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RECENT SUCCESSFUL ACTIVITIES @ GCA...
19th Aug 2009- Student council elections
STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS OF GCA for 2009-10
1 Chairman Kester Fernandes (III year B.Arch)
2 General Secretary Mohammad Akhlakh (III Year B.Arch)
3 Cultural Secretary Vishwesh Vernekar (III Year B.Arch)
4 Magazine Secretary Noah Fernandes (III Year B.Arch)
5 Nasa Secretary Aditya Kossambe (II Year B.Arch)
6 Sports Secretary Krishna Jangid (II Year B.Arch)
7 Ladies Secretary Sajiya Katvelia (III Year B.Arch)
8 University Secretary Gizelle Lobo (V Year B.Arch)
27th Aug 2008- Student council elections
STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS OF GCA for 2008-09
1 Chairman Ezra (IV Year B.Arch)
2 General Secretary Sonam Singh (II Year B.Arch)
3 Cultural Secretary Abhijit Gaonkar (III Year B.Arch)
4 Magazine Secretary Eureka Khong (II Year B.Arch)
5 Nasa Secretary Hemant Parulekar (V Year B.Arch)
6 Sports Secretary Abhishek Bhatnagar (III Year B.Arch)
7 Ladies Secretary Sonam Asolkar (III Year B.Arch)
8 University Secretary Mohammed Akhlak (II Year B.Arch)
15th August - D.D.Sukhtankar Rolling Trophy Award Presentation along with unfurling of Tri-color Flag followed by presentations by First Year B.Arch Students. cheers F.Y.B.ARCH. !!
July 23-July 25' 08 - we are pleased to inform you that we've JUST SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED a 3-day Workshop on "E-Learning- Power of Web 2.0" by Mr. Rajesh Advani.
5th & 6th April 2008 >> TRAINING WORKSHOP in using
ARCHICAD 11.0 & BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM)
5th & 6th February 2009 Workshop on "ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SOFTWARE for thr New Millenium" By Mr. Sabu Francis
W e d n e s d a y l e c t u r e s e r i e s at Goa College of Architecture
1. “Societal and Environmental issues of Konkan & Goa”
By Prof. P. V. Sathe,Deputy Director,Remote Sensing Section, NIO, Dona Paula- Goa. On Wednesday, 16th January ‘08
2.“ How We Built BRITAIN ”
A Documentary film By B.B.C On Wednesday, 23rd January ‘08
3.“Riddles Of Human Origin And Human Nature”
A Lecture on evolutionary biology and evolutionary anthropology
By Prof. Ketan Govekar,Lecturer Dhempe college, Miramar On Wednesday, 30th January ‘08
4.“Eco-cultural heritage of Sattari”
By Mr. Rajendra kerkar,Cultural Historian, Bicholim On Wednesday, 6th February ‘08
5.Contemporary Portuguese Architecture.
by Prof. Maria Almeida, faculty of the School of Architecture, Portugal.
6.Lecture on product design and her experiences in the emerging world of product design in India
By Arch. Reboni Saha On Wednesday, 19th March ‘08
7.Part 1 “Revitalisation of Public spaces”
Part 2“Planning and Designing of an Eco-City”
By Ar. Aparna Surve &Ar. Anuprita Surve On Wednesday, 26th March ‘08
9.“Solar Decathlon: Lessons Learned”
By Mr. Frank Mruk,AIA, RIBA On Wednesday, 09th April ‘08
10.“Colour for Designers”
Understanding Colour-Part 1
Using Colour-Part 2 By Prof. Ravi Hazra On Wednesday, 16th April ‘08
11.‘Formulating the Hidden Program’-Towards an Architecture of Social Change.
By Ar. Anup Gadgil On Wednesday,23rd April‘08
12.‘some ideas about organic architecture’
By Ar. Joachim Haider On Wednesday, 30rd April ‘08
13.E-learning – the Power of Web 2.0
by Mr.Rajesh Advan on July 23 2008
14.Date with design
by Prof. Ravi Hazra on 30th july, 2008
15.Green Architecture
by Mr. Kanwaljit on 06th august, 2008
16.Sustainable & affordable living environments
(international workshop conducted by Ar. B.V.Doshi attended by the speaker) & virtual space center,goa - a design thesis
by Ar. Alvaro Viegas on 17th september, 2008
17."Mumbai, look how it's growing" by Arch. Nagrath
"Land sharing as a tool for development" by Arch. mishra
on 19th September
18.' Photography as an art form' by Mr. Prasad Pankar
on 24th september, 2008
19.'The growing use of digital media facades and their impact on the
urban built environment' by Ar. Richa Kumar &
'A centre for contemporary Art' by Ar. Drynan Godinho
on 1st October.2008
20."Tourism In Developed World" by Prof. Sathe
on 10th,october 200
21."Classroom Projects done at N.I.D" by Arch.Teamea Costa,
on 15th october ' 2008
22."Danish Architecture" by Anders Kristensen
on 5th novenber ' 2008
23.'creativity' by Mr subodh kerkar
on 21st jan 2009
24. Introductory talk on "ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SOFTWARE for thr New Millenium" By Mr. Sabu Francis
on 4th Feb.2009
25. "My recent works' by Arch.Snehal M Shah
on 27th February 2009,
26. Documentary on the Works of Charles Correa will be screened at 4.30p.m, this wednesday on 04th MARCH ' 2009.
27. Lecture on “classroom projects done at n.i.d” By Arch. Teamea Costa
on 15th October, 2008 at 4.30 p.m
28. lecture on "THINGS ARCHITECTS FORGET" by P.V.Sathe, scientist at NIO, this wednesday, 18th march' 09, at 4.30pm
29.lecture on Geo Reference Modeling by Mitesh Koraskar at 4pm. Wednesday 25th March 2009
30. lecture on Conservation, Preservation and Research undertaken at St. Augustine Complex, Old Goa to promote Heritage Tourism by Mr. N. Taher (Dy.Superintending Archaeologist) This Wednesday, 1st April, at 4 pm.
31. A series of lectures by Dr. Paulo Varela Gomes on Architectural problems, past and present, at Goa College of Architecture
lecture 01 - Are we really sure what we are talking about when we refer to
Modern Architecture ? on 12th August 2009 at 4.30 pm
lecture 02- Are we really sure why we worry about Conservation in Architecture ? on 14th August 2009 at 4.30 pm
lecture 03 - Are we really sure we know what Cities are ? on 19th August 2009 at 4.30 pm
lecture 04 - Are we really sure what is Goan about Goan Architecture ? on 21st August 2009 at 4.30 pm
32. A talk by Ar. Arun Balan on Architecture & selected professional projects on 2nd septmeber 2009 at 4.30 followed by a 4-day workshop for Fifth Year B.ARCH. Students
33. A Film on Works of legendary Maxican Architect Luis Barragan on 9th September 2009 at 4.30 pm
34. Lecture on A curious case of Bombay Mumbai by Ar. Harshad Bhatia on 30 september 2009 at 4.30 followed by a master class for 3rd year B.Arch students
35. Lecture on The Irreducible Plural Text and the Urban Design Agenda by by Prof. P.V.K.Rameshwar on 7th October 2009 at 4.30
DATABASE....SHARE YOUR DESIGN WORK .... PROFESSIONAL WORK ..@ GCA COMMUNITY >>
DATABASE- Students,Alumni & students of GCA, kindly send in your postal adress details,email id & telephone nos. & year you passed out
DESIGN WORK @ GCA- Kindly share on this site, Your design work during collge days. photos, powerpoint, images, watever...
PROFESSIONAL WORK - Kindly share your professional work too. photos, drawing, visuals, walkthrus, rendered images, watever....
HOPING TO SEE YOU IN ACTION !! THANX
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