The Vivek Eadara Show

CHAPTERS 

0:00​ Jay Shah's Intro 

4:01​ Thesis Project 'Garden of Reconciliation' Presentation    

42:02​  Q/A discussion on Thesis Project 

1:09:08​ Nagaland Project 'Kohima Portfolio' presentation 

1:29:25​ Experience working as an assistant tutor at KRIVA and CEPT  

JAY SHAH 

From the maximus city of Mumbai, Jay Shah is a skilled Architect and an avid painter. An alumnus of the Kamla Raheja Vidhyanidhi institute for architecture and environmental studies, he finished his BArch in 2018. During this time, his thesis called Garden of Reconciliation- has won numerous awards which also include the National Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Thesis organized by the COA. This project was also short listed as the top 20 projects across the world in Archiprix 2019 for which Jay was the only Indian to be shortlisted in the history of the award. His projects have also been showcased at multiple forums in the country and outside including GAFA in Guangzhou China.   

Jay has been working on a project in Nagaland since 2017 in close association with the indigenous tribes and the government body there. Working in such a remote area and many other such contexts within the country and outside has rendered a certain sensitivity to his perception of architecture.   

He has worked as a teaching assistant for a year at the KRVIA with Rohan Shivkumar and is currently working as a senior architect with the renowned architect, Samira Rathod in Mumbai. He is also assistant- tutoring a design studio at CEPT, Ahemdabad along with Samira Rathod.  

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THE VIVEK EADARA SHOW  

Hi ! My name is Vivek Eadara and i am a student of Architecture. My love for Art, Travel and Photography made me realise my undying passion for Architecture. I have always loved having conversation with people who are just as passionate about architecture and travel as I am, and this podcast is just that.   

The idea of starting an Architecture Podcast series is an initiative to interact and create a dialogue with well-known industry professionals, emerging young Architects and aspiring architecture students to converse about one’s personal and professional experiences that may find way in helping others, areas of concern within the fraternity, some fun trivial chats and many more.  

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BABA SASHANK graduated from JNAFAU, Hyderabad in 2010. He worked at Mindspace, Bangalore with Ar. Sanjay Mohe. An avid reader and illustrator of comics since childhood, he occasionally squeezes out a graphic novel or two when not consumed by architecture. His other passions include graphic design, script writing and street magic.  

VINDHYA GUDURU got her bachelors in architecture from CSIIT, Hyderabad in 2009. In the course of her extensive travel, she worked with many prominent firms in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Auroville on projects scaling from high end developments to contemporary interiors. She graduated from Pratt institute in New York with masters in Interior Design. Developing patterns and exhibition spaces has always been a passion for her leading to recognition and publication  of her works.   

Together they started Spacefiction Studio in 2015 in Hyderabad. Intended to be a blend of design disciplines with architecture as the base, the firm handles projects of various scales and nature. Experienced in shaping the architecture and interiors of large scale housing, institutions, research labs and commercial spaces, the studio often dabbles with everything related with design and art. 

Visit their website for more information: https://spacefictionstudio.com/  

THE VIVEK EADARA SHOW  

Hi ! My name is Vivek Eadara and i am a student of Architecture. My love for Art, Travel and Photography made me realise my undying passion for Architecture. I have always loved having conversation with people who are just as passionate about architecture and travel as I am, and this podcast is just that.   

The idea of starting an Architecture Podcast series is an initiative to interact and create a dialogue with well-known industry professionals, emerging young Architects and aspiring architecture students to converse about one’s personal and professional experiences that may find way in helping others, areas of concern within the fraternity, some fun trivial chats and many more.  

For updates follow my Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/thevivekeadarashow

KIRON CHEERLA 

Architect Kiron Cheerla graduated with a gold medal from the School of Planning and Architecture, J.N.T. University in 1994 and then pursued his Masters from University of Texas in 1995. Before forming his own practice in 2003 he worked with reputed firms like R.P.G.A. design group in Texas and with Somaya & Kalappa Consultants in Mumbai.  Kiron Cheerla Architecture is committed to the design of buildings, not just its function, appearance and spatial quality, but also deals with other important factors like context, client, materials, technology etc. The firm’s interest is in working critically with the site and coming up with the best possible solution for the given program. The most important quality of the work is the architectural experience. The work tries to recall the fundamental elements of architecture, which enables them to work at any scale, with any material, with any program and ignoring the question of style.   

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PRIYA TADINADA is a graduate Architect from JNAFAU (Hyderabad) and a Masters student of Design for Performance and Interaction at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (London, United Kingdom). Her inquisitiveness - that stemmed from understanding Architecture as more than a subject taught amidst four walls instigated her love for travel. Exploring countries, workshops and internships during her course of study, she developed an undying passion to design spaces that consist of  what more than meets the eye - an experience. She believes that the subtle blend of architecture and the human emotional connect is what brings a space to ‘life’, which she aspires to create through her work in the near future. Alongside being an interdisciplinary designer in the making, she enjoys climbing mountains and uses photography as an art of storytelling. She held a solo exhibition titled “Where Next?” in 2018 (Hyderabad, India) that captured moments of her travel stories into an abstract visual memoir. Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/prixelated/...​ 

Tune in, as we discuss

Fear of trying something other than the mainstream professions (in India) 

Software and Indian Universities 

How a grade-A college in India is different from a grade-A school of the world (the gap and how hard it is to fit in sometimes) 

Traveling and how it broadens horizons Looking for opportunities (how hard to try)   

THE VIVEK EADARA SHOW 

Hi ! My name is Vivek Eadara and i am a student of Architecture. My love for Art, Travel and Photography made me realise my undying passion for Architecture. I have always loved having conversation with people who are just as passionate about architecture and travel as I am, and this podcast is just that.   The idea of starting an Architecture Podcast series is an initiative to interact and create a dialogue with well-known industry professionals, emerging young Architects and aspiring architecture students to converse about one’s personal and professional experiences that may find way in helping others, areas of concern within the fraternity, some fun trivial chats and many more.  

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TANAY BOTHARA is an Architect and a self-taught photographer. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture from PVP COA, Pune in 2018. In the same year, he won Asia Young Designer Award 2018-19 in Singapore for his architecture thesis. He was also awarded a scholarship for a design course in Harvard Graduate School of Design, Massachusetts. He has interned with Bijoy Ramachandran, Hundredhands, and is currently working with Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai. His love for travel, architecture, and photography is linked with a common thread of minimalism. Along the way of his solo travels through the wild and the cityscapes, he observes the dichotomy of man and nature, imbibing cultural nuances of the people he meets and taking inspiration for his art. He has cycled through various states of India, spending one month in each state. Cycling up the Himalayas, through barren desert land, along backwaters, and down highways, he has traversed all sorts of terrain on his two wheels.  For more visit: www.tanaybothara.com  THE VIVEK EADARA SHOW Hi ! My name is Vivek Eadara and i am a student of Architecture. My love for Art, Travel and Photography made me realise my undying passion for Architecture. I have always loved having conversation with people who are just as passionate about architecture and travel as I am, and this podcast is just that.   The idea of starting an Architecture Podcast series is an initiative to interact and create a dialogue with well-known industry professionals, emerging young Architects and aspiring architecture students to converse about one’s personal and professional experiences that may find way in helping others, areas of concern within the fraternity, some fun trivial chats and many more.