Dynamics of Performing Aesthetics in Architecture: A Critical Study

Ar. Pashmeena Vikramjit Ghom is pursuing PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She graduated from Sir. J. J College of Architecture, Mumbai (2004) and M. Arch in Construction management from Rachana Sansad College of Architecture, Mumbai (2010). She has 16 years of experience in academics, profession and research. Her research interests and architectural studies include contextual design, design education, integrated design, children and the built environment, regional and vernacular architecture, Smart villages and Smart cities.

Dr Abraham George is head of the department in the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has graduated with First Rank in B. Arch from the University of Kerala in December 1986, secured M. Arch with Excellent Grade from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1991 and Ph.D. in Development of symbolic tools for communication in Architecture from Calicut University, in 2005. He was awarded the John Crawford Scholarship by the Government of Australia, 1992 and Fulbright Research Fellowship 2003-04 with centre of research at the Department of Architecture, Cornell University, New York. The Nehru Trust for Cambridge Collections, Victoria Albert Museum, UK had awarded him research grant for 2005-06.