WLAM 2023 Celebrations : Biodiversity and Children: Competition at Bhuj
Date: 23rd April, 2023
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Bhuj, Gujarat, India
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
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WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and Wilderness- Workshop Vadodara2
WLAM 2023- Insights into Biodiversity: Connecting past, present and future : Biodiversity and wilderness at Vadodara
Date: 23rd April 2023
Time: 9:00am – 12:00noon
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023-Biodiversity and Children Competition at Surat
WLAM 2023 – Biodiversity and Children
Competition at Surat
Date: 23rd April 2023
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity & Children-Workshop Competition Ahmedabad
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and children
workshop & competition at Ahmedabad
Date: 17th April, 2023
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and Wilderness- Workshop Vadodara
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and wilderness
Biodiversity and wilderness: visiting a wildscape, mapping the biodiversity and understanding the importance of these landscapes.
Date: 16th April, 2023
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity & Children -Competition Bhuj, Surat
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and children
Competition at Bhuj and Surat
Date: 15th April, 2023
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity & Forest: Smriti Van Forest Walk
WLAM 2023 – Biodiversity and Forest
Forest walk at Smriti Van, Bhuj by Dr. R K Nair
Date: 16th April, 2023
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity & Culture : Surat - Garden of Memories
WLAM 2023 – Biodiversity and culture:
competition at Surat: The Garden of memories
Date : 12th April – 23rd April, 2023
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and Birds
WLAM 2023- Event 03: Biodiversity and Birds
Insights into Biodiversity: Connecting past, present and future
Date: 09/04/2023
What are all the birds’ species found in and around your city and where do they live?
Understanding Bird’s community and forging Habitats
Reach: Students from Architecture College and general public
Organizers/For Registration: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity & Children: workshop & competition at Ahmedabad
WLAM 2023 – Biodiversity and children: workshop & competition at Ahmedabad
Theme: Insights into Biodiversity: Connecting past, present and future
Date: 10th April 2023
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and culture competition at Vadodara
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and culture: competition at Vadodara: Nature round the corner [Competition for School Students]
Insights into Biodiversity: Connecting past, present and future
5th April to 21st April 2023
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and culture at Vadodara
Insights into Biodiversity: Connecting past, present and future
Biodiversity and culture at Vadodara
Date: 05/04/2023
Activity 1: Introductory lecture: Insight into past, present & future of Biodiversity
Activity 2: Competition: The Garden of memories
Age Grp: (11-16 years)
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity & Wilderness
WLAM 2023- Biodiversity and Wilderness
Insights into Biodiversity: Connecting past, present and future
Date: 9th April 2023
Biodiversity and wilderness: Workshop at Ahmedabad focusing on giving exposure
to the participants regarding the wild landscapes that dot the city.
Day: 25th March, 2023 – 9th April, 2023
Registrations open for students
Organizers: gujarat.isola@gmail.com
WLAM 2023 - Biodiversity and wilderness: Workshop at Ahmedabad
WLAM 2023 – Biodiversity and wilderness: Workshop at Ahmedabad
focusing on giving exposure to the participants regarding the wild landscapes that dot the city.
Date: 23rd March, 2023 & 9th April, 2023
Past News & Events
Walk in Nature @ Serenity Library and Botanical Garden
World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) celebrations! by ISOLA Gujarat Chapter.
Join us for a walk in nature guided by Dr Santhosh Yadav at the Serenity Tree Library and Botanical Garden Gandhinagar
on 4th April 2021.
Limited seats only!
Please register using this link: https://forms.gle/m6kemBd65jd9aHho9
One/1 : Gupshup Session: Beyond Boundaries
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing “Beyond Boundaries” to present the work and experience of Two Landscape Architects from Asia Pacific region. This will help share the professional work of landscape architects beyond boundaries with all the ISOLA members, professionals, and to a larger audience.
Ms Yuko Nagamura from Japan &
Ms Rajlakshmi Iyer from Singapore, Pune
will be presenting their works this Saturday, 15th August 2020, 11:00 AM to 1:00PM .
Please find the poster attached in the email. We request you to kindly share with all ISOLA members. Anyone interested may please feel free to join.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCURjoJXD-7MzZsiqboN1luQ
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Kindly note:
No registrations required for this event.
Regards,
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter
One/1 : Gupshup Session 17
One/1 GUPSHUP Session 17
The chapters are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Ms Kavita Kedawat from Jaipur will be presenting her work titled “Integration of Disintegrates”
Date: 8th August, 2020
Time: 7:00pm- 8:00pm
To participate
Please register through this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8HtLOEWROQ41cRn-cJB3OXDkbyEn7LI48EN1_ePGswlBd1w/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
One/1 : Gupshup Session 16
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Preetanshi Singh from Bengaluru will be presenting her work titled “The Process in CONTINUUM”.
Date: 1st August, 2020
Time: 7:00pm -Onwards
Location: Online
To participate
Please register through this link:
https://forms.gle/WiAMDR7uJ2GgnDQy5
Kindly note:
- You will receive a registration confirmation on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different or you have not clicked submit.
- Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
- Registered email ID can only be used to enter this online forum.
- Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier sessions will not be considered.
- You will get the meeting link immediately upon filling the form.We will send you a link
- You will get the meeting link immediately upon filling the form.We will send you a link to the meeting 2 hours in advance via google calendar also. Kindly check the spam folder and google calendar in case you don’t receive email.
Contact for Queries
One/1 : Gupshup Session 15
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Ajinkya Chavan from Pune will be presenting his work titled “Every Bagh has A HERO”.
Date: 25th July, 2020
Time: 7:00pm -Onwards
Location: Online
To participate
Please register through this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8HtLOEWROQ41cRn
Kindly note:
- Registration confirmation will be received on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different .
- Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
- Registered email ID can only be used to enter this online forum. Use registered email ID to enter this online forum.
- Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier sessions will not be considered.
- You will get the meeting link immediately upon filling the form. We will send you a link to the meeting 2 hours in advance via google calendar also. Kindly check the spam folder and google calendar in case you don’t receive email.
Contact for Queries
One/1 : Gupshup Session 14
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Hemali Samant from Mumbai will be presenting her work titled “School in Making”.
Date: 18th July, 2020
Time: 7:00pm -Onwards
Location: Online
To participate
Please register through this link:
https://forms.gle/NnCdspfkp9ZeWLPu6
Kindly note:
- Registration confirmation will be received on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different .
- Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
- Registered email ID can only be used to enter this online forum. Use registered email ID to enter this online forum.
- Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier sessions will not be considered.
- You will get the meeting link immediately upon filling the form. We will send you a link to the meeting 2 hours in advance via google calendar also. Kindly check the spam folder and google calendar in case you don’t receive email.
Contact for Queries
One/1 : Gupshup Session 13
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Ms Rucha Nangare from Sangli will be presenting her work titled “Beyond the Green” this Saturday.
Date: 11th July, 2020
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Online
Anyone interested may please register here through this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8HtLOEWROQ41cRn
Kindly note:
- You will receive a registration confirmation on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different or you have not clicked submit.
- Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
- Registered email ID an only be used to enter this online forum.
- Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier session will not be considered.
- You will get the meet link immediately after you register for the event via google forms
Contact for Queries
One/1 : Gupshup Session 12
Gupshup Session 12
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Aditi Pai from Bengaluru will be presenting her work titled “Architecture For Landscape” as part of a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country.
To participate
Please register through this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one1-gupshup-session-12-registration-111019757082
Kindly note:
1. Registration confirmation will be received on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different .
2. Use registered email ID to enter this online forum.
3. Interested need to register again for every event.
4. You will get the meeting link immediately upon filling the form.
Contact for Queries
gujarat.isola@gmail.com
isolarajasthanchapter@gmail.com
Time: Saturday, July 4, 2020, 7:00pm Onwards
Location: “Zoom” Cloud Meeting platform
One/1 : Gupshup Session 11
Gupshup Session 11
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Shruti Humane from Pune will be presenting her work titled “3 Constants” as part of a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country.
Date: saturday, June 27, 2020, 7:00pm Onwards
Location: “Zoom” Cloud Meeting platform
To participate
Please register through this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one1-gupshup-session-11-registration-111000734184
Kindly note:
- Registration confirmation will be received on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different .
- Use registered email ID to enter this online forum.
- Interested need to register again for every event.
- You will get the meeting link immediately upon filling the form.
Contact for Queries
One/1 : Gupshup Session 10
Gupshup Session 10
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Mr. K. Venkatesh Kumar from Bengaluru will be presenting his work titled “Broader Perspective of Landscape Profession” as part of a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country.
Time: saturday, June 20, 2020, 7:00pm Onwards
Location: “Zoom” Cloud Meeting platform
To participate
Please register through this link:
https://forms.gle/
Kindly note:
1. You will receive a registration confirmation on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different or you have not clicked submit.
2. Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
1. You will receive a registration confirmation on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different or you have not clicked submit.
2. Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
3. Registered email ID an only be used to enter this online forum.
4. Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier sessions will not be considered.
5. We will send you a link to the meeting 2 hours in advance via google calendar and email. Kindly check the spam folder and google calendar in case you don’t receive email.
One/1 : Gupshup Session 9
Gupshup Session 9
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Yogendra Ballal, Aurangabad, “Theme: Thoda hai thode kii zaroorat hai” will be presenting his work this saturday, June 13, 2020, 7:00pm Onwards
Location: “Zoom” Cloud Meeting platform
One/1 : Gupshup Session 8
Gupshup Session 8
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Kapil Sachdeva, COOD, Jaipur “Theme: Ideations & Reflections” will be presenting his work this saturday, June 6, 2020, 5:30pm Onwards
Location: “Zoom” Cloud Meeting platform
One/1 : Gupshup Session7
One/1 Gupshup: Session 7
Ankit Kalantri: Carbon Impact of Materials in landscape
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country.
Mr Ankit Kalantri from Hyderabad will be presenting his work titled “Carbon Impact of Materials in landscape” this Saturday, 30th May 2020, 5.30PM to 6.30PM.
Those interested may please register here through this link:
https://forms.gle/U1FspU3gZPk6hWJg7
Kindly note:
1. You will receive a registration confirmation on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different or you have not clicked submit.
2. Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
3. Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier session will not be considered.
4. You will immediately get the meeting link via email after you register. Kindly check spam folder and google calendar in case you don’t receive email.
PS: Kindly ignore the earlier erroneous email.
One/1 : Gupshup Session6
Gupshup Session6
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Ar. Arjun Jajpuria , Studio Aspire, Jaipur shall will be presenting his work this Saturday, 23rd May 2020, 5:30PM onwards.
One/1 : Gupshup Session5
One/1: Gupshup Session5
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Swayam Prakash Mohanty will be presenting his work titled “Retrofitting Smart City” as part of a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country.
Date: Saturday, 16th May 2020
Time: 5:30PM onwards.
To participate
Please register through this link:https://forms.gle/Kj568q2qCJAHq8kn8
Kindly note:
- You will receive a registration confirmation on your email after registering. If you have not received the same, either your email address is different or you have not clicked submit.
- Please write correct email ids while filling registration form
- Interested need to register again for every event. Registration of earlier session will not be considered.
- We will send you a link to the meeting 2 hours in advance via google calendar and email. Kindly check spam folder and google calendar in case you don’t receive email.
Contact for Queries
gujarat.isola@gmail.com
isolarajasthanchapter@gmail.com
One/1 : Gupshup Session4
Gupshup Session4
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Ms Anushree Chitnis from Jaipur will be presenting his work this Saturday, 9th May 2020, 5:30PM onwards.
Case: Landscapes Hands On
One/1 : Gupshup Session3
Gupshup Session3
ISOLA Rajasthan & Gujarat Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. Inviting Professionals and students from across the country.
Mr Himanshu Taneja from Jaipur will be presenting his work this Saturday, 2nd May 2020, 5:30PM onwards.
Case: Talking Sites
One/1 : Gupshup Session2
Gupshup Session2
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Mr Bineet Chhajer from Jaipur will be presenting his work this Saturday, 25th April 2020, 6.30PM onwards.
Case: Rajasthan / The Adoring Journey of Landscape to its Devoiding Theories
One/1 : Gupshup
ISOLA Gujarat & Rajasthan Chapter are jointly organizing a weekly online forum to present the work and experience of Landscape Architects from across the country. This will help share the professional work of ISOLA members amongst themselves, and to a larger audience.
Mr Dwaipayan Bhattacharya from Kolkata will be presenting his work this Saturday, 18th April 2020, 5.30PM to 6.30PM .
One/1 : Different Strokes Session Second
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the second session of One/1 : Different Strokes event to be held at Aayojan School of Architecture Jaipur on 12th October 2019. Fellow professionals will be sharing various aspects of landscape through their body of work. Please find enclosed a draft poster for your reference.
One/1 : Different Strokes
ISOLA Gujarat Chapter has successfully concluded the first session of One/1 : Different Strokes at SCET Architecture College Surat on 7th Sept ’19. The event was well attended by 280 architecture students (B.Arch & M.Arch) and 20 course faculty. Four ISOLA members presented their work: Hemali Samant, Priyesh Shah, Sandip Patil & Bobby Sujansingani, each demonstrating a different view of landscape through their professional works.
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Session 7: Walk With Nature @ The Serenity Library
The Gujarat Chapter of ISOLA is conducting an event:”ONE / 1“, which will bring together current and future professionals, practitioners, subject experts, architects, artists and industry on a single knowledge sharing platform for landscape architecture and design. The event shall be spread over several sessions on various aspects of landscape architecture from soil to finishing materials. These sessions are by invite only. Each session of the event shall focus on one subject or material related to landscape.
Session 7: Walk With Nature @ The Serenity Library
Guided by Dr. Santosh Yadav, Taxonomist
Date: March 9, 2019
Time: 8:00 am to 12 pm
Meeting Point: Serenity Library
For more details check the image.
Tour of Concrete Flooring Manufacturing Facility
The Gujarat Chapter of ISOLA is conducting an event:”ONE / 1“, which will bring together current and future professionals, practitioners, subject experts, architects, artists and industry on a single knowledge sharing platform for landscape architecture and design. The event shall be spread over several sessions on various aspects of landscape architecture from soil to finishing materials. These sessions are by invite only. Each session of the event shall focus on one subject or material related to landscape.
Session 6: Tour of Concrete Flooring Manufacturing Facility
Guided by Mr Mehul Jain, MD, Vyara Tiles
Date: March 2, 2019
Departs: 6:00 am
Tentative Return: 9:00pm
Meeting Point: CEPT University
For more details check the image.
Light + Sessions
The Gujarat Chapter of ISOLA is conducting an event: “ONE / 1“, which will bring together current and future professionals, practitioners, subject experts, architects, artists and industry on a single knowledge sharing platform for landscape architecture and design. The event shall be spread over several sessions on various aspects of landscape architecture from soil to finishing materials. These sessions are by invite only. Each session of the event shall focus on one subject or material related to landscape.
LIGHT + SERIES
Landscape Lighting – Concepts & Concerns
LIGHT+ will have two sessions: the first session on 29th September 2018 by Dr Amardeep Dugar (IALD) and Mr Sarvdeep Basur (IALD) will be on urban lighting masterplan and lighting for comfort. The second session on 28th October 2018 by Mr Vikas Giri and Mr Pranav Patel (IALD) shall be on lighting design processes.
SOIL One Session2
The Gujarat Chapter of ISOLA is conducting an event: “ONE / 1“, which will bring together current and future professionals, practitioners, subject experts, architects, artists and industry on a single knowledge sharing platform for landscape architecture and design. The event shall be spread over several sessions on various aspects of landscape architecture from soil to finishing materials. These sessions are by invite only. Each session of the event shall focus on one subject or material related to landscape.
SESSION 2:
Soils: Manures & Fertililzers, Additives & Alternatives
Date: 19th August, 2018
Timings: 12pm – 5pm
Venue:
Seminar Room, Ahmedabad Management Association,
ATIRA Campus, IIM Road, Ahmedabad
SPEAKERS:
Ms Ketaki Ghate (Oikos, Pune)
Nature conservation & Ecological restoration expert with over 15 years of experience
Mr Karmavir Bhatt (Surat)
Landscape developer with over 20 years experience in the field
Please Note:
The registrations for the same have already begun. This time it’s restricted to 70 people only, on first come first served basis, so kindly block your dates accordingly.
ONE / 1
The Gujarat Chapter of ISOLA is conducting an event: “ONE / 1“, which will bring together current and future professionals, practitioners, subject experts, architects, artists and industry on a single knowledge sharing platform for landscape architecture and design. The event shall be spread over several sessions on various aspects of landscape architecture from soil to finishing materials. These sessions are by invite only. Each session of the event shall focus on one subject or material related to landscape.
The first session: “SOIL+” shall bring together practitioners and manufacturers of different kinds of soil and growing media shall be held on 28th July 2018. Dates for future sessions are tentatively 4th Saturday or 3rd / 4th Sunday of each month, subject to festival holidays, venue and speaker availability.
A preview of sessions to come:
ONE/1 SCHEDULE
- SOILS+ (Session 1: soils: properties, practices)
- SOILS+ (Session 2: soils: manures & fertililzers, additives & alternatives)
- WATER+ (Session 1: Irrigation and rain water harvesting, site drainage)
- WATER+ (Session 2: Fountains)
- WATER+ (Session 3: Water bodies & pools – bio pools)
- WATER+ (Session 4: Wastewater)
- PLANTS+ (Plant ecology, nativity)
- PLANTS+ (Plants for landscape, tree transplantation, diseases and deficiencies, protection of trees on sites undergoing construction)
- ECOLOGY
- PAVING MATERIALS
- SPORTS+ (Golf, sports surfaces)
- PLAY+ (play structures, surfaces)
- EQUIPMENT+ (Garden tools & equipment, pots, sculptures)
- STRUCTURES+ (Shade structures, etc)
- EARTHWORKS+ (earthworks, sand sculptures, geotextiles)
- EQUIPMENT+ (Automation)
Nature Walk 2 Manekbaug Lokvan
Nature Walk 2 @ Manekbaug Lokvan
10th October, 2017
Time: 04:30 pm
Open to ALL Nature Lovers.
For registration email to GUJARAT ISOLA CHAPTER at homebound.isola@gmail.com by 9th October, 2017.
Nature Walk 1: Serenity Library & Botanical Garden Visit
Nature Walk 1
The Serenity Library & Botanical Garden Visit @ Gandhinagar
On 23rd September, 2017
Open to all Nature Lovers!!
Note: Tree Walk is Free of Charge but Registration is compulsory!!
For registration mail to Gujarat Isola Chapter at homebound.isola@gmail.com BY 19th SEPTEMBER.
INCULS Ahmedabad
Fourth International Symposium on Cultural and Historical Landscapes
INCULS
International Symposium on Cultural and Historical Landscapes (INCULS), an annual event that was started in 2009 in response to the IFLA Cultural Landscape Committee’s (IFLA CLC) decision to highlight the importance of cultural and historical landscapes through teaching, research and consultancy in the Asia Pacific Region (APR). INCULS aimed at providing a platform for interdisciplinary discussions towards a common aim – providing a better and sustainable living environment for people and other living creatures sharing this planet through the lenses of cultural arid historical landscape. The 4th INCULS was held at Ahmedabad, India on 14th& 15th December 2013 with the theme of Cultural Landscapes – Transformations. 15 speakers from 6 countries presented papers on various sub-themes.
Landscapes are inherently dynamic and transform through the ages due to their surroundings and the environment, which many a times consists of flora and fauna. Cultural landscapes, within their inherent definition, include any sustained relationship between man and nature. As understanding of natural resources and their relationship to man has evolved, many fields of study of cultural landscapes have arisen. Study of Cultural Landscapes has established its roots in fields of geography, landscape, geology, hydrology, climatology, botany, archaeology, etc. While their expertise varies, they ultimately converge at the point of man-nature relationships. This symposium aspires to document living and established cultural landscapes and their evolution, so that this topic does not remain in the domain of research only, and transforms into a professional field of practice.
Cultural landscapes need not be ancient or historical, they can also be contemporary. Colonization and unprecedented migration from rural to urban areas in the Asia-Pacific Region has immensely transformed cultural landscapes. Examples of this include the impact of Trans-Siberian railway as well as cultural changes due to Indigo farming and Tea cultivation in India, or the historical sea route from Egypt and Mesopotamia to India.
Many such changes have resulted in a cultural turmoil, where traditional cultural knowledge shares space with new cultures being created as well as transformed traditional cultures
The inaugural session was opened with Prof. Prabhakar Bhagwat’s lecture on cultural evolution of landscape in India and its relationship to religion, documentation and historical texts. This was followed by inaugural address and paper by Dr. Atiah Ismail, chairperson of the IFLA-APR Cultural Landscapes Committee. Her paper demonstrated the cultural affiliations of societies and landscape, as studied in Malaysia. Ms. Uma Shankar presented a beautiful imagery and accompanying paper on interpretation of landscape in classical Indian literature. Ms Ayla Khan’s paper explained the intrinsic relationship between plants and culture, manifested in various cultural landscapes.
In the second session, Ms. KanokwaleeSuteethorn highlighted the importance of trees in urban areas, their socio-cultural and ecosystem values demonstrated through case studies from Thailand. Ms Archana Shah presented breathtaking photography of Kutch – a region of Gujarat, highlighting its natural landscape and traditional habitation as well as lifestyles, collected over two decades of her involvement in the region. Ms Yang Heeeun mapped the formation of a community culture in a newly developed creative district in Seoul, Korea. Ms. Miguel Gomez Villarino demonstrated his work on the mapping and landscape character assessment of the cultural landscapes of RiojoAlavesa, Basque Country, Spain.
In the third session, Prof. Amita Sinha presented her ongoing work on mapping and documenting cultural landscapes in India through case studies of Orchha and Amber. Ms. SmithaNavda presented a paper on mapping, analysing and conserving cultural landscapes with case study of Barkur in Karnataka. Mr. SandipPatil explored connections between institutional landscapes and cultural landscapes by mapping of history and development of universities and current trends.
In the fourth session, Ms. Divya Shah presented a case of mapping, analysis and conservation of cultural landscapes of Palakkad Gap in Kerala. Mr. Aniket Bhagwat presented his thoughts on the process of loss and its meanings in landscapes- and debated the nature of new meanings, and their relentless impotency in enriching our times. Prof. M K Dhavalikar gave an extensive visual insight into the archaeological history of Mumbai dating from stone age till recent day. Ms. ManjiriKhandekar talked about her experiences as editor of Heritage India – a magazine documenting Indian culture.
The conference culminated in a meeting of all paper presenters coming together under the aegis of INCULS in order to spread and share knowledge so documented. Dr. Atiah Ismail urged presenters from all nationalities to increase contribution from their respective nations. Prof. Bhagwat thanked everyone for their presence and contribution in making this event a grand success.
