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DECLARED!!!!
THE WINNERS OF
COA-NIASA AWARDS
for
EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL THESIS 2011
The 6th National Annual Awards Programme
(in alphabetical order)
Anuja
from
Faculty of Architecture, MS University, Vadodara, Gujarat.
Topic: Rehabilitation Center at Ahmedabad
Harshita
from
R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Topic: War Museum & Memorial Park at Bangalore.
Jeenal
from
Kamala Raheja College of Architecture, Mumbai.
Topic: Mandapeshwar: Through Palimpsests of Time
AND THE Runners up ……… (in alphabetical order)
Akshara
from
R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Topic: Cultural reflection as Urban Insert
Ankita
from
Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon.
Topic: Inhabitation of Margins
Asma
from
MEASI Academy of Architecture, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Topic: Redevelopment of Chennai Central Station
Harshavardhan
from
Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai.
Topic: Alternative Development Model for Inner Cities
Jayashri
from
MEASI Academy of Architecture, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Topic: School for Alternative Education-Redevelopment of CFL, Bangalore
Nitesh
from
Lovely School of Architecture and Design, Phagwara.
Topic: Commune for Video Gamers
Tapeesh
from
Sarvajanik College of Education and technology, Surat, Gujarat.
Topic: Real estate development: a public face
PANEL OF JURORS FOR NATIONAL FINALS
Prof. Dr. Gunter Nest, Berlin, Germany.
Ar. K.R.Jaisim, Bangalore.
Prof. Ram Sharma, New Delhi.
PANEL OF JURORS FOR ZONAL JURIES
Zone I-Gurgaon
Prof. Aneerudha Paul, Mumbai.
Ar. Anup Naik, Bangalore.
Ar. Edgar DeMello, Bangalore.
Zone II-Nagpur
Prof. Ashish Ganju, New Delhi.
Ar. Chitra Vishwanath, Bangalore.
Prof. I.M. Chishti, New Delhi.
Zone III-Nashik
Ar. D. V. Solomon, Chennai.
Ar. Sathyaprakash Varanashi, Bangalore.
Ar. Surya Kakani, Ahmedabad.
Zone IV-Bijapur
Prof. Sharad Panchal, Ahmedabad.
Ar. Snehanshu Mukherji, New Delhi.
Ar. Vandana Ranjitsinh, Mumbai.
Zone V-Chennai
Ar. Ayan Sen, Kolkata.
Ar. Jaimini Mehta, Vadodara.
Ar. Savita Punde, New Delhi.
Council of Architecture (COA) through its academic unit -National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) has been organizing an “AWARDS PROGRAMME FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL THESIS” for students who have submitted their thesis, in the undergraduate courses, each academic year, from Colleges of Architecture in India. This is an annual event conducted to identify the best thesis projects of India. The awards programme showcases the best students’ design works from across the country to create a better appreciation of architectural design concerns by becoming a public event. Stalwarts from the field of Architecture are involved in choosing the winners, in a public jury attended by the general public, including students and faculty from all regional Colleges of Architecture, eminent citizens and the media. The programme simultaneously acts as a public awareness event, to promote the subject of Architecture.
THE AWARDS.....
At the Zonal Juries…
To the two winners Rs.10,000/- + book each.
To the next eight presenters Rs.5,000/- + book each
At the National Finals…
To the best three thesis Projects Rs.75,000/each
To the next seven Thesis projects -Rs. 20,000/-each
All Zonal and Final participants shall be awarded certificates of Participation and Merit.
The awards at the finals shall have 2 components: Cash & Books
The entries presented at the Zonal and National Juries will be published by Council of Architecture.
STAGES OF THE PROGRAMME
STAGE 1a : Exhibition and Shortlisting
All the entries received at each Zonal Centre will be exhibited in a public exhibition hall on various dates in the second half of August 2011. Members of the zonal jury shall inspect and shortlist ten thesis projects from amongst all the entries received and displayed in each zone.
STAGE 1b: Zonal Jury
Authors of the ten shortlisted thesis projects shall make an audio-visual presentation to the members of the Jury in the jury attended by the general public and students, conducted in a public auditorium. Two thesis projects from each Zonal Jury will be selected for the National Jury.
STAGE 2: National Jury
National finalists will make a presentation to the National Jurors in a public jury attended by the citizens, architects and students. The winners will be announced at the end of the day.