TY  - GEN
AU  - Saijal, Brijesh 
TI  - Dialogue with Ar. Kamal Malik
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Mumbai
PB  - Indian Institute of Architects
KW  - ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
N2  - Architecture is not about structures: it is about ‘LIFE’. And
to understand LIFE you have to develop a deep relationship
with ‘NATURE’ (which we are an intrinsic part of). Only then
does Nature open its doors to you: to the awareness and
understanding of ‘Consciousness’ that pervades all existence.
The planet is poised precariously and unless there is a sea
change, a radical transformation not merely in the collective
but the change must manifest in each one of us, in our very
subjectivity, there is little hope.
ON LEARNING ...
The word ‘EDUCATION’ has not been deliberately used.
Education is synonymous with ‘KNOWLEDGE’. It is a process
of accumulation of all things borrowed.
Learning is something completely different: it is moment
to moment like the flow of a river, never the same, always
original, always new.
In the past, Learning was the key, opening the doors to
Nature, door to the inherent uniqueness present in each one
of us and finally the door to creativity that is not borrowed.
LUPIN RESEARCH PARK
The act of research and discovery is essentially an intuitive
function. This complex therefore explores those elements,
that to my mind, foster and inspire intuitive thought, which
is the core of the creative process.
Nature has therefore become the nucleus both at the micro
and the macro levels and serves as a backdrop for two almost
paradoxical elements: eastern philosophy and western
technology.
The inspiration for the complex is the timeless ‘mandala’
with the administration complex representing the head (at
the highest point of the hill) and the main research park
flowing south to north, wrapped around a central courtyard.
The seed of Mysticism was planted in me somewhere in my
childhood in the Himalayas. Perhaps it was simply being
surrounded by unspoilt Nature, maybe a tryst with the sages
who sometimes lived with us for extended periods
With this backdrop we generated a matrix that would
reflect and be a guide to a design process that explores the
complexities of a meaningful sustainability
UR  - https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/pdf/jiia/2022/September_2022.pdf
ER  -