Monday, July 22, 2013

Guest Lecture : BS I : 'Solid Waste Management' by Manisha Desai and Rebecca Kedari of SWACH - 22/07/2013

Guest Lecture on 'Solid Waste Management System' was organised by our college for II year B. Arch. Manisha Desai and Rebecca Kedari from SWaCH gave student insight on the system adopted in city of Pune and improvements required in the system.




Thursday, July 11, 2013

Presentation : 'Basics of Mechanical Air Conditioning' by Er. Anant Joshi, Pune - 11/07/2013


A guest lecture, by Er. Anant Joshi, CEO, Everest AIr Systems, was organized for III B. Arch. students, for the subject of Building Services on Thursday 11th July 2013. The talk was aimed at 'Basics of Mechanical Air Conditioning'. Speaker started his presentation with fundamentals and origin of refrigeration process. He further explained details of vapor compression cycle, types of AC sysyem and different components of the same. He also gave students thumb rules for tonnage calculation, calculating heat loads, duct cross-section area, velocity, etc. Latest technologies and systems used in the field of Air Conditioning has also been told to students. During question and answer session, students asked and discussed about various other aspects such as role of CFC, energy efficiency of any AC systems, etc.





Wednesday, July 10, 2013

BTM II - Arches, Vault & Domes - 10/07/2013


As a part of Building Technology & Material (BTM) subject II Yr. Students had hands-on experience of process of construction technique for arches, vaults and domes and their loading and failure of by using modules / units resembling proportions of bricks. 
Exercise conducted by : Ar. Vijaya Srinivasan, Ar. Hrishikesh Ashtekar, Ar. Sayali Kulkarni, Ar, Nachiket Umrani



Tuesday, July 9, 2013

"Paperscraper" - 09/07/2013

As a part of Basic Design, II year B. Arch students were given an exercise.
'One material, singular aim yet limitless possibilities' was an idea that structured the 'PAPERSCRAPER' exercise. Students were required to use newspaper to build the tallest possible 'PAPERSCRAPER'. Within a restricted amount of time of four hours they were to build paper towers that put their creativity to test. The definitive aim of the exercise was to discover a whole number of manipulative verbs while coming up with a design solution that was both aesthetic and structurally viable.









Presentation & Interactive Session : Ar. Ratish Nanda, New Delhi - 07/07/2013