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Papers by Saurabh Popli
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 2017
The paper examines the ideas and works of two architectural design practices, Hunnarshala and Lau... more The paper examines the ideas and works of two architectural design practices, Hunnarshala and Laurie Baker that emerged over a period of time in different geographies. The paper argues that their architectural practices reflect consistent Gandhian ethos and highlight discursive elements of a Gandhian framework. The paper employs a reflexive ‘making-sense’ of actual, lived experience; reading them as ‘texts’ using as a lens, the works of thinkers and practitioners in the field of social design, including ideas on grassroots creativity and innovation. As derivation, it advances a unified framework for social design and innovation that transcends distinctions of scale, time, and geography, as a Gandhian framework, where one may contextualize various design and innovation practices within the spectrum.
Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
This paper explores the Wancho communities in the Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh, located... more This paper explores the Wancho communities in the Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh, located in the north-east of India, analysing their architecture in its traditional cultural and geographical context. Through a phenomenological study of the landscape and architecture of the Wancho, it reveals how these communities create forms and inscribe their particular patterns upon the landscape, resulting in a unique built expression. Phenomenology emphasizes lived experience and enquires into the related concepts of space and place, understanding how physical phenomena are inscribed with meanings. Accordingly, the Wancho settlements in Arunachal Pradesh have been seen through the lens of lived-experiences that provide them with meanings. In Wancho settlements the emotional and subjective attachment of the community to their place is strong, and is reflected through the material reality of the village and its environment. Seen as a whole, the settlements integrate climatic and other na...
Conference Proceedings, 2017
Kathotiya village lies in dense Teak forests in the Vindhyan scarplands, near the Indian city of ... more Kathotiya village lies in dense Teak forests in the Vindhyan scarplands, near the Indian city of Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh State. Its varied landscape comprises, bio-diverse habitat, rain-dependent agriculture growing millets, corn and rice; rock shelters with cave paintings dated to circa 16000 BP, within a wide geographical arc well known for the discovery of thousands of Paleolithic and Neolithic sites of archaeological and anthropological interest. The earliest known hominine remains found on the Indian sub-continent, dated to 250000 BP, are lie in the nearby Narmada valley, as are fossil remains of mega-fauna. The landscape is thus of interest for its natural history. A resident tiger population attests to the richness and condition of the landscape that has viable populations of mammals like barking deer. The region boasts rich biodiversity and agro-biodiversity values with several races of rice cultivated traditionally. A large number of medicinally important species were observed in the surrounding forests. In addition, the sharp relief-affording rich experience, and wildlife values, as well as the proximity with a major urban center has brought considerable pressures caused by tourist visitation. The paper approaches Kathotiya through its landscape-an integrating, holistic concept, which provides common ground for diverse disciplines and actors to address shared problems (Fry, 2001; Naveh, 2001; Tress et al., 2003); and available literature, the present paper explains the significance of the Kathotiya landscape from a perspective of human values, and attempts a synthesis using primary data within a spatial and development goals context.
Landscape Journal India, 2019
Conference Proceedings - National Seminar on Climate Change, 2018
Dokrani Bamak is an important medium sized glacier of the Garwhal Himalaya that forms the source ... more Dokrani Bamak is an important medium sized glacier of the Garwhal Himalaya that forms the source of the Bhagirathi river system. It comprises of two cirques found within the watershed created by the Draupadi-ka-Danda (5600 msl) and Jaonli (6000 msl) peaks. The Dingad stream emerges at the mouth of this 5 km long glacier at an altitude of 3800 msl and joins the Bhagirathi at Bhukki village about 25 km downstream. The ecology of the Dingad valley comprises Quercus, Pine, Rhododendron & Deodar at the lower reaches and Himalayan Birch (Bhojpatra) and Fir, with steeply rising high altitude (approx, 3500msl) alpine meadows in a dramatic settings of u-shaped valleys and high peaks formed foundationally through tectonic forces and glacial action. The region is a cultural landscape, its origins lost in antiquity, formed and tracing its origins from the gods, and their peoples, the transhumant communities called van-Gujjars, nomadic herders who perform seasonal migrations; popular among scores of tourists and numerous campsites are found within this highly scenic area; in addition, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering situated at Uttarkashi, in the Garwhal region of Uttarakhand has used the glacier and surrounding areas for training purposes. Each year, the valley is visited by several hundred trainee mountaineers and others adventure-enthusiasts. However, large-scale visitation, and poor awareness in this fragile landscape has led to the degradation of its ecology. Further, increasing climate variability compounds anthropogenic pressures.
The paper investigates the Lakefront of Bhopal (our city), as a locus of social meanings and emot... more The paper investigates the Lakefront of Bhopal (our city), as a locus of social meanings and emotive content, advances a framework for understanding its significance.
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 2017
The paper examines the ideas and works of two architectural design practices, Hunnarshala and Lau... more The paper examines the ideas and works of two architectural design practices, Hunnarshala and Laurie Baker that emerged over a period of time in different geographies. The paper argues that their architectural practices reflect consistent Gandhian ethos and highlight discursive elements of a Gandhian framework. The paper employs a reflexive ‘making-sense’ of actual, lived experience; reading them as ‘texts’ using as a lens, the works of thinkers and practitioners in the field of social design, including ideas on grassroots creativity and innovation. As derivation, it advances a unified framework for social design and innovation that transcends distinctions of scale, time, and geography, as a Gandhian framework, where one may contextualize various design and innovation practices within the spectrum.
Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
This paper explores the Wancho communities in the Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh, located... more This paper explores the Wancho communities in the Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh, located in the north-east of India, analysing their architecture in its traditional cultural and geographical context. Through a phenomenological study of the landscape and architecture of the Wancho, it reveals how these communities create forms and inscribe their particular patterns upon the landscape, resulting in a unique built expression. Phenomenology emphasizes lived experience and enquires into the related concepts of space and place, understanding how physical phenomena are inscribed with meanings. Accordingly, the Wancho settlements in Arunachal Pradesh have been seen through the lens of lived-experiences that provide them with meanings. In Wancho settlements the emotional and subjective attachment of the community to their place is strong, and is reflected through the material reality of the village and its environment. Seen as a whole, the settlements integrate climatic and other na...
Conference Proceedings, 2017
Kathotiya village lies in dense Teak forests in the Vindhyan scarplands, near the Indian city of ... more Kathotiya village lies in dense Teak forests in the Vindhyan scarplands, near the Indian city of Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh State. Its varied landscape comprises, bio-diverse habitat, rain-dependent agriculture growing millets, corn and rice; rock shelters with cave paintings dated to circa 16000 BP, within a wide geographical arc well known for the discovery of thousands of Paleolithic and Neolithic sites of archaeological and anthropological interest. The earliest known hominine remains found on the Indian sub-continent, dated to 250000 BP, are lie in the nearby Narmada valley, as are fossil remains of mega-fauna. The landscape is thus of interest for its natural history. A resident tiger population attests to the richness and condition of the landscape that has viable populations of mammals like barking deer. The region boasts rich biodiversity and agro-biodiversity values with several races of rice cultivated traditionally. A large number of medicinally important species were observed in the surrounding forests. In addition, the sharp relief-affording rich experience, and wildlife values, as well as the proximity with a major urban center has brought considerable pressures caused by tourist visitation. The paper approaches Kathotiya through its landscape-an integrating, holistic concept, which provides common ground for diverse disciplines and actors to address shared problems (Fry, 2001; Naveh, 2001; Tress et al., 2003); and available literature, the present paper explains the significance of the Kathotiya landscape from a perspective of human values, and attempts a synthesis using primary data within a spatial and development goals context.
Landscape Journal India, 2019
Conference Proceedings - National Seminar on Climate Change, 2018
Dokrani Bamak is an important medium sized glacier of the Garwhal Himalaya that forms the source ... more Dokrani Bamak is an important medium sized glacier of the Garwhal Himalaya that forms the source of the Bhagirathi river system. It comprises of two cirques found within the watershed created by the Draupadi-ka-Danda (5600 msl) and Jaonli (6000 msl) peaks. The Dingad stream emerges at the mouth of this 5 km long glacier at an altitude of 3800 msl and joins the Bhagirathi at Bhukki village about 25 km downstream. The ecology of the Dingad valley comprises Quercus, Pine, Rhododendron & Deodar at the lower reaches and Himalayan Birch (Bhojpatra) and Fir, with steeply rising high altitude (approx, 3500msl) alpine meadows in a dramatic settings of u-shaped valleys and high peaks formed foundationally through tectonic forces and glacial action. The region is a cultural landscape, its origins lost in antiquity, formed and tracing its origins from the gods, and their peoples, the transhumant communities called van-Gujjars, nomadic herders who perform seasonal migrations; popular among scores of tourists and numerous campsites are found within this highly scenic area; in addition, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering situated at Uttarkashi, in the Garwhal region of Uttarakhand has used the glacier and surrounding areas for training purposes. Each year, the valley is visited by several hundred trainee mountaineers and others adventure-enthusiasts. However, large-scale visitation, and poor awareness in this fragile landscape has led to the degradation of its ecology. Further, increasing climate variability compounds anthropogenic pressures.
The paper investigates the Lakefront of Bhopal (our city), as a locus of social meanings and emot... more The paper investigates the Lakefront of Bhopal (our city), as a locus of social meanings and emotive content, advances a framework for understanding its significance.