Pradnya Patki and Sushama Parashar
Tekton
Tekton: Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2023
pp. 48 – 65
Pradnya Patki teaches at BKPS College of Architecture Pune and has an experience of 11 years. She has done M.Arch. in Environmental Architecture from University of Pune She is an IGBC AP. She has written 40 research papers. Many of them are published in the refereed journals and some are presented in National and International conferences. Her areas of research include Green Buildings, Simulations studies; Climate responsive Architecture.
pradnyapatki@bkps.edu
Sushama Parashar teaches at BKPS College of Architecture Pune and has over 28 years of teaching experience. She specializes in Interior Architecture. She has presented papers in National and International Conferences. She is the recipient of the best paper award in National Conference hosted by SPA Delhi.
sushama@bkps.edu
ABSTRACT
Study of history helps to evolve an architectural insert in a Heritage Neighborhood, emphasizing history as a channel to creative thinking, with specialized research on precedents. An understanding of precedents can offer valuable insights to students about cultural, technological, aesthetic and philosophical parameters, measured during the conception of the building and the settlement. An Architectural Design Studio when pre-mediated with history makes the students aware about the heritage and physical parameters like geography, construction technology and socio-cultural parameters. Its objective is to initiate creativity through the analytical study and to provoke design. The paper illustratively demonstrates the methodology and output in the Architectural Design Studio, when influenced by the local history and context. It presents research based upon the students’ work of Second Year Design studio of Bharatiya Kala Prasarini Sabha’s College of Architecture (BKPS COA) and the relationship between history and design.
KEY WORDS:
History, Precedents, Design Studio, Siddhpur, Bohrawad