Gandhi Karan Sameer

HH-2 Tectonics

The History course explores the history of architectural forms through tectonics- material, technology, structure and resultant expressions. It explores the materiality of architecture by focusing on how the processes of making, labour, materials, skill, knowledge and design transformed over time and result in the diversity of architectures we encounter. The essay explores these ideas within the corner condition at Charles Correa's Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay at Sabarmati Ashram