Chandigarh, 6th
September 2019: The prestigious RIBA president’s medal exhibition is an
international travelling exhibit that will have a month long home in CCA from
6thSeptember to 9thOctober 2019.
This exhibition is
brought for the 2nd time to India. Chandigarh owes creation of its
architectural identity not only to the RIBA Royal Gold Medal Recipient Le
Corbusier, but also to architects Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane B.
Drew. Both Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were RIBA members. Fry is also a RIBA
Royal Gold Medal recipient.
Chief Guest Shri V P
Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh inaugurated
the exhibition today , in the presence of Shri ManojParida, IAS, Advisor to the
Administrator, Mr. David Gloster, Director of Education at RIBA and Professor
Mohammad Gamal Abdelmonem, Chair in Architecture, Nottingham Trent University,
Shri Vijay Garg, President, Council of Architecture, New Delhi.
On this occasion two
publications were also released by the Administrator namely, the table calendar
'Elements' and the CCA RIBA booklet. Culled out of a unique collaborative
effort, the calender is a repository of building elements celebrating the
chandigarharchitectural vocabulary created by the works of Fry and Drew. The
booklet not only captures the essence of the exhibition by showcasing the award
winning entriesbut also provides other information regarding RIBA, CCA and
their historic connection with Chandigarh.
The Administration
truly appreciated the efforts of the CCA students and faculty and alumni that
put together this event to give it an international flavour as well as
showcased their indigenous creativity and skillful design talent. He
complimented the efforts of the CCA, and congratulated one and all who had made
this event so successful for the scores of students who will visit over the
month long event.
He also recommended
that CCA has the full support of Chandigarh Administration to host Zonal NASA
and COA thesis awards.
The inauguration ceremony
was followed by a story telling session on “Narratives in Architecture”. Ar.
Vami Koticha associate principal in sP+a Mumbai and Ar. Manit Rastogi, head of
the internationally renowned architecture and urban design firm Morphogenesis
were the narrators of the session that aimed at establishing a connection
between the tangible and the intangible.
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