CEPT studio III proceeds to Stage 3 to understand various possible ways the program can be interpreted with the help of second-stage models. Students are working on four programs: meditation hall, gas station, observation deck, and pedestrian bridge. Each function has a unique and distinct character, which needs to be understood and explored in the third stage.
‘Building Materials and Joinery’ is an introductory course in construction for the first-year architecture students at CEPT. The course aims to give an idea of all the prevalent building construction materials and joinery in the same materials.
A joint review between the two studios was organized between the students of Navrachana Architecture College and CEPT University. During the second stage, students explored various model-making materials for the selected first-stage models. The second stage intended to allow the form to change as per the demand for new material.
CEPT studio III proceeds to Stage 2 to modify the models by changing model-making materials as Form is the result of the material. The intention is not to imitate the exact form in different materials. Let the form change, if material demands.
Navrachna studio III proceeds to Stage 2 to modify the models by changing model-making materials as Form is the result of the material. Instead of forcing an existing form on the new material, the form should adapt to the new material. This stage will open-up new directions in the process by adding another layer of abstraction.
The students of CEPT studio III has now started attempting the abstract models with clarity of the relation with the topic. The best idea is to show the image and the abstraction to someone else, and take their opinion without explaining the model.
Building Materials and Joinery, the course in the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT, mainly aims to understand the contribution of building materials and joinery in making architecture. It focuses on system, joinery, form of material, properties of material and its expression in architecture.
The new semester at Navrachana started with a time problem, after which ‘Abstraction,’ which will go on till mid-semester. The trick is to capture the topic’s essence and express it through model, without imitating the object’s shape.
The students of CEPT University tried to understand the topic by capturing the essence and expressing it through either sketch or model. The idea here was not to conduct a scientific analysis; but rather observe the form or the changes in form during motion.
The students of CEPT University focused on time-problem and were asked to look for the images for their main project simultaneously. The image selected by the student is the starting point of the process; it represents a topic. The student should first try to find what is ‘obvious and not obvious’ in the image through books, internet, videos, etc.
The students of CEPT University were introduced to the main project, with the time problem, and a small presentation by Prof Gurdev. This project intends to investigate ‘processes’ in Architectural design activity. One of the important components of that is the process of Transformation through different levels of interpretation.
Prof Gurdev visited the CEPT studio and the time problem ended with a general discussion with the models along with their original paintings. The discussion focused on the nature of abstraction, which is true to the painting. The students explored various model-making materials, from papers to wires, meshes, clay, pop, acrylic, etc.
The students of CEPT University were introduced to the time problem that focused on converting a painting into a three-dimensional composition using at least three distinctly different ways of making models.
A joint studio between Faculty of Architecture-CEPT University & School of Environmental Design & Architecture-Navrachana University is being conducted. The studio’s title is ‘Abstraction,’ focusing on a form-finding process that starts with an image. It is converted into an architectural object through various stages of abstraction and transformation.
