Information technology campuses: Infrastructure and the city in South India
Ameet Hiremath writes about his exploration of the Information Technology (IT) parks of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
The Deborah J. Norden Fund 2002
Ameet Hiremath: “Information technology campuses: Examining neighborhood and regional city form in South India”
Naoki Seshimo: “Light and proportion of Cistercian monasteries”
[L] International Tech Park (ITP) Bangalore, India. Credit: Rameshng [CC BY-SA 3.0]. [R] Drawing of Le Thoronet Monastery, South of France. Credit: Naoki Seshimo.
The Deborah J. Norden Fund, a program of The Architectural League of New York, was established in 1995 in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah Norden. The competition awards up to $5,000 annually in travel grants to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies.
In 2002, the Architectural League awarded two grants: one to Ameet Hiremath for “Information technology campuses: Examining neighborhood and regional city form in South India” and another to Naoki Seshimo for “Light and proportion of Cistercian monasteries.”
“Information technology campuses: Examining neighborhood and regional city form in south India”
Ameet Hiremath traveled to India to explore the information technology parks of Bangalore and Hyderabad. Through walks, drives, photographs, and conversations, Hiremath uncovered the threads connecting these parks to their geographies. He focused on the infrastructure linking the parks and the cities to analyze how planning can shape them and foster their growth.
Before and after his trip to India, Hiremath co-edited Perspecta 34: Temporary Architecture, published in 2003. He has taught architecture as a visiting instructor at Pratt Institute and the University of Missouri. Currently, he works for Deborah Berke & Partners Architects in New York.
“Light and proportion of Cistercian monasteries”
With the support of the Norden Fund, Naoki Seshimo travelled to southern France to experience the light and proportion of Cistercian monasteries. Using freehand drawing as means of recording his direct response to space, believing it to amplify the characteristics that construct space in memory, Seshimo explored how the monks’ philosophy of simplicity, poverty, and spiritual rigor was expressed in architecture.
Seshimo continues to develop his drawing skills and their application to the design process. Now, he lives in Portugal and works in the office of Alvaro Siza.
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