Harini Ganesh

CR4007

Modernist historic housing sets the perfect precedent for an architecture built on clarity, economy, and the profound power of the mundane. This demands us as architects to approach conservation not through nostalgia, but through radical care for the ordinary. Conservation is not passive preservation; it is an active, intellectual endeavor— one that demands a nuanced approach to sustain the radical social and spatial ideals embedded within this built environment . In recognizing the ordinary as worthy of radical care, I also acknowledge that time inevitably weaves change into these modernist housing structures. I believe conservation is not about halting change, but a practice of embracing the built environment through thoughtful transformation that sustains relevance and sensitivity to contemporary needs.