Faculty Interaction with Dr. Vasudha Gokhale - 14/06/2017

Today, Wednesday 14th June 2017, the faculty of PVPCOA had an interaction with Dr. Vasudha Gokhale.

The motive behind the interaction was to understand the importance of research in Academic Institutes and also the process to be undertaken to produce and publish such research work.

Our Institute has been forefront in taking up various practical and public situations and understanding ways to handle these through various academic assignments.

The interaction helped and inspired all faculty to undertake research to strengthen their academic knowledge.

Invitation to Participate in Asian Contest for Architectural Rookie's Award (ACARA) 2017 - Indian Domestic Contest

Dear Principal / Faculty Members / Students, 

PVP College of Architecture, Pune invites FOURTH Year B.Arch students of 2017-18 to Participate in Asian Contest for Architectural Rookie’s Award (ACARA) – Indian Domestic Contest 2017 (Presenting their Third Year Architectural Design project of Semester 1 or Semester 2 from academic session 2016-17). We kindly request you select Only Two Students from your college to participate in the contest.

  Registration for ACARA 2017 is now open. Students can now register themselves at 

https://goo.gl/forms/UbFLRi5yq99lSly62

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 4th year students to present their 3rd Year B. Arch Architectural Design work. Design work, which is an important bench mark & mid destination in the five year long course of Architecture. 

 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-2017, (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) Bonified students of 4th year B.Arch studying in any Architectural Institute in India recognised by Council of Architecture.

 2) Third Year Architectural Design project for Semester 1 or Semester 2 from academic session 2016-17 to be presented.

 (Note: Max. 2 Individual Entries per College ; Group work will not be eligible; Only Architectural Design project of 3rd year B.Arch. done in academic session 2016-17 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 2017 will be nominated to represent India for presenting their work in ACARA 2017

Opportunity for 2 Gold winners in the year 2013, 2014 , 2015 and 2016 : 

· 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.

 (Note: Travel and other expenses for Asian contest is reimbursed by the host of ACARA for the two selected participants)

 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 2017. 

· 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 2017 involves more than 10 jury members out of which 2-5 jury members will be from colleges with winning entries in 2016. 

 E) VENUE for Indian Domestic Contest for ACARA 2017 

 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 2017 is now open. Students can now register themselves at 

https://goo.gl/forms/UbFLRi5yq99lSly62

 Or contact : 

Ar Mrunalini Anekar

 (Faculty Coordinator for ACARA, PVPCOA) 

Mobile no +91 9823408033 

Ar Sameer Gujar 

 (Faculty Coordinator for ACARA, PVPCOA)

 Mobile no +91 9168261653 

 Attached herewith is the poster for the same. Kindly print and display it to bring it to the notice of the students. 

 Thanks and Regards,

 Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai, 

Director, 

VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune 

Convener, ACARA-2017

Geat Ready Poster

Site Visit : LA : Osho Teerth Park and Koregaon Park - 10/06/2017

The Third year students visited the Osho Teerth Park and Koregaon Park on Saturday, 10th June 2017 as a part of Landscape Design to understand Landscape elements, plants and trees and design.

Guest Lecture : Ar. Sergio Porta, Glasgow, United Kingdom - 07/06/2017

We at PVPCOA had a great pleasure to have a guest lecture by Ar. Sergio Porta, from Glasgow on Wednesday, 7th of June 2017.

Ar. Sergio Porta is and urban planner and teaches Urban Design at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He also directs the Urban Design study Unit (UDSU) at the smart university.

The lecture was on how to perceive Urban Design and also talked about the pedagogy followed by his Institution.

The lecture was well attended by the students of 3rd and 4th year along with the faculty members and our academic chair, Ar. Narendra Dengale. 

Notice Regarding Masters in Architecture - 21/04/2017

M.Arch (Landscape architecture) and M.Arch (Urban design ) 

ADMISSIONS 2017-18

Any one keen to persue PG in MAHARASHTRA , appearing for CET is ABSOLUTELY MUST ( note ONLY APPEARING - scores are NOT V IMP ) 

Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted by Directorate of Technical Education of Govt Of Maharashtra website -www.dtemaharashta.gov.in 

Date of Registration : 20/4/17 to 12/5/17 

Date of examination : 28/5/17 

For further details contact: 

Ar. Isha Umrani 

( Program Coordinator- M.Arch - LA) 

 800 777 1009 

 Ar Minal Sagare 

 ( Program Coordinator- M.Arch - UD) 

 996 088 8124

EXIT 2017 EXHIBITION : Inauguration - 21/04/2017

The Exit Exhibition 2017 - An Exhibition showcasing the work of final year students of current batch of PVP College of Architecture, was inaugurated on Friday 21st April 2017 at 6.00 pm at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch, Swargate, Pune, Maharashtra at the hands of Mr. Satish Khot, President, National Society for Clean Cities, and Ar. Iqbal Chaney, an eminent architect, who was invited as Guest of Honour.

It was a rare opportunity for the Fifth Year students to share their academic works and gain critical inputs from the Chief Guests. Mr Khot encouraged all the students to never give up the power of dreaming and continue along the path of thinking, experimenting and infusing ideas in creating meaningful built environments. 

He expressed his concerns regarding current high rise responses to slum rehabilitation schemes and said that much needs to be done for the people in such areas, in terms of proposing alternative approaches, human scale of proportionate spaces and built forms, among other things.  

Ar. Iqbal Chaney mentioned that he was confident about the progress that the students would make in their journeys in the field of architecture. He offered to share some of the foundational principles which he believed, had sustained, nurtured and resulted in the growth of his architectural practice over the years. He strongly advised students to take inspiration from the same. He offered to state those principles: He emphasized that any kind of an involvement in the design should be equivalent to an ‘award winning design’. 

However, he cautioned that one is not aiming for an award or one does not work towards the goal of getting an award. Elaborating on this, he meant that one needs to work for the best achievable result, focus on what is right and truthful for the project and give 100% - this automatically would transform the design into an award winning project. He advised the students that one should abstain from committing one’s design process for ‘free’. The market may present numerous situations wherein, one may be tempted to undercut one’s fees but one must resist such unethical practices. One must know and stress on one’s value of work. Further, he stated that in the journey of architectural practice, respect for all professionals should be exercised. Securing of any project should be solely accomplished by one’s own merit rather than by any other compromising means. 

Adhering to this approach, would instill respect for you by the entire professional community. The concern for ‘environmental issues’ and sustainability is a must. Again, he emphasized, that thinking about the environment and responding through design should be inculcated as an intrinsic value rather than working for the goal of getting LEEDS certification. Design should be understood as a matter of ‘common sense’ - something that comes from the heart, is humane, responds to context, situation, client’s needs, environment etc. Finally, he urged students to develop your own depth, integrity and character as professionals. This is a long process, requires hard work and dedication and requires one to believe in one’s values. 

He concluded by saying that Architecture is a great profession, but not easy. However, it is not rocket science either. He urged students to never give up on the profession and would like to see all students’ careers blossoming in the future. The students were fortunate to hear words of wisdom coming from such strong stalwarts.

The EXIT 2017 EXHIBITION is open from 9am to 8pm on Saturday 22nd April 2017 to Monday 24th April 2017 

Please do Visit the Exhibition 

Invitation for EXIT 2017 Exhibition - 21/04/2017 to 24/04/2017

We, V.I.T’s  P.V.P.  College  of  Architecture,  are  hosting  our  EXIT 2017 Exhibition.

The Exit Exhibition is a PLATFORM  for PVPCOA 2017 batch students to showcase their ACADEMIC WORK from FIRST year to FINAL year in PUBLIC DOMAIN  and look for PLACEMENT in reputed professional offices.

Venue:

Ganesh Kala Krida Manch,

Swargate, Pune.

Exhibition Inauguration:

Friday, 21st April 2017

at 6:00 pm

Exhibition Timings:

Saturday, 22nd April 2017 to Monday, 24th April 2017

9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Chief Guest:

Mr. Satish Khot,

President, National Society for Clean Cities, Pune.

Guest of Honour:

Ar. Iqbal Chaney, 

Chaney Architects, Pune

Exit Exhibition will offer an opportunity for professional offices not only from Pune, but also from other places all over India to come and SEE the STUDENTS WORK and EXPLORE the POSSIBILITY to EMPLOY our students.

The work carried out by the institution in public domain (Pune Biennale 2017) will also be exhibited.

DO VISIT THE EXHIBITION

For more information 

Contact :

Ar. Sameer Gujar 

( 9168261653 ) 

Asst. Professor 

PVPCOA

Or

E-mail at

pvpcoapuneplacement@gmail.com

Poster for the Event