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Designed as a comprehensive resource on spatial thinking, experimental pedagogy, and academic practices, this archive serves as a record for reference and critical analysis. 

More than a traditional institutional repository, it is envisioned as an "Archive of Ideas," structured to mirror the conceptual and intellectual framework of SEA. The platform captures specific engagements, explorations, and pedagogical reorientations, expressing the school's distinct set of practices constituted by its students and teachers. 

The collection encompasses intellectual articulations—from course books and objectives to studio briefs and lectures—alongside a  documentation of student work, field studies, and thesis projects. Through this structure, the archive navigates complex inquiries into typologies, ontologies, and genealogies, while exploring themes of environment, urbanisation, futures, and ethics. It serves as a space for rethinking geographies and histories of type, offering the school's co-learning experiments and its ongoing articulation of space and form.


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The interplay of culture and space in Mazgaon

Urban Religiosities
Sarah Lukhadia, 2023


Mumbai is a city where its cultures have always flourished. Mazgaon symbolizes this spirit of Mumbai perfectly, where various cultures are beautifully interwoven together. Growing up in this cosmopolitan quarter of Mazgaon, I fondly remember a time when the doors and windows of the houses were kept wide open, fostering countless interactions and conversations throughout the day. As per now people don't show up even after countless door bells. As kids, we explored various settlements around Mazgaon, searching for safe shortcuts to play areas or open spaces around the settlements where our evenings could unfold. These open areas offered an inclusive environment, facilitating a shared and negotiated usage. They were free from the confines of territorial boundaries or restrictions, fostering a sense of belonging without the fear of intruding on others' spaces. Each of these open spaces belonged to a specific community, which subtly exposed us to diverse cultural practices during our formative years, allowing us to feel a part of a multicultural society.

Multiculturalism is a concept where diversity is enabled, but it prompts a crucial question: How is this diversity sustained and experienced within physical spaces? I am exploring the relationship of culture and space in Mazgaon by studying the spatial dynamics of smaller clusters in the neighborhood. Space has become a commodity under capitalism but space should be considered as a product of social processes. I aim to provide insights into the transformative journey of the neighborhood by attempting to study the cultural influences and how it has an active role in shaping the built environment.




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Spatialities of everyday heritage



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Aashika Vijaykar, 2020

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Remembering ghar: continuities of memory


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Anika Pugalia, 2024

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Architecture of a monument: Vasai fort


Memory and Belonging
Chinmay Kadwadkar, 2018

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Architecture and memory: remembering home in involuntary dislocation

Memory and Belonging
Dhruv Chavan, 2018

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On Sindhi refugees: making home in Jalgaon


Memory and Belonging
Khushboo Tejwani, 2024

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Retrofitted domesticities


Memory and Belonging
Nikunj Dedhia, 2020

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Architecture and healing: civil war inversion of public space Borella, Colombo

Memory and Belonging
Rutu Kelekar, 2018

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Spatiality of remembrance: encounters between the native and urban

Memory and Belonging
Tanishqa Rodrigues, 2020

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