http://portal.architexturez.org/site Architexturez South Asia workgroups. Request new workgroups through the 'contact' link (above, right) hourly 1 2005-12-08T13:21:57Z http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/pub Architexturez Publications Pipeline and documentation for site developers. Books under construction. topics of Interest include the History of South Asian Architectural Education and Practice, Design/Knowledges and Computer-Aided Architectural Design, Documentation. (subscribers only) (register or log in to see everything) No publisher admin 2007-05-27T14:30:41Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/reg-ae Regulating Architectural Education: an Approach Paper In India, a shake up is currently going on over how education in architecture is to be regulated. Unfortunately the debate focuses more on the question of 'who' will regulate, and is a dispute over claims to positions of authority. This paper is an attempt to shift the gaze from established positions of authority, and focus on the core issues involved: what is important in education, why we should regulate it, and how we should regulate it. No publisher admin 2005-12-10T21:46:31Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/coa-mandate CAAD Education and Practice issues raised in response to the Council of Architecture presidents request (viz ltr Ref.No.CA/28/2005/Misc.) , The President, Council of Architecture is pleased to constitute a Committee of experts, to advise the Executive Committee of Council of Architecture (COA) for creation of norms for education and practice on Computer-Aided Architecture Design in India with emphasis on research... No publisher admin 2005-12-10T21:46:32Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/acm.02 The many urbanisms that seem to pass through any given location in the city are processes, and are in themselves subject-matters of production. This production has the ability to consume, and work upon the materials already produced. (ABA-NET, TVB-SHS. A City Machine projects cycle) No publisher admin 2005-12-10T21:46:36Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/intach-chtr In twenty years, what has INTACH achieved? Few will claim that it has redeemed its promises, at least, not in full measure. But it has made a dent in an area that appeared immune to change and brought about greater awareness, at the national level, for the need to conserve our architectural heritage. No publisher admin 2005-12-10T21:46:46Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/glossolalia Glossolalia (from the Greek, "γλώσσα" (glossa), tongue and "λαλώ" (lalô), to speak) comprises the utterance of what appears (to the casual listener) either as an unknown foreign language (xenoglossia), meaningless syllables, or utterance of an unknown mystical language; the utterances sometimes occur as part of religious worship (religious glossolalia). No publisher admin 2006-06-04T23:08:57Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/iaw IAW Activity. Discussion and brainstorming pertaining to an "Indian Architecture", with emphasis on education, research and documentation activities. The project consists of several semi-formal discussions held in several cities in India, and specific Research Projects. No publisher anand_bhatt 2008-10-27T10:49:51Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/sub-gate-devel Workgroup involved with the development of Architexturez Subject Gateway. AZ: Sub.Gate stores OWL-DL ontologies. Knowledgebases concerning (a) South Asia Andragogy for the Indian Architecture Knowledge (acquisition and representation) project at Architexturez 'futures' initiative; and (b) Architectural Computing project understanding the research structures and social networks in CAAD, based on information stored in the CuminCAD repository. No publisher anand_bhatt Knowledge Distribution Knowledge Representation Knowledge Acquisition 2007-10-24T09:42:26Z Folder http://portal.architexturez.org/site/groups/09.09 [1.] Le Corbusier: "Freeing the ground has become false. Occupying the ground in the military sense of the term has become the sole true action…" - This foreclosure of the ground is precisely the death of formative model. [2.] It is urgent to invent a conceptual and programmatic model that is independent and functions outside the exhausted institutional framework. - This model is a discourse – a subversive model. [3.] We aim to speculate this subversive model where the proximity of art and architecture is central in order to manifest a ground of intervention and intension. - This proximity is the possibility for new relations- the radical ones. No publisher anand_bhatt 2008-10-27T10:49:52Z Folder