BUZZ 4.0

BUZZ 4.0     

Architects for Viksit Bharat-2047 : Aligning Directions

BUZZ 4.0 is aimed at an exploration of the issues likely to govern the direction that urban development and the practice of our profession is likely to take in 2025 and beyond toward 2047. Continuing our Engagement with the city and its Built Environment, it seeks to develop a deeper consensus amongst all professionals supporting the future of the city including the IIA, IUDI & ISOLA, to find ways to work jointly towards initiatives for improving the state of our cities, and hence a better life for its citizens.

Registration & Networking                                                                                              9:30 am – 10:15 am

Inaugural Session                                                                                                           10:30 am – 11:15 am

Interactive Knowledge Sessions –11:30 am onwards

Session – I                                                                                                                       11:30 pm – 12:15 pm

TOD based Redevelopment of Cities.

The session will look upon how our cities can become more efficient and meaningful through TOD tools, and the hindrances in their implementation.

Session – II                                                                                                                       12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Cultural Preservation of Inner-City areas using HeritageTDRs and other tools

The session will discuss complexities in policy and implementation of tools like Heritage TDRs, the potentials for misuse, and challenges in balancing development with preservation.

Session – III                                                                                                                    14:00 pm – 14:45 pm

Management of Urban Water Cycles –tools for channeling our water

In this session we dig deep and shallow...to understand the ebbs and flows of water, and to find tools to work with water to sort out this crisis in our cities.

Session – IV                                                                                                                    14:45 pm – 15:30 pm

Urban Parking in City Development

The discussion will focus on best practices of parking the world over, practices of dynamic congestion pricing, multi-level automated parking, smart solutions like AI-powered systems, using technology for better management, area-based parking strategies instead of plot-based parking minimums, while touching upon what ails parking in Delhi.

Session – V                                                                                                                     15:30 pm – 16:15 pm

AI as a tool for Architectural Practices

This Session explores AI tools, particularly generative design and machine learning, and other myths associated with AI application in architecture.

Starting Out                                                                                                                    16:15 pm – 17:00 pm

An Interactive Session with Young Professionals & Senior students.

Valedictory Session - The Way Forward                                                                      17:00 pm – 18:00 pm

• The Conclusions from the Knowledge Sessions-Deliberations on the day including finalising the contours of the proposed collaboration between IIA, IUDI and ISOLA to work jointly on a regular basis apart from Events.
• Jury & Awards for the  previously floated  Photography Competition–Tales of Cities II