Studio-X: Mumbai

You're Invited:

To Celebrate the Launch of

STUDIO-X MUMBAI

MARK WIGLEY Dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Columbia University and RAJEEV THAKKER Director, Studio-X Mumbai Invite you to the opening events for

ARCHITECTURE OF CONSEQUENCE February 10 - 13, 2010 Studio-X Mumbai Kitab Mahal Fourth Floor 192, D N Road Fort Mumbai 400 001 Please see below for event details.

EXHIBITION PREVIEW Thursday, February 10 6:30pm Reception 7:00pm SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN DESIGN with OLE BOUMAN Director, Netherlands Architecture Institute MARK WIGLEY Dean, Columbia University | GSAPP EXHIBITION OPENING Friday, February 11 6:30pm Reception with opening remarks by THE HONORABLE AHMED ABOUTALEB Mayor of Rotterdam MARK WIGLEY Dean, Columbia University | GSAPP WORKSHOP PRESENTATION AND PANEL Sunday, February 13 2:30pm Special guest critics will review the proposals of three design charrette groups comprised of local architects and activists from DCOOP, ARCHITECTURE BRIO, SP+a & RITU MOHANTY-PADORA and URBZ, Dutch designers from VENHOEVEN CS, KUIPER COMPAGNONS and NAi, and directors of GSAPP's STUDIO-X RIO and SAO PAULO LAB for how architecture can build social value and bring a positive effect to three different neighborhoods in Mumbai. 4:30pm SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF URBAN INDIA with JYOTI HOSAGRAHAR Director, Sustainable Urbanism International | GSAPP SMITA SRINIVAS Director, Technological Change Lab | GSAPP

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Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

From Mumbai: Outward and Onward

In March of 2010, Columbia will open the newest Global Centers in Paris, France and Mumbai, India, the latest in an expanding international web of research centers. The Center in Mumbai will be an important outpost for scholarly collaboration in India and worldwide.
The new research center is a huge project both physically, in its building, and in its programming. Nirupam Bajpai, economist and Director of South Asian Programs for Columbia’s Earth Institute, will be leading efforts to open the Center. As a renowned researcher in India, he will no doubt be up to the challenge. The Mumbai Center will be Columbia’s fourth hub for global scholarship with three already operating in Beijing, China, Paris, France, and Amman, Jordan. A new center in one of Southern Asia’s leading cities will strengthens Columbia’s research efforts in India.
“Being physically present makes outreach and involvement with local institutions easier while still maintaining a close relationship with Columbia,” explained Bajpai.

Mumbai, India

But it is the opportunity for individuals to collaborate transnationally in Beijing, Paris and Amman that makes this Center exceptional. The arrangements and connections between the four centers will make Columbia’s Global Centers a unique model in comparison to other universities.
As researchers look outward from Mumbai to a web of international research centers they will also look onward to the future. The location in Mumbai will allow Columbia’s Earth Institute to work alongside Indian leaders in sustainability research and policymaking. Researchers may continue working on future-oriented projects such as “India 2047,” a sustainable development initiative recognizing the centennial of India’s 1947 independence. Bajpai explained that having a physical presence in Mumbai is helpful, “not just to impact India but South Asia in general; Nepal, Sri Lanka, and surrounding countries.”
Check back on our blog for more news as the Center’s opening approaches.