Bout Board XXV-Aditya Parulkar

BouT Board XXV

A new board is installed !!!

by Aditya Parulekar, BouT XXV Chairman

Swing by our office and have a chat with us!

As per April 26 th 2019, BouT inaugurated a new board for the Building Technology association. Board 25 was introduced to the BouT community by Dr. Bucky Lab aka Marcel Bilow on a sunny Friday evening. A video of BouT 2017/2018 in review was playing in the background, while the students made a toast to the upcoming Lustrum year. About 50 BouT and non-BouT members attended the evening, at Professor Schermerhornstraat after which the whole gang moved the party to Delft city center.

BouT is a collection of passionate designers and engineers who want to learn, design and build. What makes BouT so special is that it is a group of people from all around the world, who seamlessly integrate with each other in studio and outside. For several years now, the BouT board and committees consist of a mix of Dutch and non-Dutch as well as male and female members. This shows the international and diverse orientation of BouT and the willingness of people from various walks of life to contribute to the Building Technology community. Since it’s inception, 25 years ago, the BouT community has multiplied tenfold and we are excited to keep growing as a specialized discipline in the Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment.

All seven of the board members of the new 25 th board of BouT, joined a committee in October 2018 because we wanted to contribute to all that was being organized for BT students. After doing this for over half a year, we saw the dedication and passion that the 24 th BouT board was putting into their work and we were inspired to follow their example. The Symposium on Robotics in Architecture, the Venice trip and the interesting RuMoer magazines are just some of the highlights that got us hooked and we want to continue this legacy in our upcoming year.

What can be said so far is that board 25 consists of enthusiastic, hardworking and fun people with many good ideas. Every meeting is a bombardment of new ideas that we think should be implemented to improve further upon various aspects. To give some structure to this enthusiasm, we have planned a vision trip in a few weeks. The goal of the trip is to bond as a board and to brainstorm about our year plan for the upcoming year. All the ideas will be documented, and we will also think about how we are going to directly implement them.

Among other things, we want to take the first steps in growing the relations of BouT internationally to reflect the demographic of the BT community; we are looking into connecting companies and students at a new type of event specifically for graduation internships; we want to organize more social events to help the community bond; and finally we are planning a special Lustrum party for the 25 years Lustrum of BouT. After the vision weekend we will publish our concept year plan and ask for any suggestions from the Building Technology students. In this way, the community can have direct impact on the upcoming year of BouT and as the board we will integrate the various ideas into a fantastic Lustrum year.

From left to right:

Prateek Wahi – RuMoer , Yarai Zenteno – Events, Divyae Mittal – Secretary and Media, Aditya Parulekar – Chair, Kees Leemeijer – Education, Tom Elands – Finances and Company Relations, Tarang Gupta – Study Trips