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Academic and institutional engagements, and concluding remarks

Summary:

Discussing how the practice has evolved and changed over time, specifically in terms of projects within Bangalore city, Leena Kumar notes how the biggest factor influencing this change has been time. Speaking of how no one has the patience for slow building processes in the present time, she talks about the importance of inculcating elements like less labour-intensive designs, and ready-made detailing into her practice. She also mentions how she has never worked with builders, how the direct involvement of architects with their projects in changing due to changing natures of construction and building, as well as how she envisions her future practice towards reaching out to the public. She then talks about her associations with different forums and institutes like Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Council of Architecture (COA), and other education institutes like Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID), where she served as the Chairman in 2010-12. She details the experiences of being associated with each, attending juries, taking classes and workshops, mostly focusing in the southern region. She notes how architecture is a very difficult subject to teach because there is no one way for its pedagogy to develop, and concludes the session by mentioning how she has never worked with another woman architect in her career and how she would like to engage with different women architecture forums in the near future.    

Practitioner:

Leena Kumar

Interviewee:

Leena Kumar

Interviewer:

Ishita Shah

Duration:

00.17.57

Mode:

Offline

Date:

06/05/2022

Language:
English

Highlights:
(00:00:55:21) Issues with time as a constraint, (00:03:41:27) Changes in the kind of projects over the years, (00:11:16:16) Involvement of IIA in education