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Brinda Somaya
Brinda Chinnappa Somaya, Architect and Urban Conservationist completed her Master of Arts degree from Smith College, USA after graduating from the Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai. She believes that development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic envronment. Her philosophy: the Architect's role is that of guardian - his is the conscience of the built and un-built environment.

This belief underlines her work at "Somaya and Kalappa", the company she founded and has headed for the last three decades. Her oeuvre, spanning corporate, industrial and institutional clients extends to public spaces, which she has rebuilt and sometimes reinvented as pavements, parks and plazas. These include the Colaba Woods, Ganeshpuri Temple and a slew of pavements in South Mumbai & the reconstruction of an entire village in Kutch. She has done the master planning and building design of multiple corporate and educational campuses. Some of these award winning campuses include the Tata Consultancy Services - Banyan Park, Mumbai, the Nalanda International School, Vadodara, the Zensar Technologies limited, Pune. Other campuses include the Goa Institute of management and the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.

She has won numerous personal and professional awards through the years.But perhaps one of her most fulfilling involvement has been in Progressive Conservation - best exemplified in the restoration and renovation of her alma mater, the Cathedral and John Connon Schools, prime examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in the historic precinct of the Fort area, Mumbai. An example of how the future can be embraced without erasing the past, this conservation effort embodies, in microcosm, what other historic areas of the city might do to renew themselves and by extension, the city, through focused environment-conscious (and history-sensitive) architecture. She emphasizes time and again that her involvement in conservation is neither self indulgent nor reverential, but an intelligent meshing of the old and new to develop an architectural form that serves the present.

Brinda Somaya has delivered analytical and critical talks as well as presented papers in India and abroad on Conservation, Women in Architecture, the changing role of Indian Architects and innumerable other subjects.

Brinda Somaya is also a founder trustee of The HECAR Foundation and has chaired the highly successful conference and exhibition on the work of Women Architects with a focus on South Asia. The foundation has also brought out various books on architecture. Getsaagar (talk) 09:10, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Somaya & Kalappa
Somaya & Kalappa Getsaagar (talk) 09:26, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

August 2012
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Brinda Somaya, Architect and Urban Conservationist completed her Master of Arts degree from Smith College, USA after graduating from the Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai. She believes that development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic envronment. Her philosophy: the Architect's role is that of guardian - his is the conscience of the built and un-built environment.

This belief underlines her work at "Somaya and Kalappa", the company she founded and has headed for the last three decades. Her oeuvre, spanning corporate, industrial and institutional clients extends to public spaces, which she has rebuilt and sometimes reinvented as pavements, parks and plazas. These include the Colaba Woods, Ganeshpuri Temple and a slew of pavements in South Mumbai & the reconstruction of an entire village in Kutch. She has done the master planning and building design of multiple corporate and educational campuses. Some of these award winning campuses include the Tata Consultancy Services - Banyan Park, Mumbai, the Nalanda International School, Vadodara, the Zensar Technologies limited, Pune. Other campuses include the Goa Institute of management and the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.

She has won numerous personal and professional awards through the years.But perhaps one of her most fulfilling involvement has been in Progressive Conservation - best exemplified in the restoration and renovation of her alma mater, the Cathedral and John Connon Schools, prime examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in the historic precinct of the Fort area, Mumbai. An example of how the future can be embraced without erasing the past, this conservation effort embodies, in microcosm, what other historic areas of the city might do to renew themselves and by extension, the city, through focused environment-conscious (and history-sensitive) architecture. She emphasizes time and again that her involvement in conservation is neither self indulgent nor reverential, but an intelligent meshing of the old and new to develop an architectural form that serves the present.

Brinda Somaya has delivered analytical and critical talks as well as presented papers in India and abroad on Conservation, Women in Architecture, the changing role of Indian Architects and innumerable other subjects.

Brinda Somaya is also a founder trustee of The HECAR Foundation and has chaired the highly successful conference and exhibition on the work of Women Architects with a focus on South Asia. The foundation has also brought out various books on architecture.

Brinda Somaya
Brinda Somaya, Architect and Conservationist completed her Master of Arts degree from Smith College, USA after graduating from the Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai. She believes that development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment. Her philosophy: the Architect’s role is that of guardian – his is the conscience of the built and un-built environment.

This belief underlines her work at “Somaya and Kalappa Consultants”, the company she has headed for the last three decades. Her oeuvre, spanning large corporate, industrial and institutional campuses extends to public spaces, which she has rebuilt and sometimes reinvented as pavements, parks and plazas as well as historic restoration and adaptive reuse.

Brinda is a Member of the Editorial Board for MARG Architectural Books and was a Member of the Committee of `Environmental Impact Assessment of New Construction Projects & New Industrial Estates for `Ministry of Environment & Forests’ Government of India and the Urban Heritage Conservation Committee and Mumbai’s Initiative for the Protection & Improvement of Streets & Public Spaces.

She was also on the IAWA board of Advisors (International Archive of Women in Architecture), U.S.A. & Founder Trustee of the Hecar Foundation. She chaired a conference & organized a seminal exhibition on the Work of Women Architects with a focus on South Asia in Mumbai. In addition `The Hecar Foundation has brought out several books/documents such as the `Emancipated Place: Women in Architecture 2000+, `Silent Sentinels’ Traditional Architecture of Coorg, `The Cathedral Schools Portfolio and `The Mumbai Esplanade Project’ She has won numerous National & International awards. She was the first woman to have won the Wienerberger Golden Architect Award for lifetime achievement which is a peer award. In 2008 she also won the Union of International Architects Sgoutas prize mention for alleviation of poverty for her Bhuj Village Project and is a Leading European Architects Forum award winner for the new Nalanda Schools Campus in Baroda as well as the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage award for the restoration of the St.Thomas Cathedral in Mumbai.

Brinda has delivered analytical and critical talks as well as presented papers in India and abroad on her work – and other connected subjects. She has given lectures in the U.S.A, U.K., Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & India and her work has been exhibited in the USA, UK & Japan. She has served as an Examiner & Jury Member in India & Abroad and her work has been shown in several International exhibitions.

In May 2012 she will be the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from he alma mater Smith College – Massachusetts

BRINDA SOMAYA
BRINDA SOMAYA Brinda Somaya is an architect and urban conservationist. Upon completion of her Bachelor of Architecture from Mumbai University and her Master of Arts from Smith College in Northampton, MA, USA, she started her firm Somaya and Kalappa Consultants in 1978 in Mumbai, India. Over three decades she has merged architecture, conservation and social equity in projects ranging from institutional campuses and rehabilitation of an earthquake torn village to the restoration of an 18th century cathedral, showing that progress and history need not be at odds.

Her philosophy: ‘the Architect’s role is that of guardian – his is the conscience of the built and un-built environment.’ This belief underlines her work that spans large corporate, industrial and institutional campuses and extends to public spaces, which she has rebuilt and sometimes reinvented as pavements, parks and plazas. The latter include the Colaba Woods, Ganeshpuri Temple and a slew of pavements in South Mumbai.

Brinda Somaya is involved in progressive conservation, such as the restoration and renovation of her alma mater, the Cathedral and John Connon School, prime examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in the historic precinct of the Fort area, Mumbai. The project illustrates how the future can be embraced without erasing the past through focused environment-conscious (and history-sensitive) architecture.

Master-planning and building design of multiple corporate and educational campuses has become one of her areas of expertise. Some of these award-winning campuses include Tata Consultancy Services, Banyan Park, Mumbai; Nalanda International School, Vadodara; and Zensar Technologies, Pune. Other campuses include the Goa Institute of Management, Sanquelim and the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.

As a member of the Committee of `Environmental Impact Assessment of New Construction Projects for `Ministry of Environment & Forests’ Government of India, the Mumbai Urban Heritage Conservation Committee, and Mumbai’s Initiative for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces, Brinda Somaya has been actively involved in participating in her country’s and city’s development. She was also on the IAWA board of Advisors (International Archive of Women in Architecture), U.S.A. and Founder Trustee of the HECAR Foundation.

Over the years, she has won numerous international and national awards. In 2004 Brinda Somaya won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage award winner for the restoration of the St.Thomas’ Cathedral in Mumbai. She is also a Leading European Architects Forum award winner for the new Nalanda Schools Campus in Baroda in 2006. She was the first woman to have won the Wienerberger Golden Architect Award for lifetime achievement - a peer award, in 2007. In 2008 a mention was awarded to Brinda Somaya by the Union of International Architects Sgoutas for alleviation of poverty for her Bhuj Village Project.

For being, ‘one of Mumbai’s leading architects and one of South Asia’s strongest supporters of women in that field, you build literally and figuratively toward a more equal future…’, in May 2012 she was the recipient of honoris causa, an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater, Smith College, USA.

September 2012
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