Site Visit : "State of Architecture" and "Charles Chorea : Unbuilt" Exhibition, Mumbai - 09/03/2016, 16/03/2016 & 18/03/2016

The State of Architecture Exhibition was set up at NGMA, Mumbai by curators, Rahul Mehrotra, Ranjit Hoskote and Kaiwan Mehta. The Exhibition was a panorama of State of Indian Architecture since Independence in different political era. It showed the development of Indian Architecture till date and acknowledged works of eminent Architects and Architectural Firms, who were pivotal in shaping the Architecture in India.

The First Year students visited the Exhibition on Wednesday, 9th March 2016, the Third Year students visited on Wednesday, 16th March 2016 and the Fourth Year students visited on Wednesday, 18th March 2016,

The Third and Fourth Year students also visited the "Charles Chorea: Unbuilt" Exhibition, that displayed the works of Charles Chorea and also exposed students to the architectural drawings of unbuilt structures designed by Charles Chorea.

Site Visit : BTM I & ADG I : CME, Pune - 15/03/2016

As a part of Building Technology and Materials, the First Year students visited the College of Military Engineering, Pune on Tuesday, 15th March 2016. At the Institute, the students visited the Experimental Buildings and the Material Testing Laboratory. The students were basically exposed to Timber Construction details.

As a part of Architectural Design and Graphics, the students were to make sketches of façade of buildings in order to learn the effects and role of Sciography in Building elevations,

The visit was co-ordinated by Ar. Rohan Nahar and Ar. Devendra Deshpande and was accompanied by Ar. Pavan Gumaste and Ar. Sameer Gujar.

MASTER MEGA MEET 2016 : IIID + PVPCOA - 13/03/2016

Indian Institute of Interior Designers, Pune Regional Chapter IIID PRC in collaboration with VIT's Padmabhushan Dr. Vasantadada Patil Collge of Architecture, Pune conducted a Master Mega Meet, third (3rd) in series on Sunday, 13th March 2016  by six (6) eminent architects :

- Ar. Ashish Ganju and Ar. Manoj Mathur from New Delhi

- Ar. Soumitro Ghosh from Bengaluru

- Ar. Miki Desai from Ahmedabad

- Ar. Jaimini Mehta from Vadodara and

- Ar. Pinkish Shah from Mumbai

about DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, ARCHITECTURE and PUBLIC SPACES on the theme of :

"TAKING DESIGN to MASSES" . The event was open to all Students, Professionals and Faculty of Interior design and Architecture

Venue: Symbiosis Vishwa Bhavan's Auditorium, S.B. Road, Pune.

Poster for the Event

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT : TRANSPARENCE 2015-16 NATIONAL FINALE - 12/03/2016

Transparence - India's most recognized and anticipated Architectural Design Competition organised by ethos and Saint Gobain.

The Theme : SOCIAL MASS HOUSING FOR SMART CITIES

After the WESTERN ZONE RESULTS the selected students went for the NATIONAL FINALE which was held on Saturday, 12th March 2016 at School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, Guindy- Kathipara, Anna Salai, Chennai.

The Grand Finale Jury held at Le Royal Meridien, Chennai, consisted of

Ar. Yatin Pandya, Ar. Dominic Dube,  Ar. James Law and Ar. Ravi Sarangan 

The Transparence project was adopted this year as a Fourth year studio project for Housing in PVPCOA.

The NATIONAL WINNERS are :

Shibani Chawdhry, Reetwik Malpani from VIT's PVP COA, Pune.

Third Prize Winners are :

Abhilash Rahane, Ashish Dalal, Pinak Bhapkar from VIT's PVP COA, Pune.

The college congratulates to all the NATIONAL WINNERS of Transparence 2015-16 for the great efforts and brilliant performance put by the students in front of  the eminent jury. The hard work has been paid off..!

Abhilash Rahane, Ashish Dalal, Pinak Bhapkar (Third prize winners)
receiving the award by the hands of  eminent Jurors

THE FINAL THESIS JURY 2016 - 12/03/2016

"The Final Thesis Jury 2016" was successfully conducted on Saturday, 12th March, 2016.
Marathon Jury of all 64 students of Final Year B.Arch was conducted in 6 groups. The purpose of this Jury was to give the final year students to present their five years of learning and thesis work to the eminent panel. Discussion with these eminent architects benefited the students to improve and enhance their thought process and thesis work.

Interaction of Student with Ar. Ashish Ganju, Ar.Rajeev Vishwasao and Ar. Minal Sagare

Thesis Jury in Progress

 Interaction of Student with Ar. Soumitro Ghosh and Ar. Vikas Bhandari

 Thesis Jury in Progress

  Jury in Progress with Ar. Pinkish Shah, Ar.Dwaipayan Chakravarty and Ar. Vijaya Srinivasan

 Interaction of Student with Ar. Jaimini Mehta and Ar. Anjali Kumthekar 

Thesis Jury in Progress

INVITATION FOR THE FINAL THESIS JURY 2016 - 10/03/2016

We at PVPCOA, Pune are organizing "THE FINAL THESIS JURY 2016"

on Saturday, 12th March 2016 from 9:30am to 6:45pm

The Jury will be conducted by eminent jurors from all over the country

National Jurors include :

- Ar. Ashish Ganju and Ar. Manoj Mathur from New Delhi

- Ar. Soumitro Ghosh from Bengaluru

- Ar. Miki Desai from Ahmedabad

- Ar. Jaimini Mehta from Vadodara and

- Ar. Pinkish Shah from Mumbai

Pune Jurors include :

- Ar. Rajeev Vishwasrao

- Ar. Sayaji Jadhav

- Ar. Vikas Bhandari

- Ar. Dwaipayan Chakravarty

- Ar. Vikram Hundekar and

- Ar. Anjali Kumthekar

Internal Jurors include :

- Ar. Shekhar Garud

- Ar. Vijaya Srinivasan

- Ar. Rashmi Joshi

- Ar. Minal Sagare

- Ar. Deepak Kambuj and

- Ar. Nachiket Patwardhan

We invite everyone to participate in this stimulating Jury and get exposed to academic review with the distinguished team.

IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, Please CONFIRM with

Ar. Sandhya Patil (Mo. No. - 9881682528)

Ar. Mrunalini Anekar (Mo. No. - 9823408033)

For REGISTRATION, mail at :   pvpcoathesis@gmail.com

The Final Thesis Jury Poster 1

The Final Thesis Jury Poster 2

Site Visit : TP II : PCMC, Pune - 04/03/2016

As a part of Town Planning (TP) subject, a site visit was arranged for the IV year students to the Town Planning Department of  PCMC, Pune.
The objective was to understand the composition and functioning of the Town Planning department.

Students were instructed to carry :
- Location of  PCMC in Pune map
- Maps showing different area/blocks in PCMC zone
- Land use map of PCMC

Following aspects to be understood :
- Date of establishment
- Reason of establishment
- Aim and Objective
- Role/Function
- Nature/ Scope of work
- Organizational set up
- Which tier of Government (State/ Central /Local)
- Schemes undertaken by PCMC
- How is it different from PMC

Students meeting with the officers of PCMC Town Planning Department

Students are being briefed by Senior Town Planner 

The Officers of PCMC Town Planning Department being presented with College Brochure

Site Visit : ADG II : Measured Drawing - 01/03/2016

As a part of Architectural Design Graphics (ADG) subject I year visited different bungalows through acquaintance in Pune. The task assigned was to study and document the bungalows in groups and then prepare drawings individually as per the study and documentation.
It was an interesting exercise for the students to learn and understand the process of documentation and field study.