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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
S T H A PAT YA
NEWSLETTER LOCKDOWN EXPERIENCE : JUL-SEP 2020
BEHIND THE SCENES
info@delhitechnicalcampus.ac.in info@delhitechnicalcampus.ac.in
Delhi Technical Campus
28, 1, Knowledge Park III,
Greater Noida - 201306 (U.P.)
STHAPATYA
MANAGEMENT COVID-19 and Changes in
Mr.Vipin Sahni Education
(Chairman) In the short run, COVID-19 has
Hon’ble Justice had an enormously detrimental
impact on education. All over
Bhanwar Singh the country and in fact much
(Director General) of the world, both teachers
and students have been caught
Mrs.Kiran Sahni unaware and unprepared
(Chairperson) for this transition to the
virtual classroom. Millions of
Mr.Aman Sahni students have no laptops, no
smartphones, and have lost out
(Vice Chairperson) on many months already of the
education they not only need,
but on grounds of equality,
deserve. Also missing has been
the interaction, the peer-to-peer Mr. Aman Sahni
learnings, the camaraderie and Vice Chairperson
SCHOOL OF the diverse experiences that
come with the traditional offline
ARCHITECTURE education.
available more widely anyway,
but engage with that content
Ar Divay Gupta However, it would be imprudent and groom themselves into
to think that education, the more effective communicators,
(Director) world over, would return to smarter individuals with astute
the old even when it can.
Ar Tanya Gupta Some changes effected due to
social skills and strong networks.
Most importantly, it could well
(HOD) COVID-19 are here to stay, on push students towards being
grounds of utility and rationality. more self-motivated, and
Educational content that is empowered with independent
made better with the use of and rational thought and vision
technology and doesn’t require
interactive deliberation, will
replace the regular classroom
lecture and be made available
for consumption of greater “The smallest
numbers. A more effective
form of classroom teaching step in the right
will evolve, that focuses more direction ends up
on presentations, projects,
and review by students, rather being the biggest
than teachers. Universities and
colleges thus, would not simply step of your life.”
EDITORIAL TEAM be a place where students learn,
Chief editor for educational content will be
Ar. Swati Punyal
Ar. Richa Singh
DESIGN TEAM
Yash (3-A)
Ayush (2-B)
“The smallest step in the right direction
ends up being the biggest step of your
life.”
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COVID 19 - The New Normal
Today we are confronted with for this new ‘normal’ of digital
the biggest challenge for our classes. Several informal
generation since the Spanish initiatives were also required
Flu outbreak in 1918. It has to mitigate the impact of the
impacted almost all aspects of pandemic, by communicating
our life and lifestyle, including with them to keep them
our higher and technical motivated in these critical
education systems. Education times. With few initial teething
facilitators were required to problems, things became
innovate and harness their smooth, thanks to the inherent
creativity for designing distant creativity and innovative spirit
online teaching solutions embedded with a subject of
ensuring the health and safety architecture.
of both teachers and students. Like every adversity, even
Though the collage was closed this pandemic, also brought
but education had to continue. along with it, certain
The Department of Architecture opportunities. It has taught us
at DTC was amongst the first several life lessons, be it changes
colleges of Architecture in the in our lifestyles, to prioritizing Ar. Divay Gupta
region, to offer online platforms things, or need to curtail our Director, SOA
to its students, so that their carbon foot print, or ways and
education did not suffer in any means of communicating,
way. This transition ofcourse had engaging and looking after launched the Salt Satyagraha,
several challenges, considering each other. All these things will we too need to look afresh
that architecture teaching and surely have an impact on the for a better future of both
learning requires much one on architecture of the future as well architecture and its education,
one and hands on approach. as what and how it is taught. building upon the learning and
Thus it was important to equip Like Mahatma Gandhi on wisdom gained during these
both the faculty and students recovering from the Flue, difficult times.
COVID 19 - Time to adapt
“The ability to cope & be flexible when facing change is an important
surviving skill.”
don’t know when or if the lost However, it’s also a skill that
jobs will be back, when schools can be learned.
and offices will reopen, when
we’ll be able to hug parents Try these tips to cultivate it.
or see faraway friends and
relatives. Many of us don’t •Accept the uncertainty.
know when we’ll be able to pay Know that there can be many
the rent or the mortgage. Stress possibilities in unanticipated
and upheaval are coming at us change
in different ways, and no one
can predict when it will let up. •Change your thought process
It’s a lot of change to get used
to all at once, and it’s not static. •Recognize and challenge your
So, going forward, adaptability negative self-perception
may be our best asset.
Adaptability is the ability to be •Practice gratitude to form a
Ar. Tanya Gupta creative and flexible in the face positive base to build upon
HOD, SOA of new situations. Most of us
have a tendency to shut down •Embrace learning
in the face of new things. But
Across the world, humans change is like a rip current — if
are living through a period you swim against it, you’ll never
of extraordinary change, reach the shore.
with jobs lost, businesses
closed, graduations canceled, “Ride change like a wave,
and weddings, moves, and If you’re in a fall, a rise will
vacations postponed. Familiar follow.”
routines involving work, school
and weekend recreation have Adaptability is a crucial skill
been tossed out the window. during this time of COVID-19.
Moving forward, there’s more Many believe that adaptability
uncertainty on the horizon. We is a trait you are born with.
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Breaking the Myth and COVID-19
Mythology lives in ‘myth’, of acquaintance in different
Science lives in ‘fiction’ and we whattsapp group and friend
live in ‘logic’ circle are ‘like minds’. Education
The Great Pandemic of Covid is career. Family is ‘for granted’
19 has come as a myth breaker and career is foremost. ‘Work
for old thinking pattern of the is Worship’ and rest after that.
world population. As an average For humans Food for thought
middle class citizen of a country, is as important as Food for
which is confused between life. Mythology lives in ‘myth’,
Values and Logic primarily by Science lives in ‘fiction’ and we
foreign influenced education live in ‘logic’. Development
system, has obviously given us a is measured by GDP. Citizen
shaken and devastated believe needs political leadership to
system and a poor ‘lifestyle of initiate social welfare. Only ‘my’
survival’. The ‘life of limitations’ development matters for my
approach and disconnection Universe. Science has solutions Ar. Abhinav GARG
from basic roots of our age old for everything. Architecture is Associate professor, SOA
tradition has always forced to not a correspondence course.
develop an attitude of running Society will never see ‘dignity’
away from our ‘greater’ of hand work ever after. And the
responsibilities towards society list goes on…
and environment. The ‘only’
concerned for me and my
family, was a challenge to
face The Great pandemic of
‘Covid 19’. Every moment of
my life has believed (before
Covid) that we have to ‘work’
to ‘live’. We were always taught
that pollution of development
will end life on earth one day.
Birds of same feather flocks
together, so all the battalion
Disappearing Classrooms:
Teaching in Covid Times
issued guidelines to colleges on online class.Needless to say,
to start online teaching and the pandemic has transformed
assessment. Changing from the “centuries-old, chalk–talk
on campus teaching to virtual “teaching model to one driven by
teaching platform in short notice technology. Specially while taking
came as a new experience, studio subjects like Design, new
challenging and self motivating teaching methodology and
for me as well as my colleagues. techniques (i.e. screen sharing,
Being into Academics and doodling over pdf file, making
Teaching profession, in time slots for one to one/Group
Architecture, I closely observed discussion, online briefing, video/
various challenges and problems audio recording etc.) Adopted in
Ar. Seema Sharma, Asst. Prof.
faced while conducting and order to provide physical studio
Ar. Seema Sharma organizing online classes/ studios environment to students at home.
Associate professor, SOA not only by me but also by my Now, we all are using various
colleagues. Keeping the students Virtual Classroom tools like
Ever since the COVID-19 engaged and motivated is not an Google Classroom, Zoom,
pandemic makes the way to our easy task. That has always been Skype and Google Meet, to
living spheres, it brought out the case, and now that they’re connect with students in a class
many challenges and changes learning from home and not like setting online. This allows
in every sector. One of such even in a physical classroom it faculty members and students
highly affected sector due to this becomes a bigger challenge to to connect through an access
pandemic is the education sector. have control over online classes. controlled class website. Faculty
It all started with the temporary While teaching online, it has been members upload assignments
closure of colleges around mid noticed, faces of boredom among and reading reference materials
of March 2020, as a measure students. Some of them left the and students submit the same
to contain the spread of the mic open when commenting virtually. Whole team from faculty
novel corona virus. As there is about your teaching style, or to teaching assistant is working
uncertainty by when on campus maybe students are paying hard to achieve better results
classes will resume, Government more attention to their game through this transition of online
consoles rather than to focus teaching method.
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Encompassing Passion to a new skill
A new learning during lockdown
There was tremendous insight the recipe gets its name as the
of keeping ourselves happy form of the dumpling resembles
during Lockdown. In normal bride’s veil.Dal Ki Dulhan is a
times where we barely had wholesome meal made by
time to pursue our passion, boiling wheat dumplings in hot
lockdown gave, me a beautiful boiling dal.
opportunity of turning my old
hobby into a new Skill i.e. Finally managed to share this
Cooking the variety of regional through my Instagram page-
and traditional cuisines and Inheritedrecipesbykridha
learning their forms and origins.
Sharing few –
“Stay paitent and Ar. Chandrakala Kesarwani,
Ar. Chandrakala Kesarwani,
•DAL - Gujiya locally known Associate professor, SOA
as Pangojhwa ...an irresistible trust your journey.” Asst. Prof.
recipe is reminiscent of the
flavours of Uttar Pradesh.
•Wada Pav-Discovered by a
Mumbaikar almost six decades
ago, in Dadar for workers, Vada
pav in no time became one of
the most humble street food of
Mumbai. One food which can
take taste buds to ecstasy and
lead you to Food mediation.
•Dal Ki Dulhan-Taditional
recipe of Bihar- One pot meal, Vada pao : every Dal kiki
Dal Dulhan
Dulhan Dal
DALGujhiiya
- Gujiyaor Pangojhwa
locally
mubaikars favorite known as Pangojhwa
Vada pao: every
Initiating conversations during the
mubaikars favorite
lockdown: Thoughts to ponder upon
•The unavailability of domestic “I am a 60-year-old woman and
helps who couldn’t get out I live alone. It was so difficult to
of their houses to come to get my daily tasks done during
the society. Flats with elderly the lockdown because my house
residents suffered the most due help couldn’t enter the society.”
this. ~ Shahnaz Hussain, resident
•Earlier vegetable and fruit
sellers used to come inside “I am a doctor and I had to go
the society to sell these things to work everyday during the
because there isn’t a market lockdown, but it was so difficult
around the society. There visits to reach my workplace because
have been completely stopped of several barriers placed on
since the lockdown. Now, a the roads near our society.
vegetable seller is available I had to reroute in order to
right outside of gate number 6 reach my workplace and it was
every day of the week. exhausting to figure it out.”
Ar. Samreen Sultan •All the labourers who were ~ Javed Sabir, resident
Associate professor, SOA working on different sites inside
the society stopped their work What is the way out?
I decided to roam around my in the lockdown and have All is not lost, as a family the
society and map the interesting resumed it now. residents took opportunities to
changes and challenges during •Due to the lockdown, all cars connect with nature by:
the lockdown. of the residents were parked Taking a walk in the park –
Some of the common challenges inside the society 24X7.This away from the manmade
that all of the residents of the caused the usual open spaces playgrounds, engaging with
society faced were in the society to cramp up. All children in nature, observing
•Informal dependency the labourers who were working the natural habitat, recognising
reduced significantly during the on different sites inside the the animals we see around.
lockdown. People had to learn society stopped their work in the Taking our shoes off and
to adapt themselves to the “new lockdown and have resumed it walking on the grass.
normal”. now. Spoke to a few residents
around and shared their grief!
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Lessons from a pandemic:
My learnings during the lockdown
We’ve read enough about how a balance. Extra hours at work,
tough life has been due to tiring commutes, and additional
COVID-19, but what positives can responsibilities made us ignore
we take from the pandemic and the little things in life. Now that we
what has the lockdown taught me? have time, we should cherish these
Pouring my heart out here! As the moments and ensure that we do
pandemic caused unprecedented not go back to the previous normal.
havoc and emotional turmoil, it Here are some recommendations
changed our lives like never before. from what I did:
For me, the extended lockdown •Plan your schedule with your
resulted in sleepless nights and partner and take turns to manage
additional responsibilities, as household chores.
these became my “new normal”. •Make a timetable that covers
I decided that I won’t let all this every major activity, and follow it Ar. Mehak Manrao
impact my emotional and mental sincerely. Assistant professor, SOA
well-being, and made some lifestyle •For important meetings, pick
changes. In doing so, I picked some a distraction-free space to work Ar. Mehak Manrao, Asst. Prof.
lockdown-friendly activities, which comfortably
have now become my mantras for •Take periodic breaks to interact
a healthy and peaceful life. Some with family members
of my learning I want to share. Find •Utilize your free time to indulge in
happiness in the simple things of some fun activities with the family:
life. Ditch the fancy, simple is the •Binge watch movies or trending
new black, spend time with loved shows, whenever you get time
ones, take pleasure in the things •Transform the family hall into a
around you and be a minimalist. theatre room to make the best of
Within a few days of the lockdown, your TV viewing experience
I realized how much space my •You can even shoot some funny
non-essentials were occupying. Tiktok or challenge videos with
This made me re-evaluate our •Be patient and enjoy the process
your family •Do not pressurize yourself to ace
procurements and be minimalistic. Do things that make you happy!
Being a minimalist means making any skill
Growing up with multiple •Consistency is the key
the best choices for only what is responsibilities, I missed out
essential. The choices can reflect •Prioritize your life to do what
on some hobbies. During the makes you happy
in the food you eat, the clothes you lockdown, I regained my love
wear, the transport you use, etc. Take a walk back in time and ask
for dancing and sketching and yourself: What did you enjoy while
Ask yourself: “Is it useful?” or “Do I doodling and topography and also
really have to have it?” If the answer growing up? What is the one thing
thinking again some creative ideas you always wanted to learn? The
or rationale is in favor, it stays. With for my passion for product design.
every ‘no’, you will find it easier lockdown is the best time to indulge
This has worked wonders in beating in your hobbies and pick a new one
to become a minimalist. Be clear the lockdown stress. It motivates me
about what you want, pen some if you are yet to figure it out.
further to try something even more •With zero resources required,
non-negotiable rules for yourself exciting each day.
and abide by them, shun things anyone can pick and implement
In doing all these lockdown-friendly such learnings.
that you can avoid, family always activities, I have picked up some
comes first. Before the lockdown, •Cheers to a safer tomorrow and a
invaluable life lessons too: better you!
all of us were struggling to strike •Explore your passion
Encompassing Passion to a new skill
A new learning during lockdown
I will break my experience into I got to live in the pollution
two categories, of which, one free atmosphere, see clear
will be what I liked and the other skies and breathe oxygen rich
will be the ones that I didn’t. air. The sky looked better than
Let’s talk about the good ones photoshoped background.Now
first. The travel time cut-down comes the gloomy part. Frankly
was an immense relief. During I was not prepared for such an
the lockdown the travel time event. Lockdown, for gradually
got reduced to zero hours from increasing periods, amounting
exhausting 3 hours per day to 4 months. With restrictions
approximately. The time earlier on stepping out of the house,
spent in stress, pollution, noise meeting with friends and family
& exertion was now spent with and most of constant fear of
the family (quality time). And Covid-19 infection.
also after the time immemorial
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Experience in COVID 19
This pandemic has taught us a in red dress)”,”Mumma, main big
lot of things which we thought we hoke mam banunga (Mumma,
couldn’t do! Those who couldn’t I will be a teacher when I grow
drive, learnt how to drive. Those up!”. In addition to these fun
who didn’t know finances, learnt times, we have also spent a lot
how to manage funds, and of time in the kitchen! Preparing
essentially this dreaded COVID delicacies which keep the family
time has really kept us on our toes happy. Binge watching web series
with the work and the household and movies on the weekends as
chores together! With kids, every we had nowhere to go. Keeping
single day is a roller coaster ride! ourselves fit n healthy is one aspect
I have a 3-year-old who has just which we have really worked on Ar. Nidhi Sachdeva
started school this year. But irony during these tough times. And we
is, the school has started, but at have learnt to rely more on nature Assistant professor, SOA
home! Yes, that’s the effect of as it gives us recipes to maintain
the pandemic. So, the school our wellbeing. And we tend to
started the online classes for the appreciate mother nature even
little ones. We had to join Google more. This was while this time,
Meet sessions to interact with has given us headaches when
the teachers. Now, good thing is managing safety, but the blessing
that kids start to get to know the in disguise has been the time we
teachers. But it comes with a lot of have been able to spend with
bloopers. Kids, being so inquisitive our loved ones! Small pleasures
ask hell lot of questions ranging of life, including going for a cup
from, “Ma’am, hum bahar nahin of coffee to your favourite café,
aa sakte, aap to hamare ghar aa going for a haircut, meeting your
sakte ho! (Ma’am we cannot go friends on long drive etc have
out, you come to our home)”, “Aaj been surely missed by one and
dono ma’am ne red red pehna all. And, last but not the least,
hai (Today, both the ma’ams are “This too, shall pass”Cheers!
Experiencing Work from Home
during Lockdown
pollution was drastically
possibility of getting a paid long reduced, images of distant
holiday but the excitement wore mountain views on social
off as the lockdown extended media, fresh air feel, commuting
beyond our idea and it no time reduced to few seconds,
longer seemed as a retreat. thankfully the expenses were
The initial couple of weeks also less to accommodate
were really tough as WFH the reduced salaries, people
requires a certain level of self were more involvement with
discipline on our part. Also, their family. Thanks to the
you need to be tech savvy and unanticipated challenges that
ready to learn new modes of COVID-19 has thrown at us, an
online working. Teaching from alternative space has abruptly
Ar. Charu Jain home was a unique experience emerged.
Associate professor, SOA altogether. Tantrums of stress
and depression were common.
Many offices asked their But as the pandemic seemed
employees to work from home like unending, everyone
during the Covid-19 pandemic started accepting this new
period as it was the only option normal. Sometimes used to
realistic. People observed varied feel handicapped in carrying
experiences during that period. out design discussions, but
There were a rollercoaster of eventually used to figure out
emotions experienced by all of ways Students giving excuse
us. Social media was filled with that connection is weak
comical posts from all over the Students interrupting during
globe. At the start, most of us class scribbling on zoom screen
were excited about having a Thinking on the bright side,
“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves
the impossible.”
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Student Activity
School of Architecture,
with an initiative of reducing
the stress, in the new normal
situation organized student
activity on 8th September 2020.
The activities were designed as
per the batch and year.
The academic and non-
academic activities are planned
for this to enhance the student’s
potential and creativity.
Students were encouraged
by categorizing the winners
and giving them e-certificates.
Participating Batches-2nd, 3rd,
4th years.
Participating Batches-
2nd, 3rd, 4th year
Event Coordinator-
Ar. Chandrakala Kesarwani
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Future Architect’s in Digitopia
According to Vitruvius,
architecture is an imitation of
nature. And to achieve this
skill is something that requires
determination, extreme study,
practical knowledge and
something more. Unlike other
fields of study the teaching and
learning process in architecture
is somewhat more, practical
oriented and requires a deal
more of interaction.
However, the worldwide
spread of covid-19 has led
to a significant disruption in
these methods of teaching and
learning. and so, goes the story
of the students who treasured
little things like going to class
late and the jokes of the friends
on it, the extra pending works problem of network because
and the scolding in the studio of which she might not be able
and of course, slipping away to attain few classes. “At times I
from the class to go and visit miss the time we used to have
the cafes. Almost all took these physical interaction with the
unique way of teaching and teachers and the students. I
learning a bit too lightly but, know the time is difficult and,
then there came a virus which whatever we are being provided
opened the portal to a new with is more than we could “Success is
world that none would have ask for. However, the digital
ever dreamt of. “Classes on
video calls, assignments on
methods can barely compete getting what you
with what we had before and I
google classroom, even the am looking forward to the time want, happiness
guest lectures on the digital when everything is normal.”
platform” sounded like the best is wanting what
jokes an architecture student Where, on the one hand
could ever throw. where the lockdown led to a
you get.”
significant loss of “learning
Kartikey Rawat, a student of time” for the students. It also
2nd year who lives in Delhi, has opened the ways in which
has Wi-Fi at home says he is the students are learning more
able to log in to his classes and and more about the fact that
follow them easily. being and architect means
never saying no to a problem.
“In the beginning it was The pandemic in its own unique
difficult and had to face a lot of way has made the students
problems but, the experience realise that whether it’s about
now is like and unimaginable designing a residence.
dream.” he further says.
But, for Nishat Ibrahim who has
to come back to her hometown
in Bihar, it has been a difficult
experience. For, one she has
no Wi-Fi at home and has to
rely on her mobile phone’s 4g
signal, a common source of
internet. This comes with the
“Your mind is a powerful thing.
When you will fit it with positive thoughts, your life will start
to change. ”
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Le Corbusier Series
Expert Lecture – 2020
A talk titled “At the crossroads” The talk by Ar. Ronnie Tan
was organised as part of the Le addressed urban development
Corbusier Series by School of issues of sustainability
Architecture at Delhi Technical and went on to relate it to
Campus, Greater Noida on biodiversity, community
25.09.2020. The speaker for participation, food security,
the lecture was Ar. Ronnie Tan. integrated development, water
The faculty and students of 1st, pollution, role of culture, etc.
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Year
attended the lecture. The speaker cited many
examples in the context of
The session started at 12:30 Singapore. He talked about
pm with the formal greetings trans-disciplinary study and
“AT THE CROSSROADS” to the guest and participants action plan to overcome
by Ar. Amitesh Vijay Mourya, challenges and improve
Speaker followed by kind words of Ar. sustainability.
Divay Gupta (Director, SoA).
RONNIE TAN The Head of the department
Ar. Tanya Gupta introduced
President Singapore Institute the speaker to the audience.
of Landscape Architects,
SILA
Date – 25th SEPTEMBER
2020 Time – 12:30 -2:00 PM
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Departmental Orientation
4th and 5th August 2020
about upcoming architectural
thesis working and working in
the field after completion of the
course. The alumni interaction
organised for the 2nd, 3rd and
4th yr proved to be motivation
for the students to look forward
for a bright future.
The beginning of the new interacted with the peers on the
session 2021 was marked online platform and shared their
by organizing an orientation experience of the lockdown.
program for the students of 2nd, For the orientation two expert
3rd, 4th& 5th yr. The objective lectures were scheduled. First
of the event was multi-fold. lecture was scheduled on day-
The students after COVID-19 1 by Ar. Sanjay Prakash titled
lockdown of 5 months as “Green to Blue – towards
and 2 months of vacation integrated architecture”.
required acclimatization and Second lecture was scheduled
briefing of the online learning on day-2 by prof. H.B.Singh (Ex.
environment to be followed for Prof at SPA Delhi). He talked
the new semester. The students
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Students Lockdown Gallery
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Students Lockdown Gallery
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