Jaffer Khan's maiden lecture for batch 2012-13
Professor Jaffer AA Khan RIBA,commenced the batch 2012-13 of B.Arch at MIDAS with his maiden lecture on "Elements of Design" and the "Principles of Design". The lecture was for 60min. at the first...
View ArticleProfessor Jaffer AA Khan Chairs Session on "Urban Waste"
Prof. Jaffer AA Khan Director MIDAS and a practicing architect heading Jaff Design Studio in Bangalore and Chennai will chair a session on Urban Waste organised as a part of Urban Mela by MOD Institute...
View ArticleMIDAS at URBAN MELA by MOD Institute Berlin in Chennai
MIDAS involvement in Indo German Urban MelaMOD Institute, an international collective of architects, designers researchers, curators and practitioners with engaged interests in urbanisation process in...
View ArticleRenowned Architect Chitra Vishvanath Speaks at MIDAS-as a part of FEAT
Ar.Chitra Vishwanath, Principal Architect & Managing Director of Architecture Biome lectured at MIDAS addressing the budding architects on the need to evolve ecologically responsive...
View ArticleHappy Ganesh Chaturthi 2012
Dear FriendsPlease accept my wishes on the Festival of "Ganesh Chaturthi" and let the blessings of Ganesha be showers to all and bring peace and prosperity to our Nation-Jai HindJaffer AA...
View ArticleSTUDIO SCENE AT MIDAS
The 1st Year B.Arch students at MIDAS - had a busy weekend on a 3D hands on cubic subtraction exercise. The student were asked to excavate cubic volumes of a brick size POP block. The result was an...
View ArticleTED Talks- Live from Bombay at MIDAS
MIDAS- beamed TED Talks live from Mumbai on "Free Cities" on 23th Oct 2012. Future talsk will be organised for the benefit of Students.
View ArticleHistory of Architecture (Europeon) Model Making Workshop by MIDAS
The 14th to 16th of October was a busy day at MIDAS. The students of 3rd Semester Architecture were hectically involved in madel models of buildings from Early Christian to Baroque and Rococo Style....
View ArticleCoherence of Tradition in Practice-Jaffer AA Khan FRSA
Coherence of Tradition in Practice - The speech at PRS Sint Lucas Architecture, Gent, Belgium by Jaffer AA Khan FRSA will outline his philosophy of understanding the Indian Tradition - which is the...
View ArticleJaffer AA Khan Speaks at the IGBC International Conference in Hyderanbad 0n...
Prof. Jaffer AA Khan Director MIDAS-Marg Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi- addresses the international audience on " Urban Sustainability" as a part of the International Conference...
View ArticleFractals 2.0 Workshop by Takbir Fatima II at MIDAS -Chennai
Ms Takbir Fatima II, practising architect from Hyderabad will conduct her second workshop at MIDAS-MargInstitute of Design and Workshop , Fractal 2.0 "ONE TO MANY. The three day workshop on 24th to...
View ArticleJaffer Khan at PRS-RMIT LUCA Presentation at Ghent Belgium
Jaffer AA Khan, spoke on "Coherence of Tradition in Practice" to an elite audience at Sint Lucas Architecture School on 25th November 2012. The lecture was part of PRS by RMIT-LUCA at Ghent Belgium....
View ArticleFractal Workshop at MIDAS
Ms Takbir Fatima II conducted a three day Fractals.2.0 workshop at MIDAS from 24th to 26th at the Marg Institute ofDesign and Architecture Swarnabhoomi -MIDAS. The students enjoyed making the...
View ArticleProfessor Jaffer with Sir Peter Cook in London
Professor Jaffer AA Khan, Director of MIDAS-Marg Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi Chennai, today met Sir Peter Cook, an iconic architect who was a founder member of ARCHIGRAM movement...
View ArticleProfessor Jaffer AA Khan - at a Design Jury at the Bartlett for Studio of...
Professor Jaffer AA Khan was invited to be a jury member for the French students jury at the Bartlett by Sir Peter Cook. The jury included several elite practitioners and academicians. Prof. CJ Lim of...
View ArticleNational Conference on Indo Saracenic Architecture of Chennai- By MIDAS
MIDAS-Marg Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi will conduct a two day National Conference on " Evolution of Indo- Saracenic Heritage of Chennai" on the 16th of February. On the 17th a...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2013
Dear All, The year 2012 had been an eventful year for MIDAS. We had an extraordinary public exhibition of student work and a new batch of 80 students. MIDAS continued to be hectic throughout the year...
View ArticleMIDAS Wishes a Happy 2013
MIDAS Team Wishes you a Very Happy New Year 2013. Let our association get stronger to breed new architects who would take this country forward
View ArticleHOA Workshop at MIDAS- 1st SEMESTER B.Arch 2012-13
MIDAS - students of 1st SEM B.Arch participated in the HoA Workshop at MIDAS and fabricated models with a theme. The students worked 3rd to 4th January 2013 and jointly made models as Group work. The...
View ArticleMIDAS Students- Study Rural/Vernacular of Tamil Nadu
KARIGIRI is a small hamlet about 12 kms from Vellore. The place was once familiar for a particular type of Glazed Pottery which was brought to India by Persian potters who worked in the court of the...
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