”A few steps later, there it was. Brushing aside some leaves, the chapel revealed itself to us in its full glory. It was a moment of epiphany – one that is tough to put down in words. In that moment, I felt this immediate connection to the modest edifice in front of us. A strange feeling took over me – I felt I somehow knew the man who built the chapel – the glimpses of his life that I had just heard about flashed before my eyes. That is the power of architecture…”’
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In Chimbel, lies an architectural gem that is in dire need of conservation The missionary spurt that immediately followed the advent of the Portuguese in Goa meant that Goan Church architecture developed much earlier compared to its domestic architecture. The exposure to ideologies from Europe and their transfusion with local art and craftsmanship became visible…
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We are in the midst of September, and the rainfall has finally started to cease in Goa. Phew! It’s been a long time coming now. We already exceeded the annual amount of rainfall way back in the end of July, and so to experience another month of torrid rains was really tough. As much as…
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There is an erroneous notion prevalent in todays soceity that heritage – is something colonial, something ancient. The latest to fall prey to this is the Kala Academy – a bustling centre for the arts on the banks of the River Mandovi in Panjim. Recent leakages have brought the tarpaulin over the affected parts and…
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In the years preceding 2013, a new phenomenon started to take place, at least in the lives of millennials. They would recollect an incident that happened, say, in 2006, or 2007, and would go on to narrate it gleefully, only to get depressed when they realized that the phrase ‘this happened 5 years back’ was…
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On 15th April 2019, the world woke up to some heartbreaking news. Shocking images and videos of the The Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris swept across social media, its central spire and steep pitched roof ablaze. The fire eventually consumed the towering spire and the medieval roof. And while Parisians all exclaimed in shock, people all…
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Vol. 0 Issue 01 The very first issue of the magazine series explores the life of Charles Correa, ‘India’s Greatest Architect’. It takes a closer look at the childhood and early life of Charles, as well as the special connection he shared with Goa, his homeland. Read below : Make sure you never miss an…
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If you happened to have drove through Rua dos Judeus lately, you would have noticed work in full swing at the Augustinian convent : Labourers carrying buckets of mud on their heads, masons assembling laterite blocks, officials pointing into the distance and mumbling something to themselves, trucks pulling up, workers carting away debris – the…
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More often than not, I find myself in a room with people who do not get architectural conservation. ‘Why should we preserve that?’ ‘Its outdated’ ‘Theres a land crunch, we need to raze this to the ground and build over’ are just few of the reactions one could record. After countless hours spent in dissertations,…
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