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Workshop for |
EARTHQUAKE
RESISTANT PRACTICES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE |
A “Workshop on Earthquake Resistant
Practices for Undergraduate Students of Architecture” was conducted at
IIT Kanpur during July 03 – 08, 2008. This was a part of NICEE
initiative towards reaching the architects of tomorrow through a
hands-on programme in earthquake resistant architectural design. The
workshop was attended by 57 participants of 19 colleges from all over
India (and Nepal). These participants were selected from over 100
applications which were received. The aim of this workshop was to
sensitize the students of architecture in earthquake resistant design
practices through technical lectures followed by design studios where
they were given guidance in earthquake resistant design by working on an
architectural design project. |
During the six-day workshop the students were given an architectural design assignment where they were required to design an apartment complex containing a mix of various different types of apartments in addition to amenities and utilities for residents. The brief was to incorporate earthquake resistant features at the conceptual design stage along with the usual design considerations such as activities, climate, image etc. Students were exposed to RESIST software to test the adequacy of their designs from seismic performance perspective and this session helped them arrive at reasonable sizes of structural members. The design assignment helped the students internalize earthquake safety issues and apply these in their design solutions. |
The following faculty
members were the resource persons of the workshop: In addition to the above faculty, lectures were also delivered by Dr. Sudhir K. Jain and Dr. Durgesh C. Rai of IIT Kanpur, who also participated in the Design Studios and guided the students on how best to incorporate earthquake resistant features in their individual designs, keeping in mind all the other requirements of the design brief. The studio sessions were a mix of desk work and informal lectures where individual cases were used to illustrate earthquake engineering concepts to the entire class. |
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The final designs were evaluated by a Jury Board on the last day through presentations followed by brief questioning by the Jury. The Jury consisted of Ar. Tapan Kumar Sinha, Additional Director General, CPWD, New Delhi; Prof Amit Bose, Director, Designers & Planners Combine, New Delhi; Prof OR Jaiswal, Department of Applied Mechanics, VNIT, Nagpur; Prof Sudhir K Jain and Prof Durgesh C Rai of IIT Kanpur. After the initial scrutiny, best eight designs were shortlisted, which were again reviewed by the Jury. The final winners were as follows:
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The students feedback at the end of
workshop was excellent. The overall rating assigned by the students to
the workshop was 83% (average). The response had an average score of
4.71 (out of 5.0) to the question if they will recommend this workshop
to their colleagues.
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For further details please contact Cdr
Suresh Ailawadi, Retd, at
asuresh@iitk.ac.in, nicee@iitk.ac.in
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