INDIA SUMMER SCHOOL 2024

SUBJECT: INDIA SUMMER COURSE

DEADLINE: 15th April, 2024

LOCATION: AHMEDABAD

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The course aims to analyze the current situation, including all the factors that positively or negatively affect the neighbors' living conditions. The key is to accept new social movements and trends, not as something to avoid, but as something that needs to dialogue with the environment. An environment that, despite its cultural heritage, needs to be modified and adapted to the new contemporary living conditions.

The final goal is to implement our designs together with the neighbors of the Pol.
This exercise will continue transforming the Pol through participatory and inclusive methods. It will become part of the INTACH guidelines for future actions that work in the same realms.



 

<  Location >
> Ahmedabad (Hands-On Project)
> Trip to Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Delhi, Agra

< Course Duration > 
> 1 month (10 Days Trip + 20 Hands-On)

< Eligibility >
> Open to students and young professionals in the following fields:
> Architecture / Urban Design / Interior / Space / Communication / Product /  Design / Interactive / Expression Design / Civil Engineering /
> Individuals from other design backgrounds interested in the topic can apply as well

< Prerequisite for Students > 
>  2nd year onwards (1st-year students are not eligible)

< Prerequisites for Professionals > 
> Age < 30

< Course Language > 
> English

< Number of Participants > 
> Maximum 25 per batch (First-come, first-served policy)

< Course
Package Fees > 
> 2850 Euros / 3070 USD

< Important Dates >
> Last date for course registration and fee payment: 15th April, 2023
> Visa Process: May, 2024
> Accommodation and Travel Booking: May, 2024

IN THIS COURSE //


- Participants will stay and coexist will the locals in the neighborhood itself, using the same facilities, eating traditional food, and enjoying a life that for sure has a different rhythm.
- We will visit all makers, handcrafters, and manufacturers in the district, to understand the context.
- We are currently restoring a School in Old City, where students will be able to use it as a co-working area, to develop their ideas and spend time for discussions or forums, etc.
- The final objective is to build, materialize our ideas, and transform the place for the better.
- The course will include visits to the Modern Architecture Master Pieces located in the city.




APPROACH AND OBJECTIVES //


- To rethink the existing neglected spaces and provide an alternative solution that faces the context challenges as:

1/quality of the space, 2/technical aspects such as clean energy and self-sufficiency, 3/ the landscape of the city, 4/ the economic cycle, and the improvement of neighbor's livelihood.


- Needs and Resources Analysis >

Mapping of the area, interviews with locals, and catalog of existing materials and manufacturers.


- General Action Plan and Conceptual Approach >

Group work, discussions and forums with experts, design studio process and methodologies, schedules set, viability of the project.


- Design and Detailing >

Interaction with makers and manufacturers, on-site hands-on coordination.


- Manufacturing and Implementation >
The last phase of the course will consist of making and completing the designs in the location, to make the space functional and operational for the local families to enjoy it.