Listen "Prem Chandavarkar: Human within the Architect"
Episode Synopsis
Prem Chandavarkar heads CnT Architects, a third-generation architectural firm based in Bangalore. Besides design practise at CnT, he extensively writes and lectures on architecture, urbanism, culture studies and education.
Prem Chandavarkar, talks about the fissures in disciplinary specialization caused by the lack of humanness in the professional deliberations. Critiquing modern-day architecture, he dwells on three central themes – to merit heritage without invoking the strictures of tradition; apathy towards the inhabiting subject; and, the importance of placing humanness at the core of an architecture project.
Prem Chandavarkar, talks about the fissures in disciplinary specialization caused by the lack of humanness in the professional deliberations. Critiquing modern-day architecture, he dwells on three central themes – to merit heritage without invoking the strictures of tradition; apathy towards the inhabiting subject; and, the importance of placing humanness at the core of an architecture project.
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