Afrin was a very active Student Ambassador from the 2025-26 cohort. She began by responding to the C20 Initiative by sharing information and photographs of the Ripon Building in Chennai. Built in 1913, the building is the historic headquarters of the Chennai Corporation and designed in the Neoclassical Style. Over the years, it has undergone several restoration efforts to preserve its heritage and now stands as a symbol of Chennai’s rich architectural and civic heritage.
She then held a screening of the Nagari films — Level Up!, Sparrow, Udta Banaras, and Homes on the Line, for the student body of her college. She shared how different batches responded to films based on their academic exposure — the juniors reflected on growth and learning through ‘Sparrow’ and ‘Level Up!’, the mid-level batches had engaging discussions on culture and urban identity after watching ‘Udta Banaras’, and the senior students had a meaningful conversation on housing, displacement, and the social responsibility of architects through ‘Homes on the Line’.
The task she carried out was a design exercise involving students across all five batches of architecture. They took an abandoned and under-utilized site — the area under the Maduravoyal bridge in Chennai — and redesigned it for the people using Charles Correa’s principles of design. The session was engaging and very interactive.
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