Education and Research in Human Settlements
Kala Academy is more than just a stone structure. Apart from the intangible values that surround the building, Kala Academy is being visited and studied by around a thousand students every year for its architectural significance.
Read more on why it is considered to be such an important building here, by Lester Silveira.
The Charles Correa Foundation announce a petition to the Minister of Art and Culture, Government of Goa. To undertake sensitive conservation measures with proper consultation, together with the Foundation with the goal of preserving the building of Kala Academy.
If you believe in our cause, please sign the petition and share the same.
A full-page cover on Times of India, special edition on 4th August.
Vivek Menezes reflects on the value of an equitable public building. And how Kala Academy is a meaningful space to the city of Panjim.
Read it here
Alexandre Moniz Barbosa weighs in on the news about Kala Academy’s demolition in the oHeraldo newspaper
Herald published an entire page sharing the views of Experts and Engineers opposing the Government’s decision to demolish KA.
Date: 25 July 2019
Nida Sayed makes a case for the academic significance of the Architecture of Kala Academy in the Times of India.
25th July 2019,
Based on a talk at CCF by;
Fernando Velho, Architect
along with
Erica De Mello, Student at Goa College of Architecture
In the previous blog ‘A Search for Commons in the Pressure of Growing Cities’ – the problems and pressures on the Goan village of Chimbel were illustrated. Within that context, there arose a need for a public space that could serve as a commons for the village.
Continue reading “Nossa Senhora Do Carmo” →
This blog is the first part of a trilogy about a village, its residents, and the ruins of a chapel. The Charles Correa Foundation has been actively involved in assisting the villagers in their project, and our combined efforts have recently yielded positive results. You can read about it on the news section of our website or Aliya Abreu’s article in the Goan Everyday.
Continue reading “A Search for Commons in the Pressure of Growing Cities” →
by Aliya Abreu,
in The Goan Everyday – Sunday June 30, 2019
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The Conservation Committee of the department of Town and Country Planning
(TCP) headed by the TCP minister decided to accept the request made by Charles
Correa Foundation and Ana Gracias ( leader of a citizens’ movement from Chimbel) and list the ruins of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, on the conservation list of the Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations.
Location: Panaji
Status: Documentation Report
Year of Completion: 2014 Continue reading “HERITAGE CONSERVATION PHASE 1 – LISTING AND GRADING OF HERITAGE STRUCTURES IN PANAJI” →
Location: Panjim
Status: Project Proposal Report for Mala and Fontainhas – Implemented for Mala
Year of Completion: Fontainhas – 2014
Mala – 2016 Continue reading “LANE REDEVELOPMENT MALA AND FONTAINHAS” →