Arul Paul I

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01 In Plain Sight: A Photo Essay 
The Role of Signs & Symbols in Manufacturing Dissent

This essay looks to the public realm in Ahmedabad, for instances of formal regulatory element i.e. signs and symbols – traffic signs, signals, medians, pavements and crossings, that appear to fail. 


02 Making Faces 
Institutional Architecture in Twentieth Century Ahmedabad 

This essay examines the ordering principles of an institution’s façade, as a means to better understand the changing nature of institutions in the city, from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1980’s. It documents the facades of key institutional buildings along three stretches in the city of Ahmedabad, Mirzapur Road in the historic walled city, Ashram Road, located along the banks of the River Sabarmati, and Chimanlal Girdharlal Road, the city’s financial hub, to identify the societal values that these buildings embody. 


 03 Theorising Contemporary Practice: Affordable housing in Ahmedabad 
Imagining Class 

Architects and developers design and produce housing projects for users who are unknown. This architecture is shaped by their imagining the needs and aspirations of the future users of these projects.