Outreach
Like a large banyan tree with many roots to support its sprouts, Akarmaa believes in being one such root. Providing for new growth while growing in itself. Akarmaa is open to one and all via the different activities we are involved in.
Let’s grow together…
Illustration credits: Kairav A.K.
Publication
“If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing.
This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish…
Somehow the more you give away, the more comes back to you.”
– Paul Arden
Participations
“Conversation is the image of the mind”
– Publilius Syrus
ISOLA | UNBUILT Landscapes Workshop
Arugu | IIA AP Chapter | Presentation, 2022
Children of Landscape
CITY unFOLDED
Conversation
“Conversation is the image of the mind”
– Publilius Syrus
Silent Rustles Fellowship
Silent RustlesThe “Silent Rustles Fellowship”, by Akarmaa is a platform for anyone who is keen on understanding and documenting the lesser-known narratives of people, places and practices.
The idea of the fellowship finds its roots in the possibilities of identifying potential narratives and their narrators who represent various collective values in the present context. The Fellow must find the need to conserve/sustain them in practice by assigning relevant meanings of contemporary significance.
The Fellowship is a tiny step towards creating an open repository of indigenous values about people, places and practices. The intent is to reach out to and create possibilities of work on small ideas, for imagination to lead towards action.
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Events and Exhibitions
“Step 1: Wonder at something.
Step 2: Invite others to wonder with you.”
– Austin Kleon
Blog
“We work because it’s a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.“
– Charles Eames
Workshops | Seminars | Interactions
“I’m beginning to look less and less at a work of architecture as being an object. It is a phenomenon; its a transitional phasein a kind of continual transformation between many kinds of selves.”
– Prof.Neelkanth Chhaya
Book, Listening to Stillness Volume II : On Architecture
To explore learning of architecture as a way of life,
to be able to see daily life as a source of knowledge towards development of architecture.
To work with people, understand the patterns of life and the spaces that support life;
To understand being conscious of our lifestyle and its inter-dependency on the environment;
Akarmaa interacts and shares practices from our journey through interactions in the form of workshops and seminars. Attributing to Akarmaa’s belief in learning by doing, multiple initiatives and collaborations are possible.
Work is underway for exploring further…
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To act and still not be the doer is one aspect, while the other aspect is to make the whole world act without doing anything oneself. In this state there is immense power to impel others to act. This is the beauty of akarmaa.
– Acharya Vinobha Bhave
Artist Collaborations
Akarmaa believes in togetherness, faith and courage in creative expressions.
Akarmaa also serves as a platform for various young graduates of architecture to find their ‘calling’ beyond their profession.
Akarmaa continues to work as a collective for over a decade working with people, places and practices.
1.6 Frames, imagining every scene as a frame, 1.6 Frames is an architectural photography practice to take pictures within the golden ratio.
Avam, meaning ‘We’ in Sanskrit, is a platform expressing and exploring Stories Visually through Arts, Design and Entertainment.
Dhuni , An Inward Journey towards exploring the essence of emotion through colour and form.
Koru is an exploration in art to create stories that can give hope. The circular movement towards an inner coil refers to ” going back to the beginning
Nura is an initiative which replicates energy in the form of art with every layer representing each stage of one’s life.
Paraa, an initiative of Ears of the Earth, to revel in one’s intrinsic nature to relate with sound the joys and hope it brings with it.