Founded in the memory of Professor Kurula Varkey, a former Director of the School of Architecture and a prominent figure in the institution’s pedagogical reforms, the forum brings together students from various architectural schools, academicians and practitioners from around the world.
The forum is a dialogue to understand the diverse directions emerging in the discipline of architecture through discussions that are organized around selected final-year student projects across South Asia.
In the past, the forum has been graced by personalities like BV Doshi, Lucien Kroll, Juhani Pallasmaa, Peter Rich, William Curtis, Charles Correa, Tatiana Bilbao, Channa Daswatte, Palinda Kannangara, to name a few. KVDF 2024 marks the 23rd year in continuing the legacy of the forum with an invigorated spirit to discuss, debate and delineate pressing questions in architecture today.
This year, the Forum will investigate innovation in the built environment and the technologies that enable them. The forum also intends to address how architects have responded to the impact of technological developments on human habitats through innovations in space-making.
Students who have finished their final year (design thesis) between April 2023 and July 2024 are invited to send their projects for the Forum this year.
A total of 30 student projects will be selected whose work will be displayed in the Forum Exhibition. Twelve students will be further selected to be a part of the Forum as a panelist and their projects will be used as take-off points for discussions during the sessions of the Forum. The panel for discussion will comprise eminent academicians and practitioners, as well as student panelists whose projects have been selected.
A 'Certificate of Participation' will be awarded to all the thirty students.
Please check the brochure and the website link for further details on the theme, list of requirements, and participation particulars for the Forum.
The students are requested to send in their entries through the KVDF 2024 website; the link to which is given below.
Follow the Instagram page (link below) for regular updates regarding the forum.
https://www.instagram.com/kvdforum/
Download the information related to this competition here.
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Call for Entries: Kurula Varkey Design Forum 2024 I CEPT UniversityType
Call for SubmissionsWebsite
Organizers
Submission Deadline
June 12, 2024 11:59 PMVenue
CEPT UniversityPrice
FreeCountry Restrictions
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka