Vadodara Design Academy has always believed that the experience of hands-on learning and practical knowledge is equally important for a student’s overall development. With this intension the school started Buildathon, an academic platform for young brains to get connected to art and architecture. [...]
CHHAT- the Centre for Human Habitat and Alternative Technology, is a student initiative by Vadodara Design Academy, where the volunteers have come up with a very unusual structural system executed in Bamboo with stringent geometrical order and detailed construction protocols to span 50 ft. X 80 ft. [...]
Architect Manish Banker from ‘TAO Architecture Pvt. Ltd.’ was invited to Vadodara Design Academy for a guest lecture which was in the loop of the on-going Lecture series on the campus. In the evening, he shared the experience of his professional practice and on the next day, he offered to take [...]
Post Buildathon, many people visited our new riverside campus which houses a geodesic dome and SathyaPrakashVaranashi, an avid blogger, architect, and professor was one of the many who were really happy with the progress that we have achieved in alternative construction techniques. His blog [...]
The 10 years of establishment of VDA is being celebrated through an innovative Lecture Series. This time in the loop we were privileged to have workshop and lecture by Prof. NeelkanthChhaya, who has been an academician and a practicing architect for nearly 40 years. He conducted an influential and [...]
In the VDA10 lecture series, the foundation day of VDA was graced by AR. Sunil Kulkarni from CORE architects, Pune. Sir Kulkarni is not just a practicing Architect but also a phenomenal artist. Along with the experiences of his professional practice he also shared his work of art through a [...]
In the beginning of the Semester 7, where the students design a housing project for their Design Studio, an initial workshop was organized which was conducted by a renowned academician Prof. Yatin Pandya whose work has always inspired students to create contextually relevant contemporary [...]
The Urban Design Studio at VDA is more like a pre- design thesis where the students emphasize more on the research work and produce model to understand the scale of the project at urban level. For this purpose, an urban context in the proximity is taken into consideration and their socio-economic [...]
On the occasion of world heritage day, a walk was organized by the municipal corporation of Vadodara city and students from VDA were invited to showcase their work on the old city of Vadodara. The recent work done in the Urban Design studio consisted of a group of students whose site was the old [...]
On the occasion of world heritage day, a walk was organized by the municipal corporation of Vadodara city and students from VDA were invited to showcase their work on the old city of Vadodara. Some students from the Urban Design studio who had their site in the old city of Vadodara displayed their [...]