alwaye, near Cochin. It understands how the new design learns from the traditional building patterns of Kerala, responding to the climate, the local lifestyles and the spatial configurations prevalent in this region. With photographs by the author. August 1990

Indian Architect & Builder (Mumbai) “Colour Conscious - Use of colour in Architect J.R. Ralino de Sousa’s recent work in Goa” an account of the contemporary use of colour that borrows from indian domestic architecture and is interlaced with the Portuguese idiom. With photographs by the author. June 1989. Cover story.

Indian Architect & Builder “Soft and Hard Options” A Review of the Landscape design work of Architect Vijay Hattangadi. With photographs by the author. February 1989

Indian Architect & Builder Line Control - the work of architect Anil Laul” The paper studies the effectiveness of the appropriate technologies being adopted by the Nizamuddin Building Centre as an answer to the shelter problems of the urban poor in Delhi, with the support of the Housing & Urban development Corporation (HUDCO). Co-written with Aslam Mukhtiar. January 1990

India Disaster Report (OXFAM, Mumbai) “Cyclones – Trapped in a Spin cycle” Contributed to the chapter with R.Prakasham & Ray d’Silva. The research included a study of the conditions prevalent in the villages during cyclones - through visits to Gokivada and Mellipaka, in Visakhapatnam district. The IDR was published in 2000.

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