Urban Studies: Reading a Cty; Alleppey, Kerala SS15

WORKPLAN
13th & 14th May 2015 - Introduction and base preparations - 2.5hrs/day contact hrs

15th/16th/17th may 2015 - travel by train - Ahmedabad to Alleppey

18th to 27th may 2015- 10 days - field work - documentation/data collections - 6hrs/day contact
hrs
28th/29th/30th may 2015 - travel by train - Alleppey to Ahmedabad
1st to 5th june 2015 - 5 days - studio work - presentation drgs and report making - 3hrs/day
contact hrs

INSTRUCTOR
RAJIV KADAM
Rajiv Kadam is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Architecture,
CEPT Universtiy. He has both the diploma in Architecture in 1988 and
post graduate diploma in Urban Design in 1991 from CEPT University
and is engaged in teaching Urban Design Studios, a seminar course in
Humanizing Cities, Urban Design Theory and guiding thesis students in
architecture and urban design. His major emphasis and interest is to
develop an in depth understanding of nature, human aspects and urban ecology as the basis to
design of built environment. He has written on small town urbanism, urban transformations,
humanizing cities and has prepared documentary films on urban life with students in urban
design. Professionally he worked with firms in Ahmedabad and practicing on projects like
hospitals, institutions, housing, residences and interior projects. He has participated in national
and international architecture and urban design competitions. As a faculty he has worked on
urban projects under the CEPT Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) in lake
development projects, slum redevelopment, old city revitalization, redevelopment of religious
precincts, and road development projects. He presented a joint paper on Revitalization strategy
for old city of Jaipur at CSAAR 2008 international conference in Jordan. Besides teaching he is
interested in documentation of nature, architecture, city and urban life giving importance to
experience as a means for learning.
NOBLE GEORGE
(Teaching Asst from Cochin)