Architectures of Transition Emergent Practices in South Asia

Feb 16-23 | Avani Design Lab

Exhibition curated by Rahul Mehrotra, Devashree Shah and Pranav Thole

The travelling exhibition curated by Rahul Mehrotra, Devashree Shah and Pranav Thole displays the works of 41 emergent architecture practices in South Asia that have engaged in the making of architecture, landscape, and infrastructure in the public realm. The research offers insights into patronage, methodologies, emergent technologies, and construction techniques and also sheds light on how the humane and social aspects of architecture characterized by participatory frameworks are being approached by practitioners today. It attempts to highlight modes of engagement as well as transgressions and synergies between disparate cultures, ways of representation, and knowledge accumulation and production.

The first edition of the exhibition was shown at the India International Centre, New Delhi in December 2023, followed by the first travel edition at the Alliance Francaise, Chennai in August 2024 and then at the Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore in January 2025. Upcoming venues include Kochi, Kabul, Karachi and Colombo.