Jugaadopolis Workshops: Co-creating the Future of Heritage
Our workshops turn heritage conservation into a hands-on, collaborative experience for students, professionals, and community groups.
A wide shot of our workshop on urban policy for Masters of Urban Design students at SPA New Delhi. The room is buzzing with energy as multiple groups engage in a gamified exercise to understand urban regeneration.
A close-up of a group brainstorming session, with students using colorful sticky notes to map out strategies for an adaptive reuse project. This hands-on method encourages dynamic thinking and collaborative problem solving.
During a winter elective with students, I discuss the real-world complexities of heritage conservation, such as the financial challenges homeowners face with listed buildings. Our teaching is grounded in the practical realities of the field.
A group of students looks up at a historic clock tower in Mumbai during a site visit. Our workshops always include site adventures to connect theoretical learning with the tangible experience of the built environment.
A group photo with students in front of the Sabyasachi flagship store in Mumbai, a brilliant example of adaptive reuse. These site visits provide inspiration and practical case studies for our workshop participants.
Students from the School of Planning & Architecture New Delhi are deeply focused during an intensive workshop on urban policy. They are using cards and notes in a game designed to simulate urban regeneration challenges.
Another angle from our urban policy workshop, showing a team of students organizing their ideas using color-coded notes. This visual method helps in structuring complex policy and design interventions.
A candid video of students engaged in small group discussions during a workshop. This format encourages peer-to-peer learning and allows for deeper exploration of the topics at hand.
The result of a brainstorming session on adaptive reuse. A board covered in sticky notes captures the diverse ideas and strategies developed by the students, showcasing the collaborative output of the workshop.
A site visit to a haveli in Old Delhi with students from Jindal School of Art & Architecture. Exploring these living heritage spaces is a crucial part of our workshops on adaptive reuse and museum studies.
About Jugaadopolis Workshops: Co-creating the Future of Heritage
These sessions are far from typical lectures where you simply sit and listen. We use gamification and collaborative mapping to tackle real-world urban regeneration problems, such as how to retrofit an old building or revive a heritage site without losing its character. You will work alongside peers, using sticky notes and onsite site visits to dissect challenges, mirroring the actual methodology we apply in our professional architecture practice.
Our Jugaadopolis initiative is built on the belief that heritage conservation must be an accessible, living practice. We design these workshops to break down the walls between academic theory and the messy realities of the built environment.
How We Work
Instead of dry presentations, we pack our sessions with games, brainstorming, and co-creation exercises. Whether we are exploring a haveli in Old Delhi or dissecting urban policy with design students, the goal is always to move from abstract concepts to tangible, local solutions.
Core Themes
- Adaptive Reuse: Learning to repurpose old structures for modern use while respecting their original bones.
- Urban Regeneration: Understanding the dynamics of policy, community needs, and economic constraints.
- Materiality: Hands-on identification of original materials like lime and Lakhori brick versus incompatible modern repairs.
Why Join
We welcome students, design professionals, and community groups. Our workshops provide you with the Restoration Toolbox—a practical guide to demystifying the conservation process. You walk away with more than just a certificate; you gain a framework for 'placemaking' that you can apply to your own projects. We believe that by teaching these skills, we make the entire field of conservation stronger and more relevant to our climate and culture.
Aishwarya Tipnis Architects
We founded this studio to bridge the gap between academic theory and the honest, often messy realities of architecture. We are here to help you move beyond fancy plans and get your hands dirty with the actual work of saving our built history. Learning is an adventure, and we want you to be part of the team, not just an observer.
Looking for professional design guidance?
We also offer heritage advisory calls and architectural site diagnostics.
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