Indian Modernity - 5 part series: Part 1 - Rasa and structure (26 min) - Part 2 - Stone and courtyard (26 min), Habitat (26 min), Context and singularity (26 min), Sustainability (26 min)
Rewal, Manu
Indian Modernity - 5 part series: Part 1 - Rasa and structure (26 min) - Part 2 - Stone and courtyard (26 min), Habitat (26 min), Context and singularity (26 min), Sustainability (26 min) - Duniya Vision [India] Pvt. Ltd. - DVD
Running time : 5*26 minutes
1. Rasa and Structure - Raj Rewal's formative influences as well as the context in which he started practicing in India in1962, is followed by a presentation of his early works, such as the bold and innovative Hall of Nations complex, through the theme of "Rasa and structure"
2. Stone and the courtyard : From the 1970s Raj Rewal used stone and the courtyard, traditional design elements with a modern sensibility. The Central Institute of Educational Technology, the World Bank regional office and the Grape City Software Centre are explored in this section.
3. The habitat : In the Rewal house, elements of the Indian Haveli are fused with a modernist space and vocabulary. In the Asian games village, and the National Institute of Immunology, inspired by a traditional city, Jaisalmer, he renewed the thinking on mass housing.
4. Context and Singularity : Through an in depth exploration of two of his masterpieces, the Parliament library in Delhi and the Islamic Centre in Lisbon, we are introduced to Raj Rewal's understanding of context and its impact on his designs.
5. Sustainability : In the visual arts University complex and Coal India Ltd headquarters. Raj Rewal combines traditional Indian design solutions to counter the climate with solar panels to create sustainable buildings that reinvent Indian modernity.
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Indian Modernity - 5 part series: Part 1 - Rasa and structure (26 min) - Part 2 - Stone and courtyard (26 min), Habitat (26 min), Context and singularity (26 min), Sustainability (26 min) - Duniya Vision [India] Pvt. Ltd. - DVD
Running time : 5*26 minutes
1. Rasa and Structure - Raj Rewal's formative influences as well as the context in which he started practicing in India in1962, is followed by a presentation of his early works, such as the bold and innovative Hall of Nations complex, through the theme of "Rasa and structure"
2. Stone and the courtyard : From the 1970s Raj Rewal used stone and the courtyard, traditional design elements with a modern sensibility. The Central Institute of Educational Technology, the World Bank regional office and the Grape City Software Centre are explored in this section.
3. The habitat : In the Rewal house, elements of the Indian Haveli are fused with a modernist space and vocabulary. In the Asian games village, and the National Institute of Immunology, inspired by a traditional city, Jaisalmer, he renewed the thinking on mass housing.
4. Context and Singularity : Through an in depth exploration of two of his masterpieces, the Parliament library in Delhi and the Islamic Centre in Lisbon, we are introduced to Raj Rewal's understanding of context and its impact on his designs.
5. Sustainability : In the visual arts University complex and Coal India Ltd headquarters. Raj Rewal combines traditional Indian design solutions to counter the climate with solar panels to create sustainable buildings that reinvent Indian modernity.
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