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eath has more meanings than the obvious literal one. It could infer rebirth, end of an era and possibly even the abject refusal to acknowledge circumstances or conditions. The Death Of Architecture exhibition aims to explore ideas that relate to the way we build and draw attention to the shortcomings that plague the process and outcomes of architecture in India. It is designed to provoke and stimulate, aiming to engage with the diaspora of the design fraternity and look for meaningful answers to difficult questions. The exhibition that opened in Mumbai on the 23 rd of Feb, had 13 firms across the country reflect about this idea of “death” and the direction in which we are currently headed. This collective, that comprises firms from across the country, had over the past six months researched ideas and themes that they believed needed to be questioned and discussed. Concerns that plague the city, the practice of architecture and the future of our cities.
Death Of Architecture A provocative exhibition that explores the
practice of architecture, our cities and the way we build. BY VANDANA KRISHNAN
The Death Of Architecture exhibition aims to explore ideas that relate to the way we build and draw attention to the shortcomings that plague the process and outcomes of architecture in India
This collective, that comprises firms from across the country, had over the past six months researched ideas that they believe needed to be discussed
None of the work being presented is their own and neither is it an attempt to state definite positions, instead they are studies that merit deliberation and discussion, which they hope to have by visiting 15 cities across India over the course of the year. The opening of the exhibition in Mumbai brought together a room full of thinking architects at The Nehru Science Centre on the 23rd February. As part of the proceedings there was a dialogue with the extremely reclusive architect Ved Segan. A man credited with the creation of Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre, the 200 seater jewel of modern architecture that resides in the suburbs of Mumbai. Segan was a young man, when continued on page 2