Health, Heritage and Architecture
What Do India’s Forts Teach Us about Healthy Spaces?
RSVPs will open on Mon, Nov 9 at 6pm.
Facilitators
This hands-on workshop uses real drawings of Rajasthan’s forts and palaces to show how centuries-old builders kept rooms cool, airy, bright, and quiet without electricity or any energy-dependent mechanisms. Participants read walls, courtyards, and openings as the working parts of a healthy building, and learn how the spaces we live in shape our health and learning. Along the way, participants discover the role architects play in designing healthier spaces, and what it takes to bring that old intelligence into new rooms. What might those builders teach the architects of today?
This event is a part of the “Drawing Knowledge” exhibition, exploring the intelligent architecture of imperial India. Find the full schedule here.
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Venue: Board Room
Facilitators
Suchi Priyadarshani
Dr. Suchi Priyadarshani is an architect passionate about research on indoor environment and human health, and a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship for postdoctoral work at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Her doctoral work at IISc, Bangalore, on the impact of indoor humidity on the health and comfort of people in vernacular architecture won the best thesis award. She is co-Founder-Director and CEO of Vinamravigyan Technologies Pvt. Ltd and Research Track Faculty at Nitte Institute of Architecture, Mangaluru, currently working on benchmarking and improving Indoor Environmental Quality in buildings, with a focus on healthy sleep for occupants with specific needs.
Roshan R Rao
Dr. Roshan R. Rao is a career researcher investigating improvements in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) to provide sustainable solutions for indoor air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics and illumination. He is co-Founder-Director of Vinamravigyan Technologies Pvt. Ltd and Research Track Faculty at Nitte Institute of Architecture, Mangaluru. His other research interests include solar photovoltaic technology, from performance monitoring to end-of-life. Reusing old solar photovoltaic panels in buildings, a highlight of his research, led to his Ph.D. at IISc, Bangalore. His research career spans over 12 years, at IISc Bangalore and abroad at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.
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