Code: WH_OH_006_AUD_S3(C2)
Professional journey, senior architects, technology & observations
Summary:Dwelling on her relationship with Ar. Eulie Chowdhury (the first woman Chief Architect in the Punjab Administration) and her work approach and detailing, she acknowledges she learned many lessons under her guidance since joining her as an Assistant Architect. She learned more from observing her drawings rather than from direct interactions as she was relatively unapproachable. In the few interactions she did have, including an interview she held, she describes the environment and the observations she made. She then expressed a desire for senior architects to be more approachable to their teams, as she later attempted to be during her tenure. She became more attentive to the needs of young women recruits due to a regrettable past experience she describes, from when she first joined.
Talking about the many special projects she took up, she goes into detail about the competition, concept, and engagements involved. On adapting to the technological advancements, she remembers her first interactions with working with computers at the Punjab Administration. She lists how the efficiency of standardisation across time-bound government projects proved itself, and in the case of whether it was a standardisation of detail or of form/experience of spaces. Moreover, while drawing from her observations as a child in the spaces she had lived and experienced,she details the alterations she has made to standard designs. She talks further about the details that make her projects more universally accessible. In conclusion, she speaks of how integral the by-laws are with government buildings, her approach to conservation, and the coordinated efforts of the sanctioning and making department.
Balvinder Saini
Balvinder Saini
Ishita Shah
00:39:51
Online
29/11/2021
English
2000-2009
(00:00:55) The meticulous detailing of Eulie Chowdhury’s designs and work, (00:14:45) Guiding and mentoring new women recruits in office, (00:21:10) Getting introduced to computers and digital technologies, (00:32:05) Approach towards a barrier-free environment and increase accessibility in designs