Happenings
NIA congratulates Ar. Shreeya Deosant and Ar. Tejendra Nagabhoina recently presented their research paper titled "Urban Heat Island and Roofing Materials
17-03-2023
Ar. Shreeya Deosant and Ar. Tejendra Nagabhoina, Asst. Professors at NIA recently presented their research paper titled "Urban Heat Island & Roofing Materials: A GIS based Spatiotemporal Analysis of Mangalore city" at the International Conference (ICCRCBM-2023) organized by NITK, Surathkal. The paper focused on studying the impact of urbanization and the use of different roofing materials on the phenomenon of Urban Heat Island (UHI) in the city of Mangalore.
The research was carried out using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to analyze the spatiotemporal variations of surface temperatures in different regions of the city. The study found that the UHI effect in the ...
NIA Conversations 2023
14-03-2023
NIA hosted an event called NIA Conversations at the University Auditorium, Paneer campus on 14th March 2023. Students, faculty members and architecture enthusiasts participated in the event. The keynote speech by Prof. K T Ravindran highlighted the importance of dialogue in architecture and urbanism. He stressed that architecture should be more than just a building and it should reflect the culture, tradition and needs of the people. Ar. Chitra Viswanath spoke about sustainable architecture and green buildings, sharing her experiences in designing sustainable buildings in India.
The event concluded with a panel discussion, where Prof. K T Ravindran and Ar. Chitra Viswanath shar...
Sports Carnival 2023
11-03-2023
The Sports Carnival 2023, a fun-filled event aimed at promoting good health & well-being among students was held on 11th March 2023 at the University Grounds, Deralakatte. The chief guest was Mr. Ashwin Kumar Padukone, a professional table tennis coach and the guest of honor was Dr. Murali Krishna, Sports Advisor, Nitte DU.
The event saw the participation of over 150 students in various track and field events, as well as tournaments in basketball, football, throwball, badminton and table tennis. The competitions were divided based on gender and students represented their respective houses - Casa, Bayt, Graha, Maison which added to the overall excitement and spirit of sports...
Urban Housing Studio Study Tour to Goa
12-02-2023
Nitte Institute of Architecture conducted an Urban Housing Studio tour for BArch students from 6th to 12th February 2023. The tour included visits to traditional housing settlements in Panjim, housing projects of the Goa Housing Board and case studies of housing projects by renowned architects such as Charles Correa, Dean D'Cruz and Gerard Da Cunha.
Students visited two affordable housing projects of the Goa Housing Board, a 2 BHK project under construction and a low-cost housing project with smaller apartment sizes. They learnt about site planning, building level planning &am...
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Urban Housing Studio Study Tour to Mumbai
07-02-2023
NIA conducted a Urban Housing Studio study tour from 7th to 12th February 2023 to provide students with hands-on learning experience and a better understanding of the evolution of housing typologies in Mumbai.
On the first day of the tour, students visited the School of Environment & Architecture, where they were briefed about the current scenario and evolution of informal settlements in Mumbai. The speakers, Ar. Rupali, Ar. Rohit Majumdar and Ar. Prasad Shetty, provided valuable insights into the history of housing in the city. The students visited some of the famous chawls in Worli Lower Parel, including Haribaug chawl & a few others to have a better understanding of ...
AICTE on Open Education Resources (OER)
11-01-2023
AICTE on Open Education Resources (OER) for faculty/students.
... Read More >>6th Sense workshop by L N Tallur
11-01-2023
The experimental workshop by internationally acclaimed Artist L N Tallur is to trigger the 6th Sense in us. When one of the senses is deliberately blocked, our brain rewires itself to get external stimuli from other senses. If the Vision is blocked Sound, Taste, smell, and Touch senses get hypersensitive! So darkness can function like a perfect catalyst. That is where Creativity gets activated." For further details log on to -https://www.dialogueinthedarknittedu.com/
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Coffee In the Dark
11-01-2023
Coffee in the dark is designed and curated in pitch darkness to enable participants to step out of their comfort zone and experience the potential of the other 4 senses like never before. Coffee in the Dark promises an unforgettable time, perfect when shared with friends & family. For further details log on to -https://www.dialogueinthedarknittedu.com/
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Dialogue in the Dark
11-01-2023
Dialogue in the Dark is one of the world's most exciting and internationally acclaimed darkness-themed sensitization experiences. It's an unconventional and powerful empathy experience curated in pitch darkness, which is the first of its kind. At Nitte DU Mangalore it's presented in two unique formats a 60-minute Coffee in the dark experience & 2days 6th Sense Workshop by eminent distinguished artist L N Tallur. Participants are free to opt for either of them. Log on to - https://www.dialogueinthedarknittedu.com/
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Research Grant
11-01-2023
Nitte Institute of Architecture congratulates Ar. Nagabhoina Tejendra, Assistant Professor, for receiving a research grant of INR 1,50,000 from Nitte(DU) for his project titled "Gender-Inclusive Outdoor Physical Activity for Women in Urban Public spaces"
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Conversation titled "Ecological Design Thinking"
06-10-2021
The NIA Conversation titled "Ecological Design Thinking" by Dr. Upendra Raval was conducted on 6th October 2021 in an online mode. It was facilitated by Ar. Nikhil Shah.
Dr. Upendra Raval (Muni Bhai) is a distinguished academician and an environmentalist. He has over 30 years of experience working with water systems and wastewater management. He holds a PhD in Zoology, and his doctoral research explored functional anatomy and avian biology. He has widely lectured and engaged with design and engineering schools across India over 12 years. Since 2016, he is engaged with SVNIT, Surat, as a visiting professor where he teaches students of M.Tech (Urban Planning) exploring 21st centur...
World Architecture Day
04-10-2021
The World Architecture Day was celebrated on 4th October 2021. Prof. Vinod Aranha, Director of NIA, welcomed the guests, invitees and attendees to the virtual event.
Dr. Satheesh Kumar Bhandary, Vice-Chancellor, Nitte DU delivered the presidential remarks. The Guests of Honour for the event were Ar. Chitra Vishwanath, Principal & Director, Biome Environmental Solutions and Ar. Neville D'Souza, Principal Architect, 4th Dimension.
The 7th Semester students from the Urban Design Studio made a presentation. The closing remarks were given by Ar. Arul Paul. Student Support Coordinator, Mr. Anil Devadiga coordinated the event....
Summer School 2020-21 Round table held on 24th August 2021
24-08-2021
The Summer School 2020-21 was designed as a digital masterclass with eminent architects and design thinkers, from India and abroad. The aim was to nurture creative and intellectual independence to help students advance authentically inspired design and research. Students immersed in exploring, experimenting, designing and creative thinking, through a series of online sessions under two themes: Theoretical Thinking and Sustainability.
To mark the end of this year's summer school, a concluding session was organised as a Virtual Roundtable discussion on the theme 'Architecture: The Wicked Problem' with the Masterclass mentors Chitra Vishwanath, Shubhra Raje, Peter Rich and Kevin Mar...
Summer School 2020-21 Theoretical Thinking Master Class by Ar. Kevin Mark Low
20-08-2021
The summer school titled "Theoretical Thinking Master Class" by Ar. Kevin Mark Low was conducted from 20th to 24th August 2021 in online mode. It was facilitated by Ar. Nikhil Shah, Ar. Jacob Thomas, Mr. Anil Devadiga and Ar. Poonam Balur.
Kevin Mark Low emphasizes on the importance of critically engaging with the greatest works of architecture, in order to understand their functionality rather than just their aesthetic qualities. He recalls the intent of his master class to demystify works of master architects and help students understand what makes an architectural project, iconic.
The workshop critically looked at decolonizing one's being and departing from t...
Summer School 2020-21 Drawing (Out) a place - Masterclass by Shubhra Raje
18-08-2021
The goal of the workshop was to expand conventional understanding of buildings and their components, by altering associations with them through the way one engages drawings. Through this process, one will look at questions as students and practitioners but are unable or unwilling to engage with - Where do ideas come from? What does it mean to be creative? What is the act of design? And where does an architectural project reside?
The workshop started with the story telling and illustrating exercise. The next exercise was with the Social institutions of the city that one has experienced. One only thinks of the large and the iconic, and never of the local centres. These institutions ...
Summer School 2020-21 | Sustainability Master Class by Architect Chitra Vishwanath
07-08-2021
The summer school titled "Sustainability Master Class" by Architect Chitra Vishwanath was conducted from 7th to 12th August 2021 in online mode. The topic focussed on was 'City, Play and Nature'. The sessions aimed at developing a deeper understanding about the physical environment and the play that happens in the built form. The outcome aimed at understanding "Pause", "Breathing Space" and "Playfulness of space" through the traditional Mangaluru design elements and proposing a design intervention.
Chitra Vishwanath is a principal architect at Biome Environmental Solutions which is a Bangalore-based design firm. The firm focuses on ecology, architecture, and water. Her ideas of su...
Summer School 2020-21 | Creative Writing Workshop by Mr. Waseem Mushtaq
05-08-2021
On the first day of the workshop, Mr. Waseem Mushtaq introduced the topic 'Creative Writing' and how it gives endless freedom to explore writing. He also explained how it differs from other types of writing. He also conducted a fun writing exercise about creating captions for images. The second day of the workshop began with reviewing and advising improvements to the 'Short Story' assignment given to the students. A session introducing 'Script Writing ' which was one of the most awaited topics was taken next. Before concluding the workshop Mr. Waseem Mushtaq engaged the students in an interactive session where he answered questions from students and also shared his experiences of writing and...
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Summer School 2020-21
05-08-2021
Over the last few years since its inception, the attempt of the NIA summer school has been to bring in resources from diverse design domains and nurture creative learning. Special emphasis is given to the process of creative thinking, making and exploring & and experimenting with new materials. Under the current pandemic scenario, we would be unable to host it in its original workshop and travel-based format. To overcome this optimistically, the attempt to current year's Summer School is to host a Diverse Design thinking program as a Master Class conducted by some of the major national and international practicing architects and academicians. The Summer School is scheduled from 5th to 10...
Read More >>MoU on Knowledge Sharing with RVS Padmavathy School of Architecture
02-08-2021
In the wake of recent architectural development in the country, architectural education has taken a huge turn towards innovation and collaboration. Students are learning from more than just in the institution and a wide variety and diversity of exposure and opportunities is becoming a mandate in education. The cross-cultural learning that is widespread in the west is now taking a huge wave across our nation and such an era calls for collective and dynamic growth in a symbiotic manner.
In consideration of the above, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 2nd August 2021, between Nitte Institute of Architecture represented by its Director, Ar. Vinod Aranha and RVS Padmavathy S...
Training Program attended
28-07-2021
Ar. Shoumik Desai and Mr. Deekshith Shetty, Assistant Professors at NIA, attended a Training of Teachers in Architecture on Designing for Greater Efficiency (DfGE). The course by International Finance Corporation, organised by Centre for Advanced Research on Building Science and Energy (CARBSE), CEPT Research and Development Foundation, was focused on promoting awareness and understanding of green building among university students, enabling them to design resource-efficient architecture. It was designed to train tutors of higher education institutes to deliver DfGE with high-level educational content to the students at their respective institutions in the domain of climate-friendly energy-e...
Read More >>Publication of a Chapter in a Book
28-07-2021
Lucknow Unrestrained: Palimpsest of Incongruous Possibilities is a chapter, co-authored by Sonal Mithal, Visiting Associate Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Arul Paul, Associate Professor, Nitte Institute of Architecture, in the book Radical City: Imagining Possibilities for the Indian City edited by Pithamber R. Polsani, and published in 2021 by SAGE Publications India, New Delhi.
The text presents Lucknow as a Radical City, a city that does not conform to conventions of polity, gender, religion, education, entertainment, and revolt. Queer Lucknow is a study of the LGBTQ+ histories of the city. The queer archive - books, biographical records, poetry, newspapers, photogr...
Virtual Open House
17-07-2021
Nitte Institute of Architecture invited prospective students and parents to join a virtual tour of its campus and facilities on 17th July 2021 at 11 AM. This event gave an opportunity for the participants to learn more about the BArch program at NIA.
The open house received 130 registrations from interested candidates and was successfully conducted for students hailing from different locations in the country and abroad. The session was also live streamed on NIA's YouTube channel and can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veqzFA5GkJI .
The online session included a presentation from Prof. Vinod Aranha, Ar. Arul Paul and Ar. Palaksha Shetty, regard...
NATA Power-Prep Workshop 2021
09-07-2021
Nitte Institute of Architecture (NIA) in collaboration with Design Quotient Labs (DQ Labs) hosted a power-prep online workshop to resolve any last-minute queries of the aspiring architects concerning the upcoming NATA exams.
Ar. Nikhil Shah from NIA coordinated with the resource persons from DQ labs to conduct the counselling and mentoring session on July 9, 2021, from 4 PM to 6 PM. The workshop received 150 registrations from interested candidates and was successfully conducted for students hailing from the country and abroad. The session was also live-streamed on NIA's YouTube channel and can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yg7va1Qaf0 .
The two-hour on...
NATA Power-Prep Workshop 2021
09-07-2021
Nitte Institute of Architecture (NIA) in collaboration with Design Quotient Labs (DQ Labs) hosted a power-prep online workshop to resolve any last minute queries of the aspiring architects concerning the upcoming NATA exams.
Ar. Nikhil Shah from NIA coordinated with the resource persons from DQ labs to conduct the counselling and mentoring session on July 9, 2021 from 4 PM to 6 PM. The workshop received 150 registrations from interested candidates and was successfully conducted for students hailing from the country and abroad. The session was also live streamed on NIA's YouTube channel and can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yg7va1Qaf0 .
The two hour onlin...
Navya R wins Jury Commendation award - Transparence
10-02-2021
Ms. Navya R, an alumnus who passed out in the year 2020, from Nitte Institute of Architecture (NIA), took part and won the Jury Commendation Award in the Transparence 15.0 South Interface. The project submitted by Ms. Navya to Transparence was the final year Capstone project completed by her.
Transparence is India's largest Architectural Design Competition for aspiring architects and designers. A property of Saint-Gobain India Private Limited - Glass Business in association with Ethos, Transparence has always been the most looked-forward-to event by the budding architectural community for the opportunity it presents and the platform it offers like no other. Over the years, it has ...
News from NIA | Human - Nature interaction
05-06-2020
A design build workshop was conducted by Architect Sjoerd Krijnen for the final year students of NIA. The weeklong workshop held between 2nd and 8th March 2020, was along the lines of "Animalesque", a research and teaching program initiated by the Architectural Association School of Architecture in collaboration with Technische University Berlin.
Ar. Sjoerd, a part of the core team of Animalesque, flew in from Berlin for the workshop. The intent of the workshop was to lay the foundation of "nature inclusive design" amongst students, "providing spaces which benefit humans as well as animals in an equally respectful way and stimulate biodiversity".
Students designed and ...
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Architect Chitra Vishwanath Visits NIA as Juror - NIA
29-11-2019
Noted architect, Chitra Vishwanath was at Nitte Institute of Architecture on 15th and 16th November 2019 as Juror for the Vertical Studio design presentation. Her constructive feedback was well appreciated by the students, and she commended them for working with models at each stage of the design process....
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Free "NATA" power workshop at Mangalore - NIA
10-04-2019
Nitte Institute of Architecture (NIA) is currently hosting a two-day power workshop for students interested in cracking the NATA examinations on April 10 and 11. This free workshop is in association with DQ Labs who have excelled in NATA training. The sessions are being conducted at the Nitte Education International building, Pumpwell, Mangaluru. NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) exam is a prequalification for entrance into architecture degree programs all over the country.
Aspiring NATA candidates are undergoing a crash course that includes mock tests, and intense exercises on perspective drawing, architectural awareness, visual spatial ability, mental ability and logic...
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Free NATA revision workshop from Apr 21 - NIA
21-04-2018
Nitte Institute of Architecture (NIA) will be hosting a workshop for students interested in cracking the NATA examinations on April 21 and 22, 2018. NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) exam is a prequalification for entrance into the architecture degree program all over the country.
DQ Labs will be conducting a Two-Day Revision workshop on April 21st and 22nd at the Nitte Education International building, Pumpwell Circle, Kankanady, Mangaluru.
Aspiring NATA candidates will have a crash course enabling mock tests on the various sections and requirements of the NATA examinations which includes Drawing exercises, Architectural Awa...
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