The Death of Architecture is a travelling exhibition that aims to engage audiences across the country and bring into the spotlight concerns and issues that need closer examination, discussion and better resolution. The Baroda showing was from 17th March to the 1st of April. Architecture is perhaps the most visible...
‘When faith is at peril, monks, believers and the converted, congregate and find reasons to keep it safe - to find what ails it, but also to proclaim its promised joys,’ explains architect Aniket Bhagwat. The Death of Architecture, Circa 2000 is a traveling exhibition assembled by 13 of India’s...
Architect Shabbir Unwala of Design Workshop explains, "Death whenever it happens is either natural, accidental or premeditated murder." Through his exhibit at the Death of Architecture he elaborates on how death of Indian cities is coldly carried out by a nemesis commonly known as the ‘By- laws of a city’....
Architect Samira Rathod shares her thoughts behind the firms showcase at the Death of Architecture exhibition. ‘Nuances in architecture exist as an overture of careful details that are meant to enrich spatial experience,’ she explains. With her documentation of the abandoned town of Bhadran, on the outskirts of Baroda, the...
Excerpt from a feature on creativeyatra.com When I heard that an exhibition called the ‘Death of Architecture’ was coming to Mumbai, I braced myself for an onslaught of provocations. On entering the hall of exhibits, I was greeted by something that looked like a ritual burial ground laid dramatically beside...
Prologue : Death of Architecture Can Architecture really die? Is it alive? Or is it that people who inhabit a place live and die and their life and death is perhaps, affected by the architecture they conceive and inhabit? Does it mean that our emotions are affected by the spaces...