Please join us for an exhibition, talk and panel discussion focusing on the architecture and urban space of Ahmedabad presented by the four book authors from Berlin, Germany.
Description:
The exhibition features the newly released book by four German Architects entitled ‘Architecture Reading Aid Ahmedabad‘. The book introduces the reader to the built environment of the north Indian metropolis Ahmedabad. Employing clear axonometric drawings as well as short texts providing both cultural and historical context, it serves as an idiosyncratic travel guide to the city’s architecture in all forms — from modernist masterpieces to informal urban arrangements, sprouting spontaneously up on streets and plazas. For architect and layperson alike, this book serves as an accessible guide to decoding and appreciating urbanism in India.
Dates:
January 16th – 31st 2016
January 16th 2016, 6.30 – 8.00 pm
Pre-Opening
January 18th – 22nd, 2.00 – 7.00 pm
Open Studio
January 23rd, 6.00 – 8.00 pm
Architecture Reading Aid & Khotachiwadi Imaginaries
Exhibition Opening, Talk & Panel Discussion with:
- Niklas Fanelsa
- Bjorn Martenson
- Leonard Wertgen
- Marius Helten
- Jens Franke
- Matias Echanove (URBZ)
- Rahul Srivastava (URBZ)
ARA is a collective of architects based in Berlin. In 2015 they published the book Architecture Reading Aid – Ahmedabad at Ruby Press. It is formed of Niklas Fanelsa, Marius Helten, Björn Martenson and Leonard Wertgen.
Niklas Fanelsa is an architect and lives in Berlin. He studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University and Tokyo Institute of Technology. After his studies he worked for the Belgium office ‚de vylder vinck taillieu‘ in Gent and taught at the Chair of Housing at RWTH Aachen. Previously he worked for the office of ‚Thomas Baecker Bettina Kraus‘. In 2016 he founded his own practice working on architecture projects and urban interventions.
Leonard Wertgen studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University where he also worked as research and teaching associate. Recognition for his designs has come through prices such as 2nd Prize at Euregional Prize for Architecture and Helmut Hentrich Foundation Prize. He collaborates with architects and artists on various projects on architecture and urbanism. Since 2015 Leonard is working at EM2N Architects in Zurich.
Marius Helten studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and ETH Zürich. As a member of a group of young architects he designed and built his first house in the rural region of the Eifel. He is currently working for ‚Something Fantastic‘ in Berlin.
Björn Martenson is an architect and has been teaching from 2003 to 2012 at the Chair of Housing at RWTH University in Aachen. In 2010 he founded Amunt Architects together with Jan Theissen and Sonja Nagel. Their single family house JustK was awarded with the Hugo-Häring Price 2011. House Schreber won the German Architecture Price 2013 and was part of the German contribution to the Venice Biennale in 2012. As a part of his teaching he organized the contribution of students from Aachen to the Habitat Design Workshop in Ahmedabad for several years.
Jens Franke is a photographer, filmmaker and writer based in Berlin and Hamburg. His projects are concerned with architecture and urbanism and have been screened at Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht and Goldsmiths University of London as well as recently published in CLOG Magazine. He is currently a recipient of the City of Hamburg Scholarship.