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Observations on parity of woman practitioners and in joint-practice

Summary:

On discovering the practices of women architects, Gita Balakrishnan begins to talk about the connection she made through the many conferences she participated in Kolkata as well as through networking for Ethos. As she talks about women architects’ practices, she notes how architects regardless of gender could never inherit their practice. She goes on to talk about the recognition that women architects receive from the perspective of having invited personalities to be on a panel or lecture series. She also notes the natural shift or even curated shift that is giving women architects the visibility they deserve, considering that out of the number of women who graduate, there are very few with active practices. From her experience, she talks about exceptional cases where she has seen evidence of when women practitioners have asserted themselves. On equal partnerships, she mentions examples of where women practitioners who established their narratives were different in their approaches and attempted to strike a balance. 

On women practitioners who have also transitioned to working as contractors, she speaks about the interactions and meetings she has had with them. She recognizes how women contractors would offer construction sites the possibility to be safer for women. Moving on to preeminent practitioners, she talks about Tara Chandavarkar and her important role in nurturing CnT to make it what it is today. She also concludes with her interactions and impressions of contemporary women practitioners who have set up significant practices in Kolkata including Anuradha Rathore, Sukanya Dasgupta, and many others.

Practitioner:

Gita Balakrishnan

Interviewee:

Gita Balakrishnan

Interviewer:

Ishita Shah

Duration:

00.26.54

Mode:

Online

Date:

17/03/2021

Language:
English

Highlights:
(00:03:05:30) Inheriting a practice and making it your own, (00:20:20:15) Women contractors and women on-site