The day was dedicated to the theme Heritage and Conservation,
it focused on importance of Conservation of heritage buildings. The
session was very well conducted and was very informative. The day was
concluded by giving a token of appreciation to the speaker Mr. Naveen Piplani.
Day 1
The second day was dedicated to gaining first-hand experience by the means of
heritage walk conducted by Ar. Abhishek. The walk covered Jain temples to the old city
of Delhi. The FDP continued to explore the conservation work done at Humayun's Tomb
Followed by an enchanting rendezvous of the newly developed heritage park Sunder Nursery – Delhi's Heritage Park, which was conducted by Ar. Sumedha.
The day began by welcoming Ar. Iqtedar Alam, Assistant Professor from Jamia Millia Islamia with
introduction of what Modernism means in context of Delhi and other cities of India. It talked about
utility, beauty and firmness in buildings. The presentation helped to clarify the impact of the movement
on buildings in different parts of the world and their interconnection. The speaker for the third and fourth session was Ar. Nilanjan Bhowal, Principal Architect at Design Consortium who discussed about tussle
between buildings and environment. It provided an insight in terms of how various sustainable
techniques are used on sites under different context.
All the delegates assembled for travelling to the campus of CSE (Centre for Science and Environment),
were the first two sessions were to be held. Ar. Sugeet Grover gave an introduction about CSE and their
works elaborating on rain water harvesting system used in the campus. A detailed discussion was done
on how the waste segregation, disposal and treatment process is taken care of in the campus. Post lunch seesion involved a site visit to Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, located at Jor Bagh road, Block 17, Lodhi
colony, New Delhi. Paryavaran Bhawan, newly constructed in New Delhi, is India's first on site net zero
building.
The last day of the event began by welcoming Mr. Sanjay Khanna the General manager of DFL Real
estate company along with his colleague Mr. Mukul Gupta. The topic of the session was on use of "Latest Construction Technology". The presentation elaborated on advantage of BIM (Building Information
Modeling) in managing a project. The concept of futuristic construction technology and use of sensors in
buildings was discussed in detail. Then the session was opened for question answer session.
Day 2
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G R O W T H