In-Ch Lab

18 January 2015 | Transitional Rurality |Conference at IES College of Architecture, Mumbai | The IN:CH team attended the conference organized by the IES College of Architecture in Mumbai on Transitional rurality. The architecture discourse in India has predominantly been about urban context. Modernity in urban and rural India is differently understood. We can make the inference that global thought first arrives in urban India and filters into rural India. Transformation of thought in rural India is a continuing reality. Can this rural perspective have potential to inform urban India? Is globalization in urban and rural inevitable? Will rural India remain a living reality in the future? Which forces affect architecture in rural India? Can rural architecture be seen as a separate entity worthy of meaningful conservation? These and many more questions were answered and an understanding of what constitutes rural India today and where it is headed. IES College has done an excellent job in organizing this conference, and we can’t wait for the next one!

The swissnex India team visited Malur on 12th July 2013
The whole team travelled by the local train and walked to the village.
They saw and experienced the context with the village and their inhabitants swissnex India is supporting the prototype project and The director of swissnex India Dr. Margrit Leuthold said that it was an amazing and thoughtful building.

IN:CH studio will have 13 architects and 4 engineers from Switzerland and they all will arrive in India on 18th Feb to work with Indian experts on real projects.

IN-CH in collaboration with other NGOs is working on a proposal for housing and livelihood facilities for the villages in Malur , Karnataka, India. The initial stakeholder discussion at site was organised to start the process. IN:CH is pursuing the process to create sustainable prototype housing with the house owner and an NGO.

Watch this student video about our in:ch studio activities and many more on youtube.

A delegation with Heinz Müller, lic. rer. pol.Vice-Rector Bern University of Applied Sciences Director Department Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering; René Graf, Dipl. Ing. EPFL, Head of Research and Development, Professor for Material Science; Maurice Brunner, Dr. sc. Techn. ETH, Dipl. Bauing. ETH, Professor for Structural engineering; Ueli Jezler, dipl. Architect FH, Project Manager Research and Development, Research unit architectural processes has visited with Juerg Grunder Architect SIA SWB, Professor of Architecture, Head of Transcultual Studies India in:ch several Government and Non Government Organisations, Universities, Companies and Institutions in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bangalore to expand the existing activities of the “Studio in:ch” to partners for research projects and courses on a postgraduate level.

This course is for anyone who wants to learn and understand how India handles sustainability issues differently from the rest of the world. A three week course in India on sustainability, architecture and tourism is being organized by IN:CH. An opportunity for professionals, PhD and masters students to apply for 10 limited seats. Contact us for more details and to join the course. Our course partners are CSR, Auroville and URAVA Wayanad.

A study trip with the jury members from a handicraft competition in Switzerland will bring us to companies, culture localities and to companies. We’ll visit unknown and known places in Mumbai, Jaipur, Bangalore and in the South of India.

IN:CH has created a pavilion for the jaipurphoto event in Jaipur. The concept allows the curator to tell a story with photos from Flurina Rothenberger from Switzerland. The design strategy is to build units in a simple construction with industrial material, easy to assemble and with affordable budget. The photos integrated in the units will be illuminated at night. The cooperation with Nikhil Padgonkar and Lola Mac Dougall seems to become a good teamwork.

IN:CH exhibition and final jury was held on2nd June 2011. The exhibition was attended by prominent architects and professionals from all over the country.