"It's like the person who had good handwriting was made the leader of Gram Panchayat."
- Prasad Shetty on the attitude in which architects were taught and imagined in the first few decades of the introduction of the profession in India.
"They were expected to execute the drawings to accuracy on site - so a person who could read drawings well and supervise sites was a good architect. But any good engineer can make a building. The architect must realise that his/her task is to craft space."
- Prasad Shetty on the attitude in which architects were taught and imagined in the first few decades of the introduction of the profession in India.
"They were expected to execute the drawings to accuracy on site - so a person who could read drawings well and supervise sites was a good architect. But any good engineer can make a building. The architect must realise that his/her task is to craft space."
3 comments:
Thank you for writing. It is through you1 post that gives a chance to hear Prof. Shetty again. And also remember being inside the ar.classroom.
However the the point made in this post wants me to ask this question.
That inspite of the thought being so encouraging for an architect to craft a space:: it still seems very unreal to what is practiced.
Then why imbibe such dreams to a student that it becomes a reason for conflict later during practice ?
Thank you for writing. It is through you1 post that gives a chance to hear Prof. Shetty again. And also remember being inside the ar.classroom.
However the the point made in this post wants me to ask this question.
That inspite of the thought being so encouraging for an architect to craft a space:: it still seems very unreal to what is practiced.
Then why imbibe such dreams to a student that it becomes a reason for conflict later during practice ?
Hi "Unknown", Will be great if you identify yourself.
I am not totally sure if I understand your comment. Although, I must say that it is upto us to make what we want to, of our practices. Understanding patterns in history and structural relationships may help us to discern what we want / not to align to.
I hope it helps.
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