Left: Rosary Shettihalli Church, built in 1810-1880, submerged in monsoons due to the Hemavati Dam waters | Source: https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/photos/shettihalli-rosary…
Centre: Axonometric drawing of the Rosary Shettihalli Church | Source: Priya Joseph.
Right: Photograph of the Rosary Shettihalli Church | Source: Priya Joseph

Vishvesh Khandolkar (October 2020): ARCHITECTURE AND THE STRUCTURING OF IDENTITY IN ‘POSTCOLONIAL’ GOA

PhD Guide: Pithamber Rao Polsani

The focus of this project is on examining the multiple ways in which the uniqueness of Goa’s local architecture has been projected to create a discourse on and of Goan identity through literary means, illustrations, photography, and pageantry – each of these representative means being dependent on the technologies of their respective eras.

Priya Joseph (April 2021): THE INTERSECTION OF VERNACULAR AND COLONIAL PROCESSES OF BUILDING: INTERPRETING ARCHITECTURE THROUGH MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE

PhD Guide: Pithamber Rao Polsani

The focus of this thesis is to study the intersections of Indian and British architectural practices in the 19th century, with respect to technique and materiality. The architectural productions of Southern Indian states are used as living archives, that are read by measuring, analysing and creating hundreds of drawings to explore the tensions between native and colonial operations and their effect in shaping the processes of postcolonial architecture.