In commemoration of 150 years of power supply to Bangalore, via India’s very first power station in Shivanasamudra falls in Karnataka, the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd, held an architectural competition for the design of a Light Museum and Energy Center.
Lighting Museum and Energy Centre, at Bangalore, Karnataka, by MayaPraxis
Proposed Campus For NAAC at Bangalore, by Anuj Mehta Architects
Sanjitha Suresh’s article delves into the phenomenon of unbuilt and cancelled architectural endeavours not as mere setbacks or diversions, but as significant reflections of ambition, political contexts, economic transformations, and evolving cultural values.
K-12 school called Urban Gurukul, designed by Tropic Responses is an unbuilt educational architecture designed for a serene surroundings of Bangalore. This project transcends traditional education, aiming to nurture young minds holistically.
The proposal for PAHAL-Takshila’s Initiative for Sports, by ArchitectureRED, looks to further transform the site into a sports institution, we see an opportunity to reveal this cultural landscape – the inherent qualities that are a product of this context.
Anupam Bansal, ABRD Architects, emphasises on how architects thrives on design competitions, using them to explore beyond briefs. Historically, even losing entries have significantly shaped architectural thought and innovation, globally and in India.
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Rupali Gupte is an architect and urbanist based in Mumbai, Professor at the School of Environment and Architecture (SEA) and a partner at BARDStudio. Her work often crosses disciplinary boundaries and takes different forms – writings, drawings, mixed-media works, story telling, teaching, curation, walks and spatial interventions.
Her works include extensive research on contemporary Indian urbanism with a focus on architecture and built environment; tactical practices; housing; and urban form. In 2013, she co-founded the School of Environment and Architecture (sea.edu.in). SEA is envisaged as an experimental academic space for research and education in architecture and urbanism. She has a wide range of publications, has delivered lectures and been on juries across the world. Her works in collaboration with her partner Prasad Shetty, have been shown in several exhibitions including the 56th Venice Biennale, X Sao Paolo Architecture Biennale, Seoul Biennale of Art and Architecture, at Manifesta 7 in Bolzano, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and at galleries such as Project 88, Devi Art Foundation and the Mumbai Art Room. She has recently curated an exhibition involving artists and architects titled ‘When is Space? Conversations in Contemporary Architecture’ at the Jawahar Kala Kendra.
