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Ethos, vision, workplace, influences & clients

Summary:

Ambika Kamath notes how since Revathi designed Nalin Tomar’s house, she gained public recognition, especially in the media which helped their outreach in the business. She talks about how her mother felt about her Aga Khan Award nominations and then goes into detail on her mother’s ethos and architectural vision, noting how Revathi gave  high importance to attaining harmony within the traditional, the crafts, and the natural surrounding of the site in her creations. While she explains that Revathi’s aesthetic sense was rooted in all of this, her father’s (Vasant Kamath) priority was aesthetic first, which drew inspiration from Delhi’s architectural landscape. 

She talks more about Revathi’s relationship with her peers and what she observed and learned from her approach on-site and in her workspace, as a woman architect. On Revathi’s contemporaries and influences, she names and describes a few architectural works of peers with whom Revathi was often found at odds, early influences like Le Corbusier and the couple’s interactions with his works, as well as her personal connections and their relationships in the later phases of her life. 

She talks about Revathi’s experience with teaching and how she felt about classroom education, presentations, and talks. She talks more about her parent’s long-standing relationship with their clients and the process Revathi enjoyed with each of their projects, as compared to their personal social life. She closes by talking about her personal journey and career choices and the impact that Revathi’s passion has had on Ambika and her brother’s life and work.

Practitioner:

Revathi Kamath

Interviewee:

https://audiomack.com/embed/song/info-412/005bs1c2?key=womenofvaastukala

Interviewer:

Ishita Shah

Duration:

00.33.55

Mode:

Online

Date:

26/07/2021

Language:
English

Places of Interest:
Bhopal
People:
Le Corbusier
Highlights:
(00:01:46:20) Attitude with being recognised, (00:02:34:11) Aga Khan Award, (00:04:12:09) Design ethos of Revathi Kamath, (00:06:57:18) Vasath Kamath's approach