VIT's PVPCOA, Pune:Registration process to get admitted to Full-time Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Postgraduate Courses

We, at VIT's PVPCOA, Pune are glad to inform you that Registration process to get admitted to our Full-time Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Postgraduate Courses will commence from the first week of July, 2019.

Do look out on www.cetcell.mahacet.in for registering for the EXACT DATE.

We have been successfully running the

Full-time Post Graduate Degree Courses in:

1. Landscape Architecture since 2016-17; mentored by Ar. Suneet Mohindru (from New Delhi)

2. Urban Design since 2017-18; mentored by reputed Urban Designers from Pune & Ar. Prasanna Desai

For further details please contact:

Ar. Prutha Mathankar

086002889965

Assistant Professor

M. Arch. Landscape Architecture

pvpcoapunela@gmail.com

 Ar. Anuja Chawda

09922438712

 Assistant Professor,

M.Arch. Urban Design

pvpcoapuneud@gmail.com

 Mr. Santosh Patil

Administration Office

09881980038

Do spread the word !!

With Warm Regards

Ar. Isha Umrani

Program Co-ordinator

Dept. of Landscape Architecture

Ar. Minal Sagare

Program Co-ordinator

Dept. of Urban Design

Ar. Shekar Garud

Academic Co- ordinator

Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai

Professor & Director,

VIT's PVPCOA, Pune

Co-academic - 2019-20- Rookies 2019

Invitation to Participate in Asian Contest for Architectural Rookie's Award 2019 : Indian Domestic Contest : Important stages of Rookies 2019 - 27/06/2019

PVP College of Architecture, Pune invites B.arch students of 3rd and 4th year of academic session 2019-20 to participate in Indian Domestic CONTEST 2019 for Asian Contest of Architectural Rookie’s Award (ACARA).

The topic for this year ACARA is "Symbiosis of Man and Nature". Therefore types of building typologies are eligible for the competition.

Entries from 2nd and 3rd year B.Arch students of academic batch 2018-19 will be accepted. We kindly request you to encourage and select *Only Two Students* from your college to participate in the contest.

FOUR IMPORTANT STAGES OF COMPETITION:

Stage 1: Online Registration
For registration please log on to :https://forms.gle/4xVerrW2FJhqLUnj6

(Note: Read the entire info and instructions before you register)
The registration will be on First come basis and only first 60 entries will be considered

Stage 2: Online Submission requirements (Latest by Monday, 29^th July 2019)

• Powerpoint presentation with maximum 10 slides and maximum 25 MB
• 4 number of A3 panels explaining your design in PDF format.

Please note: No Videos and Walk-through are to be attached in the presentation
(To be sent via email at ‘pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com’)

Stage 3: Reporting & Submission at PVPCOA, Pune ( From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Friday 2^nd August 2019)
(Note: Submission for stage 3 to be done in person by the participant )
Submission requirements for Stage 3 are as follows:

REGISTRATION CHARGES for PARTICIPANTS : Rs 300

• A1 Sheets :2 numbers (any medium is permitted, potrait or landscape format)
• Model of any suitable scale duly endorsed by the college
• Power point presentation in a DVD

Stage 4: Presentation of entries to the jury panel at PVPCOA, Pune (From 8:00am to 6:00pm, Saturday 3^rd August 2019)
(Powerpoint presentation of maximum 5 minutes for each entry as per Rookies standard format)

Please note  a detailed email with the registration code number and format of first slide of presentation will be sent to the registered final 60 participants.

BROAD DETAILS OF ACARA: 

ACARA is an International contest for students of Architecture, held every year in order to contribute to architectural education and establish rich networking associated with modern architecture in Asia. This design competition has its own uniqueness that it is open only for the current 3^rd and 4^th year students to present their 2^nd and 3^rd Year B. Arch Architectural Design work.

Dr. Youngil Lee from Japan is the Chief organiser for ACARA. The objective of ACARA competition is to review, judge & evaluate architectural works and ideas created by students studying architectural design in universities in various countries across Asia like Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, Vietnam & India. 

 For the Indian domestic contest for architectural Rookies-2019, (hosted by PVP college of architecture) invitation will be sent to all the 400 plus colleges recognised by Council of Architecture in India.

 A) ELIGIBILITY: 

 1) Bonafied students of 3^rd and 4^th year B.Arch studying in any Architectural Institute in India recognised by Council of Architecture.

 2) The topic for this year ACARA is "Symbiosis of Man and Nature". Entries from 2^nd and 3^rd year B.Arch students of academic batch 2018-19 will be accepted.

 (Note: Max. 2 Individual Entries per College ; Group work will not be eligible; Only Architectural Design project of 2^nd and 3^rd year B.Arch. done in academic session 2018-19 will be eligible.) 

 B) AWARDS : 

· Indian Contest – Top 2 Gold Awards worth Rs.10,000 each & 3 Silver Awards worth Rs.5000 each along with a certificate and trophy. 

 · Top 2 Gold winners out of these 5 awardees from Indian Domestic contest 2018 will be nominated to represent India for presenting their work in ACARA 20178

Opportunity for 2 Gold winners in the year 2013, 2014 , 2015 , 2016, 2017 & 2018: 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest held in 2013 had an opportunity to represent India in Osaka, Japan 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest held in 2014 had an opportunity to represent India in Dalian, China 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2015 had an opportunity to represent India in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2016 had an opportunity to represent India in Singapore.
· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2017 had an opportunity to represent India in Bangkok, Thailand.

· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2018 had an opportunity to represent India in Taipei, Taiwan
· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2019 will have an opportunity to represent India in Tokyo, Japan.

 C) JUDGING CRITERIA :

 · Design will be assessed by Power-point presentation, Drawings (2 numbers of A1 sized panel) as well as Model for the Indian Domestic Contest 2019. 

· Students will present their work in the form of Power-point presentation for max. 5 mins each as per Rookies standard format. 

 (Details and dates of submission will soon follow) 

 D) JURY PANEL: Jury panel for Indian domestic contest for ACARA 2019 involves more than 10 jury members out of which 2-5 jury members will be from colleges with winning entries in 2018. 

 E) VENUE: for Indian Domestic Contest for ACARA 2019

 VIT’s P.V.P. College of Architecture, Pune, , Aditya Nisarg, at-Pirangut, Tal.-Mulashi, Pune-412115 

 F) For INDIAN DOMESTIC CONTEST CONTACT:

 For further details please visit www.pvpcoapuneblog.blogspot.com For any queries write an Email on pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com

 G) REGISTRATION:

 Registration for ACARA 2019 is OPEN. Students can now register themselves at 

https://forms.gle/4xVerrW2FJhqLUnj6

Contact for more details: 

Student Coordinators:

Lakhan Baheti

+91 9767127589

Aayush Bafana
+91 9637112311

Faculty Coordinators:

Ar Garima Buragohain

(Faculty Convenor for ACARA, PVPCOA)

Mobile no +91 8007093434

Ar Anushree Kulkarni

(Faculty Coordinator for ACARA, PVPCOA)
Mobile no +91 9739820398

Ar Ketaki Randive

(Faculty Coordinator for ACARA, PVPCOA)

Mobile no +91 9975620356

Or email us at pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com 

Thanks and Regards,

Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai, 

Director, 

VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune 

Convener, ACARA-2019

Co-academic - 2019-20 - Triviarch

We are pleased to inform you that today (21st June, 2019), the first event of 'Astitva' for this academic year was successfully conducted. We saw a great participation of 45 teams which made this event more vibrant.

AcademicEvent- 1920- 4thYear- Review- MultiBasement

The review was based on the sites given to 8 specific groups which consisted of site documentation and analysis.
Various Inputs were given by the faculty as to how the basement is to be made , what processes have to followed
and what precautions are to be taken care of while constructing the basement.

Faculty Achievement - 2019-20 - Reinstating Delight in Architecture

Team PVPCOA is proud to share that Ar Vijaya Srinivasan and Ar Minal Sagare, Senior Faculty at PVPCOA recently attended an international conference titled Design, practice and education - Learning skills in the complex world at New York,  U. S. A.  It was organized by Amps, UK and Steven's Institute of Technology, US. During three days of this conference around 100 academicians and professionals from 22 different countries presented their work. It almost provided the cross section of concerns and the ways of dealing with them across the world from the field of architecture, design, planning, construction, etc.

Both of them presented their paper titled Reinstating Delight in Architecture  based on explorations done in the First Year Design Studio over last three years at PVPCOA . It was indeed a great opportunity to represent our institute and present academic explorations at such a wide platform. Their paper was well received and appreciated.

Below are few of the photos of the same.

Academic - 2019-20 - Site Visit - The Kode Commercial Complex

                                     

On Saturday 15th June. 2019, Third Year B. Arch. students visited 'The Kode Commercial Complex' , Pashan Baner Link Road, Pune. Along with introduction & explanations  they also learnt about Building Services system installation and working in detail at project. During visit students actually saw installation of partitions, furniture work, paneling work etc. The different components of Air Conditioning systems, Fire Fighting Systems were also explained in detail.

Academic - 2019-20 - Site Visit - The Kode Commercial Complex

Students of III Year B. Arch. accompanied by the faculty members, visited Centre for Development Studies & Activities, Pune designed by Ar. Christopher Charles Benninger. Aim of the visit was to study the relationship between built and open, scale, materiality and details.

Academic Event- 2019-20- Connect Week- Day 5

As a part of connect week activities, III year students presented their experiences of summer 2019 to the class, to break the ice. Students who presented their summer experiences here,

1. Trip to Europe – Riddhi Gugale & Netra Mundada

2. Experiances of Ladakh – Rishit Shah & Nikita Dhawale

3. My Auroville experiences – Lakshmi Gandhi, Aryeshu Deokar, Shreya Surkutla, Sanket Bahekar

Ar. Shekhar Garud also shared his experience of dissolving ancestral home

Academic Event- 2019-20- Connect Week- Day 4

Thursday in week Connect was absolute bedlam! Treasure hunt, Photography, Film-making, Theatre and Sigil design- 5 competitions taking place simultaneously. As the Treasure hunt teams thundered up and down the stairs in search of victory, the photography and film teams captured various aspects of the college and the Theatre and Sigil design teams displayed their brilliance- all in two short hours! There was a palpable spirit of competition and earnest desire to win accolades for their Houses.

Academic Event- 2019-20- Connect Week- Day 3

Second year-  As a part of connect week and a kickstart to academics we screened  'The Toilet : An unspoken History'. The documentary looks at the role of the toilet in our culture, exploring its social history in Britain and abroad, and also explores  possible future solutions to global sanitation issues.

The documentary was intended to create awareness among the students about such global issues and how they could play a vital role as 'Architects'  in exploring solutions.

Third year- As a part of connect week and a kickstart to academics we screened  'Home ',a documentary film by French Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

The film is mostly is composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth, shot over 54 countries showcasing the geographical settings and species diversity on  the planet.

The film is about the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.

Underlined statements in the documentay are how lives on earth are interlinked. And a disruption of any life may have cascading effect on the whole planet

The documentary leaves food for thought, regarding the direction we must take for our existence and all future developments.

Academic Event- 2019-20 - Connect Week- Day 2

Movie: Annie

As part of our Connect week, we did a movie screening of the film, "In which Annie gives it those ones!"

Which one's? Who is Annie? What does this title mean?? Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai, armed with his trivia on School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi, have some insightful context for this light-hearted comedy. Based on the lives of architecture students in their final year and set in the 1970's, this cult classic is as relatable today as it was three decades ago. It was heartily enjoyed by students and faculty alike!

Academic Event- 2019-20 - Connect Week- Day 1

Second Year -The session of My Summer Experiences was conducted with Second year with a view to break the ice and get Students talking about their summed experiences. This made us aware of students, their backgrounds, culture and activities in the vacation. These were the activities beyond academics.

This event was a sort of the 'CONNECT WEEK' Where in interactions within the class and within students of II + III + IV YR + Faculty members + Administrative staff was encouraged.

Following were the talks conducted for the event :

1. My Auroville experience by

Smit Dungarwal and Mukul Phansalkar

2. Me and my family experience by Shivam.A.Agrawal

3. My experience in singapore

By Shreya Chandsare

4. Our experience in Goa working with arch. Gerard da cunha by Tanvi and Mukul Phansalkar

5. Digium - Devendra Jadhav

6. My experience of wasting time when you have nothing to do - Ruchir Dike

7. Ladakh - Meditation and Travel by Ar. Rohan (FTF)

Third Year - As a part of connect week and a kick start to academics we screened ‘A Centennial Celebration of I. M. Pei at National Gallery of Art. In 1968 trustees of National Gallery selected I. M. Pei to design a building to provide additional space for permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, as well as a new center for research in History of art.

Documentary focuses on the various challenges faced by the architect due to site and location and architects responses to the context.

Academic Event - 2019-20 - Address by Director Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai

On the first day of the start of the new academic session 2019-20, Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai, Director, PVPCOA, welcomed the students in the assembly held in the atrium. He explained the dynamics of running the bus service for the students, without any subsidies, and advised the students to use the bus service. To increase the interaction among the students and the faculty, the first week of the session is dedicated to “ CONNECT” programme, in which various extracurricular activities will be held for all the classes, including narrations of “ My summer Experiences”, screening of films, competitions for Sigil design for the Houses, photography, treasure hunt, filmmaking etc. He invited all the students to actively participate and set the tone for the coming session. He explained the importance of attending the FIRST DAY of the session. He concluded the welcome address by wishing everybody a most enjoyable and fulfilling academic session.

Academic Event - 2019-20 - Connect Week

It's the first week back and we at PVPCOA have decided to start off the semester with a bang! A series of fun activities every evening from 3:30 to 5:30 from Monday till Friday so we all start on a high note.

With movie screenings and exchange of experiences had over the summer, the week starts off energetic but slowly reaches its peak on Thursday with many more simultaneous activities. Photography, Treasure Hunt and Theatre, to name a few.  Follow us to be part of Connect!