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Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter in association with University of Western Australia, Perth and Alumni Association of Chandigarh College of Architecture organised an Indo-Australian Symposium on ‘Landscape Architecture’ on April 6, 2010 at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh. Eminent landscape architects from Australia and India spoke on various aspects of the subject.

Ar Surinder Bahga delivered the keynote address. Bahga said, “The popular conception of landscape design has been that it is a profession which is confined to private gardens and parks. But with the growing imbalance in the ecosystems and global warming, the role of landscape design has become all the more important.”

Ar PR Luthra welcomed the Chief Guest, Shri Ram Niwas, IAS, Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration. Niwas expressed that the Administration is developing “Valley of Springs” and “Garden of Conifers” in the southern sectors of Chandigarh. The funds have already been sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism. He said, “Patiali-ki-Rao rivulet and three lakes at Dhanas offer good potential for development. So we should have holistic landscape plan for Chandigarh”. The key speakers were Prof Christopher Vernon, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Art at the University of Western Australia. He spoke on “Australian and Indian Capital Connections”. He discussed the capital cities of Pretoria (South Africa), Canberra (Australia) and New Delhi (India). He emphasised on the contributions made by Australian landscape architects, Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin who designed the Australian capital city, Canberra. The duo had also made considerable contribution to India’s landscape architecture. They worked in Lucknow (UP) during 1935-37 and Walter Burley died in Lucknow only. He highlighted that the architecture of the Griffins in Lucknow should be preserved.

Second speaker was Dr Minakshi Jain, Professor, Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh). She spoke on “Effective Landscapes—images and perceptions”. She deliberated on the natural and manmade landscapes in the different geographical areas of India.

Architects Jit Gupta and Archana Chaudhary chaired the technical sessions. The vote of thanks was presented by Ar Jaswinder Singh. Interior Designer Ms Gurjot Shan was the master of ceremonies. The symposium concluded with the following recommendations for the Chandigarh City:-

Common controlling authority for Chandigarh and its periphery be constituted.Need for a comprehensive landscape development plan for the city.

Lamp-Lighting Ceremony Ram Niwas, IAS, Home Secretary, Chandigah Administration, addresses the delegates

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Storm water should be dammed for irrigation purposes.Rain water harvesting be made compulsory in Chandigarh.The maintenance and landscaping of all the gardens should be privatised. Catchment Area (7000 Acres) of Sukhna Lake should be properly landscaped.Two more Leisure Valleys should be created along Sukhna choe and Patiali-ki-rao.Capitol Complex should be nicely landscaped and should be made accessible to public.Chandigarh Administration should create full-fledged landscape department.

In case this is done, Chandigarh will become the most outstanding urban creation in the world.

To discuss the “Issues in Architecture Today” and the approach to find a rational solution for them, an Architects’ Meet had been organized on December 5, 2009 at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh. The programme was organized jointly by the Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter in association with ArchiDesign Group and Hindware.

The introductory theme was presented by Mr Sudhir Sarup, Editor-in-Chief, ArchiDesign Perspective and Founder President, Foundation for Architectural and Environmental Awareness.

Ar Vinay Parelkar, President, Indian Institute of Architects was the Chief Guest. He discussed the problems in the architectural profession at the National level and IIA’s role in solving them. Ar Surinder Bahga introduced the main Speaker Ar Anil Laul to the audience.

The technical presentation was given by Ar Anil Laul from New Delhi on the “Issues of Architecture”. He dwelled upon the rationale behind all we accept as norm, the anomalies that have crept in and the simple solutions that are quite amazing. The session was chaired by Ar Jit Gupta, Director, College of Architecture, Bhaddal, Ropar. He highlighted the architectural issues in the Indian context.

Mr Nitin Kulkarni from Hindware gave a technical presentation on the latest products of Hindware ceramics.

Paramount Exhibitors have organised ABC (Architecture, Building, Construction) Expo & Conference, 2010 in Sector 34, Chandigarh from February 12-15, 2010. The organisers offered five stalls to IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter. IIA has offered four stalls to its supporters namely Artist Namita Kohli, Raunaq Sales (India), and Ecologic Buildings Pvt Ltd. One stall was taken by the Chapter itself. It was visited by nearly 100 visitors having queries about architects’ directory, newsletter and activities of the chapter. ‘IIA Times’ was gifted free of cost to all the visitors with an aim to create awareness in public about chapter’s activities. Executive Committee conveyed thanks to Paramount Exhibitors and assured all help in their future events.

Well-known American Architect Richard Meier’s partners and colleagues, Ar Shekar Ganti and Ar Scott Johnson visited Chandigarh on February 20-21, 2010. IIA Chandigarh-Punjab

Ar Anil Laul addresses the audience.

Designed by internationally renowned architect Moshe Safdie, the Khalsa Heritage Memorial is a new museum of the Sikhs in the holy city of Anandpur Sahib, near Chandigarh.

AN ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL:KHALSA HERITAGE MEMORIAL COMPLEX,

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filling them through the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC).

The college has no regular Principal since the middle of the year 1996. The acting charge of the Principal’s post was given to the seniormost professor. This practice is being repeated for the reasons best known to authorities.

Administration was requested to fill-up all the vacant posts through the UPSC on a war-footing and the Service Rules finalized / notified without further delay.

Delegation also proposed that Faculty may be taken on deputation. The system of Professor Emeritus could be introduced forthwith to ease out the problem considerably. Such a system is an integral part of Academic Management in all universities, and can be conveniently adopted in CCA.

ii. Nomination of IIA members on various Committees & Boards of Chandigarh Administration like Housing Board, Municipal Council, Advisory Committee, etc.

Delegation pointed out that Chandigarh Administration is nominating various architects in Advisory Committees, Chandigarh Municipal Council, Chandigarh Housing Board, etc. with pick and choose method without laying down any criteria of selection.

In this light, it is proposed that Chandigarh Administration/Punjab Government should appoint architects in consultation with Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter.

iii. Awarding Bharat Ratna to Architects of Chandigarh City, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret.

Administrator was requested to recommend Bharat Ratna Award to Swiss-born French Architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret who were responsible for designing Pt Jawaharlal Nehru’s dream city Chandigarh, apart from their other works at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Talwara and Bhakra Dam (Punjab) and Sundernagar, Slapper and Pandoh Townships (HP). They have made immense contribution to India’s Modern Architecture.

Delegation mentioned that late Dr MS Randhawa, the first Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh had recommended in his letter of September, 1965 to late Mr Ram Kishan, the

then Chief Minister of Punjab, “The Capital of Punjab owes a deep debt to Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier. These two brothers brought modern architecture to Punjab and not only gave a most modern city to Punjab but their creations also made an impact on architecture in all the major cities of India. The work which they have done is of historical importance. It is unfortunate that it has not been given official recognition by us. May I suggest for your consideration that the work of both these architects be suitably recognized. I further suggest that both of them ought to be recommended to the Government of India for the grant of the title of ‘Bharat Ratna’ posthumously which is the highest honour which this country can confer. It is not only recognition of outstanding work but also a gesture of friendship for France, the country with whom our country is already on friendly terms which ought to be further strengthened.”

Since India enjoys friendly relations with France and Switzerland, IIA strongly feels that honouring Chandigarh’s architects will give new dimension to Indo-French and Indo-Swiss ties.

iv. Allotment of office space for Chapter.

The delegation appealed to the Administrator to allot office space to Chapter.

The meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and Governor assured the delegation that he will look into all these demands of architects fraternity and try to solve them.

The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur have organised a programme in collaboration with Ministry of Human Resource Development and All India Council of Technical Education at Department of Architecture, NIT, Hamirpur from February 22-26, 2010.

It was titled Winter School on “Intelligent Building System for Urban and Rural Areas”. Architects Jit Gupta, Surinder Bahga, Sangeet Sharma, Archana Chaudhary were invited to deliver presentations to the faculty members of various architecture schools of India. The winter school was attended by more than fifty faculty members from all over India.

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Chapter extended warm hospitality to visiting architects and made arrangements to show them various places of tourist and architectural interest in Chandigarh.

Renowned architect of Bangladesh Ar Qazi Mohammad Arif alongwith his engineer colleague visited Chandigarh on April 4-5, 2010. The Bangladeshi architect interacted with Ar SD Sharma, Ar Surinder Bahga, Ar Sarbjit Bahga and Ar Archana Chaudhary. Various issues on architecture and the planning of Chandigarh and Dhaka were discussed.

A delegation of Architects and office bearers of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter met Mr Shivraj Patil, Punjab Governor and Administrator, Chandigarh Administration on February 11, 2010. The delegation consisted of Ar Surinder Bahga, Chairman; Ar Rakesh Bansal, Vice Chairman; Ar Sarbjit Bahga, Joint Hon Secretary and Ar Archana Chaudhary, Executive Member.

They discussed the following issues with the Administrator:-

i. Finalising service rules for recruitment of vacant faculty positions in various professional colleges of city especially Chandigarh College of Architecture.

The Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA) is facing an acute shortage of faculty members. Currently the college has the vacant posts of Principal, three Professors and one Assistant Professor.

CCA was established on August 7, 1961, as the Academic Wing of the Great Chandigarh Experiment in Modern Urbanism at the behest of Le Corbusier. It became one of the premier Architectural Institutions in the country and remained so until 1996. But, unfortunately, this is no longer the case; its educational standards have gone down considerably since then.

Service Rules of the teaching faculty are still not finalized / notified. Whenever the college authorities were/are urged to do something about the acute staff shortage, the same excuse of non-finalization / notification of Service Rules had/has been used as a ploy to stop advertisement of vacant posts for

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YOUNG ARCHITECTS’ FESTIVAL

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World-famous Swiss architect Mario Botta visited India on February 9, 2010. He delivered a lecture at Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi. Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter received invitation from Embassy to depute some students to attend the lecture. About 15 students from Chandigarh College of Architecture attended the program in Embassy. It was followed by a dinner hosted by Swiss Embassy. About 60 architects and students attended the lecture.

IIA Rajasthan Chapter had organised Young Architects’ Festival (YAF) 2010 from February 5 to 7, 2010 in Jaipur. The theme of the festival was “Design for Safety—Peoples’ Perception”.

Architect Jit Gupta delivered a talk on “Disaster Management—Role of Architectural Education”. Surinder Bahga’s presentation was titled, “Disaster Management—Role of Architects”. Other speakers were Prof Jitendra Singh (VC, Nalanda Open University, Patna), Prof Amit Bose (Practicing Architect, Delhi), Prof R P Deshmukh (Architect Pune), Prof CVR Murthy (IIT, Kanpur), Prof Vasudha Gokhale (Pune), Ar Nilanjal Bhowal (Practicing Architect, Delhi), Ar Shama Bhatnagar (Architect, Jaipur), Prof Kaya Mitra (Jadavpur University, Kolkata), Ar Neha Bansal (Architect, Jaipur), Prof Mike Christenson (North Dakota State University, USA), Ar Manit Rastogi (Practicing Architect, Delhi), Ar Archana Rathore (Architect, Jaipur) and Er Shiv Shankar (Project Manager). Ar Sumit Kaur, Chief Architect, Chandigarh also attended the YAF.

Rajasthan Chapter also organised a big exhibition on building materials having nearly 70 stalls. During this occasion an exhibition of photographs by students and professionals was also displayed. Apart from this students’ painting competition was also organised.

IIA Jalandhar Sub-Centre and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, Government of India have organised a workshop on “National Educational

Awareness Programme on Standards and Labeling” at Hotel Raddison, Jalandhar on March 4, 2010. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Anshu Kumar said that the way the carbon gases are being produced in the present day, the ozone layer is being depleted day by day. To cut down the carbon gases, star rating has been introduced in air conditioners and other electrical equipments.

By the year 2012, star rating will be introduced for the buildings which will help in the saving of electricity.

Mr G Pandian, Energy Economist, BEE delivered a talk on “Energy Conservation Act 2001 and introduction about BEE’s initiative on standards and Labeling Programme”. Ar Dinesh Bhagat, Ar Irwindeep Singh, Col HS Sahota, Ar Rajinder Singh, Ar Gagandeep Kaur and Ar Madandeep Singh attended the seminar on behalf of Jalandhar Sub-centre.

The programme was supported by International Copper Promotion Council (India) and Emerson Climate Technologies (India) Limited.

The Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter has asked the railway authorities to immediately remove the statues from the railway station.

In a communication to HK Jaggi, divisional railway manager, Northern Railway, and UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas, it has been stated that the statues of folk dancers installed just next to the sculptures prepared by Nek Chand do not gel with the same.

It has been stated that many eminent architects, artists and citizens had opposed this decision of the railway authorities. Media had also raised the issue but no action has been taken so far. These statues should be removed immediately, said Surinder Bahga, Chairman, IIA, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter.

The UT Administration had directed the railway authorities to immediately remove the modern statues put up by them along side Nek Chand’s sculptures at the entrance of city’s railway station.

The UT Administration had taken note of a report filed by the Hindustan Times about the

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displeasure shown by art lovers of the city on the issue.

Railways authorities had put up three modern statues of Punjab folk figures at the Chandigarh railway station entrance, in addition to Nek Chand’s famous figures sculpted from waste material, on January 25. The new statues were installed for advertisement, alongside the signature creations of the Rock Garden legend Nek Chand, which would also carry ad-on glow sign boards and earn the Railways a revenue of Rs 27 lakh in the next three years.

The IIA had also made some observations, which it stated would go a long way in improving the environs of the city railway station.

Since Chandigarh has become a major tourist hub of the region, it is all the more important to rectify the image of the railway station, which acts as a take off point for the tourists.

It has been stated that size of the advertisement hoardings installed on the premises of the railway station are against the Chandigarh Advertisement Control Act, 1954. More so, they divert the attention of the drivers. It had also said that car parking should not be allowed just near to the platform. The cars should be parked sufficiently far away from the main station.

(Courtesy: The Hindustan Times dated March 6, 2010)

The Department of Architecture, Assiut University, Egypt had organised Eighth International Conference “Architecture and Built Environment: Contemporary Issues” between April 13-15, 2010. Delegates from 14 countries participated in the conference. About 32 research papers were selected for presentation.

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Ar. Surinder Bahga with delegates at Egypt

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In Book Review section, Dr SS Bhatti reviewed Sangeet Sharma’s book titled, “Corb’s Capitol—A Journey through Chandigarh Architecture”.

The March issue also published works of architects Sarbjit Bahga, Sanjay Goel, Surinder Bahga and an article by Anu Singh. Chapter has taken initiative to promote works and writings of its members.

Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is thankful to its sponsors for supporting them in the upliftment of architectural profession and making a small contribution to the profession of architecture.

Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is planning to set-up a library for its members and students. A proposal in this regard has been submitted to Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal. He has been requested to give grant to purchase books and furniture for the library.

Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is working on the comprehensive directory of its members. Addresses, emails, phone numbers are being updated. There is a proposal to include building bye-laws of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana in the Directory for ready reference of the chapter members. Directory is likely to be published in near future. All the members are requested to send their mailing addresses, latest phone / mobile numbers, emails, COA number at the Chapter’s address or email: iia.chdpb@gmail.com.

1. R e s t o r a t i o n O f I I A Examination Centre:Chandigarh used to be Centre for conducting examinations of Indian Institute of Architects. Due to certain reasons, last year the centre was shifted to Delhi. It has caused a lot of hardships to students of northern states like Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir. A number of students have given representations to the Chapter with a request to restore Chandigarh as examination centre. The issue was taken

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up by Ar Jit Gupta at National Council thmeeting of IIA which was held in Goa on 16

April, 2010. Finally the council agreed to the proposal of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter. Now examination will be conducted in Chandigarh between June 21-30, 2010.

2. Master Plan Of Jalandhar StalledIIA Jalandhar Sub-Centre organised a press

rdconference in Jalandhar on 3 Jan, 2010 to discuss the master plan of Jalandhar being prepared by Department of Town and Country Planning, Punjab. Ar Jit Gupta pointed out various deficiencies in the plan and suggested remedies for the same. The Government of Punjab has taken serious view of the suggestions and ultimately the concerned department has been requested to revise the master plan of Jalandhar city.

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Jalandhar, April 18

The master plan prepared by the Jalandhar Development Board (JDA) didn’t get the nod at a meeting of the Punjab Regional & Town Planning and Development Board. The meeting was chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh.

A senior bureaucrat, on the condition of anonymity, who was present in the meeting, said scores of objections had been submitted in response to the proposed draft of the master plan prepared by Jalandhar Development Board in the second week of December.

After incorporating most of the objections, the master plan would be republished soon. Any suggestion or objection from any individual or organisation may be submitted within 30 days of making the second draft public, he added.

Giving a hint of incorporation of objections, he said instead of forcibly shifting polluting industrial units from the residential areas, it was decided to provide incentives to those industrialists who expressed their willingness to do so.

The JDA prepared the first draft of the proposed master plan of Jalandhar, which included 780 sq km area falling under

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Ar Surinder Bahga presented his paper titled “Climate-Responsive Architecture: An Indian Experience”. The conference was attended by 250 architects and students.

Ar Bahga was also invited to give a talk on “Chandigarh City” at Centre for

Planning & Architecture Studies, Cairo.

An exhibition on works of members of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is under preparation and is at an advanced stage. In Phase I, exhibition will be displayed in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar. Exhibition will showcase works of architects of this Chapter in approximately 50 panels. Each panel will be self-explanatory having drawings, photographs and write-ups. In Phase II, Exhibition will be shown in other parts of India also.

Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter have worked very hard to bring out a special issue of January, 2010. The entire issue is dedicated to the works of architects who are members of Chapter. It featured articles of Ar Jit Gupta and Ar Rachna. In addition to these projects of architects SD Sharma, Namita Singh, Sarbjit Bahga, Mohinderjit Singh, Surinder Bahga, Sangeet Sharma, Archana Chaudhary, Dalbir Singh, Kanav Khosla, Karan Singh/ Rita Singh, Yashinder Bahga, Sanjay Goel and Ashok Purie are published.

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Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahar districts.

Apart from several other objections from different quarters, architects had suggested the JDA to incorporate realigning of rail lines in the shape of tunnels to free the ground surface areas from traffic congestion. They also suggested that option of mixed land use needed to be exercised with caution and to be focused only in specific areas rather than as policy on all areas.

(Courtesy: The Tribune, April 19, 2010)

3. Master Plan of PatialaAbout 40 members of IIA, Patiala Sub-Centre had a brain-storming session on December 26, 2009 to examine the draft master plan of Patiala. After detailed deliberations, IIA Sub-Centre has given various proposals to improve the master plan. Now the Government of Punjab has directed the Department of Town and Country Planning to revise the master plan. It has been informed to Patiala Sub Centre that the Department is considering the proposals given by the IIA viz. the shifting of the part of industrial pocket along Sirhind road; the provision of mixed landuse along main roads upto urbanisable areas instead of agriculture and residential areas; realignment of outer Ring Road and extension of inner Ring Road.

4. Finalising service rules for recruitment of vacant faculty p o s i t i o n s i n v a r i o u s professional colleges of city e s p e c i a l l y C h a n d i g a r h College of Architecture. Due to the pursuance of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter, seven lecturers have been appointed on adhoc basis in the CCA and Sh Pawan Bansal, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs have written a DO letter to Sh Kapil Sibal to finalise the recruitment rules.

The Amritsar Sub-Centre of IIA was installed in the month of Oct., 09. After the installation ceremony, the Sub-Centre has taken various initiatives to improve Amritsar City.

1. The Amritsar Sub-Centre had given some Proposals to Commissioner of Police, Amritsar for improving the traffic control

AMRITSAR SUB-CENTRE

system. The issues in terms of planning of the city, use of traffic lights, signboards, parking areas were discussed.

2. The Sub-Centre prepared the conceptual landscape plan for improving the green belt from Taraiwal Bridge to the Gateway of Amritsar on GT Road. The Commissioner, MC lauded the efforts of the Executive Committee of IIA Sub Centre.

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh (India) and IIA, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter are jointly organising an International Conference on “Urbanism & Green Architecture”. It will be held at NIT campus on 30-31 October, 2010. Leading architects of India like Uttam C. Jain, Suhasini Aiyer Guigan, Dr Vinod Gupta and Dr BS Bhooshan will be invited speakers. Research papers are invited from all over the world. All the Chapter members are also requested to send their research papers on the following themes to the conference.

Sobha Singh Memorial Society and Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter are planning to curate an exhibition on life and works of renowned Artist Sobha Singh at Chandigarh in the month of August, 2010. The Chapter requests all its members to send their suggestions to make this event a success.

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Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter wishes “Best of Health” to the oldest architect in the world – Oscar Niemeyer ( born December 15, 1907). At the age of 102 years he is still working. He is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture. Is a pioneer in exploring the formal possibilities of reinforced concrete solely for their aesthetic impact. His works include public buildings designed for the city of Brasilia, and the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

He says, “It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve — the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman.”

LONG LIVE OSCAR NIEMEYER

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