Art, Architecture and Design Professionals On TFOD

The ‘Japanese fountain’ that is currently going viral and trending on most social networking sites – is indeed, a fine piece of art. The only thing is, it is neither a fountain, nor is it art in a physical form! This is 3D-artist Chad Knight flirting with the wonderful world of digital art. The works, which he puts up with amazing regularity on his Instagram Profile, have made him an internet sensation – and the photorealistic nature of a few of his best-known works actually sees people googling to check if that can be their next holiday destination!!

A supermarket is to open next month in rural Bangladesh for small local farmers to sell their produce, but interestingly, this news from the agri-business realm of a small developing nation is significant for the architecture world, and why would it not be? After all, the inputs here are as cross-continental, multi-cultural and multidisciplinary as they can get with Bangladeshi and Dutch Institutions and architects contributing to efforts for the alleviation of agrarian distress. And, when the results are as aesthetically significant as they are functionally relevant, the fraternity needs to sit up and take notice. Here’s taking a look at the design project called ‘Vegetable Super Market’ in Khulna district of Bangladesh handled in partnership by Amsterdam based Tjep and local firm Vaastukalpa.

Dutch firm MVRDV having completed a two-building entertainment hub near Seoul, South Korea, has created the latest stir on the global architectural scene. The gold and white bathed windowless structures called The Imprint, housing a night club and an entertainment theme park which form the first phase of an entertainment hub called Paradise City about a kilometre away from Seoul airport, have been the talk of the town – equally hated and loved – ever since they have been opened to the public. Visually quite un-ignorable, The Imprint is quite path-breaking, if it can be called that, in a way of its own.

Once more, we go exploring the abundant TFOD galleries for treasurable design inspirations... and come loaded with ideas. This time around, we have dug into the corners of every type of space to examine what mantra the design gurus offer to use, liven up and invigorate the nooks and crannies into charming magnets that attract the eye and the soul. Left unimaginatively treated, corners have the power to undo the effects of an otherwise well-designed space. So, we’d best take some lessons from the experiences of professionals on how not to ‘cut corners’ and spoil our perfect décor.

On 25^th September 2018, a new milestone was set in the annals of Indian architecture – when a team of architects (teachers and students) from Navrachna University, Baroda was declared the First Prize Winner of a prestigious international competition for redesigning the iconic FLW monument – the Guggenheim Museum in New York!

Prof. Percy Adil Pithawala, Head of Architecture at the School of Environmental Design and Architecture, Navrachana University, along with teaching assistant Dhruv Shah and students - Varun Shah, Meghna Kanungo, Vishesh Narola, and Roshni Shah – clinched the top slot in the Switch International Design Competition – ‘Redesigning the Guggenheim.’