and privilege to be here
an architect
I wish to tell you something are you
aware that we are surrounded by habitat
we change one habitat to the other see
this hall the volume the space the
structure the light air conditioning is
on architecture we only move from one
space to the other and we are surrounded
by habitation we celebrate our life
through architecture and that’s why it
is important to preserve one of the most
important things what I did was to enjoy
the sustainability because we survive we
are happy because we create happy
habitation happy habitats and we want
our courtyard to breathe we want light
we want air therefore sustainability in
our habitation is sustainability of our
life what exactly happens is we enjoy
the perks of environment because we give
back to the society through my
profession if I am trained as an
architect and trained to draw perfect
lines but you are also the architects of
environment it’s our joint
responsibility isn’t it did anybody
teach the cobwebs to make that the
beautiful cobwebs that despite us we are
learning architecture through the
environment and environment is the one
that teaches us how to build
unfortunately my profession building
industry consumes maximum energy and
it’s also a matter of regret that we
produce a lot of waste so I need to
regulate the building industry I need to
regulate my own profession and that’s
our joint responsibility one of the
first things we should do is we should
build that which saves environment one
of the first thing we should learn is
let us not be visitors of an
let us produce something which is
generation of happy habitation now for
example the great architect called
liquor Boozer who designed Chandigarh
and he says that buildings are palatable
that means buildings can be touched
there’s also an architect called Lacan
who did I am am the body in his solid
loci with the material he asks the
material what would you like to be and
the building said an arch and all things
in this I am and the bar became arch so
two buildings talk they may not but they
convey and they convey the
unpleasantness if they are badly done
and they say we are very happy if
they’re designed very well so we are
existing from a habitation to the other
habitation why disregard them why
degrade them why not involve ourselves
with the profession with everything
which is around us it is unavoidable
aspect of our existence we go to schools
we go to colleges we go home we go to
malls theaters and this very space it’s
so beautiful we avoid places which are
dark dingy and pleasant we want to go to
places which are absolutely
reverberating which are driving with
life we are inviting educating the Sun
which says come I wish to be with you
that is the environment which you and I
need to create if we do we need
education for it no we just need
understanding of it and this is what I
do friends I make buildings which
respond to the nature I see that way I
don’t waste I see that I do architecture
with local materials I see that I
involve the artisans I see that I
involve the client I want to educate I
do not want to impart something which is
not acceptable I would rather see that
you say
I’m so happy living here I would rather
see my face is not the rupee’s is the
satisfaction which you derive because I
make for you a habitation which is
thriving which is sustainable it is our
prime duty to realize that we do not
build anything which is unnecessarily
wasteful sustained means to endure in
the present conditions in the present
set of conditions I and my buildings
must endure I need to preserve I need to
save energy so this makes the foundation
of everything built from today to the
future friends we are here because we
have energy we have resources we have
understanding of our planet of our
mother earth right from mud bricks to
mortar and this is what is important I
say that we are here because we are
sustained ourselves let this be our
mission it is my mission it is your
mission henceforth the mission of the
planet the sustainability thank you very
much thank you sir for your insightful words