Title: "Paradigms of Urban Development in the Kathmandu Valley"
The changing face of Kathmandu Valley - history and present.
Date: October 4, 2004 - MONDAY
Time: 7:15 PM
Location: 1 Bow Street, 3rd Floor.
Dept of Sanskrit and Indian Studies.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Perks: Cookies from Chinatown with diet and regular soda
Synopsis:
Biresh Shah will talk about the medieval urban structure with examples
and images from the ancient architecture of Bhatapur City and walk us
through the timeline and nature of transformation experienced by the
valley - the reasons, the success and failures of the numerous plans,
the discrepancy between the forces and projects driving this
transformation and attempts to manage the transformation to the
resulting urban sprawl today. He will share his experience with a new
town planning exercise -Harisiddhi New Town Development Plan, a plan
for a sattelite city developed for the government.
Speaker:
Biresh Shah has worked professionally as an architect, urban designer
and urban planner in Nepal for over a decade. He got his Bachelor's
Degree in Architecture from Delhi School of Planning and Architecture
(Delhi) and Masters in Architecture from MIT(Cambridge). He is an
Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the
Institute of Engineering, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu. He teaches
urban conservation related urban design and urban planning studios to
architecture and urban planning students at the Bachelor and Masters
level programs. He is the Founder/Director of ARCHIPLAN, architecture
and planning consultants, in Kathmandu.
ChhalPhal Discussion Series is a regular Nepal-related discussion
program held in the Boston area. For more information, please contact
chhalphal@chhalphal.org
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