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The project (In)Between Walls, has been published on ArchDaily as part of the Student Project Awards, selected from global entries. ArchDaily is one of the world’s most widely referenced and influential architectural platforms, showcasing significant works and ideas from across the globe. This year’s theme, “The Architecture of Coexistence,” focuses on designing inclusive spaces that foster collective living and community care. The jury comprised distinguished and accomplished professionals from across the field, including representatives from Foundation Mies van der Rohe and Kengo Kuma & Associates, among others. The publication enables representation of School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal at a global level.
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SSP - Sonavarshini R P, Shreya Arun Thorat, and Pranali Dhawas has secured the 1st Prize in the National level design competition “ShelterGenius 3.0,” organized by Chandigarh University under InnovFest 2026. The competition focused on designing a 4 × 4 m AI-enabled Work-from-Home Studio Unit integrating modular design, automation, sustainability, and spatial efficiency. Our proposal was evaluated based on innovation, modular logic, AI integration, sustainability, comfort, and clarity of presentation. This achievement is a proud moment for us to represent our institute at a national level. We believe this accomplishment reflects the institutional support and academic guidance that has helped us grow and perform with confidence.
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We are pleased to announce that our team - PRIY RANJAN YADAV, MANASI VARADE, and PRANALI DHAWAS has been awarded 2nd Runner-Up at the Urban Innovation Challenge 2025. The competition was jointly launched by Municipalika and the Good Governance India Foundation (GGIF), in association with Daikin and supported by Ethos Empowers. Our submission, under the Student Category for the theme Sustainable Green Built Environment, was recognised for its clarity of vision, strong relevance to contemporary urban challenges, and its comprehensive approach towards sustainability, resilience, inclusivity, and practical implementation. The jury particularly appreciated our ability to translate conceptual ideas into meaningful and actionable urban solutions. We are honoured to represent our college at the award ceremony held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 26th February. We are also proud to share that our esteemed alumnus, Ar. Vinay Kumar Dhomne (Pass out in 2019), was awarded 2nd Runner-Up in the Young Professional Category under the theme Resilient Development. This achievement is a moment of pride for our institution, and we remain committed to contributing thoughtfully to the evolving discourse on sustainable urban development.
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We are proud to share that our contingent of 70 students from SPA Bhopal, across Planning Departments, who participated in the 27th Annual NOSPLAN hosted by Parul University, Vadodara, have won the 1st Runners Up Trophy. We congratulate the team and all those who worked behind the scenes to make thus possible. The team has won the coveted Planning Trophy and two live events: 48 hours and Beyond the Traffic. They have also won the Games Trophy with wins in football, Badminton and Box Cricket. They have won the Live Quizz and are runners up in several other events. We are very happy that our students have not only excelled in the formal academic events but also Sports, Quizzes and other extracurricular activities, in the spirit of true all rounders. We thank the two faculty members who accompanied them Dr. Govind and Dr. Suchismita, NOSPLAN Coordinator Dr. Gaurav Vaidya and all other faculty mentors.
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am extremely delighted to share that “Team-SPA Bhopal” has won the Second-best Position in “Open Ideas National Competition, 2025, Season V under Rural Housing category.” There were 4 Verticals:- a) Affordable Urban Housing,b) Rural housing,c) Slum Improvement and In-situ Slum Development,d) Furniture and Interior Design. Our Team had participated in the Second vertical- “Rural Housing”. Submission date:- 26th September 2025. Result notification date:- 20th January, 2026. The major submittals were:- 1. Village Study: analyzing housing conditions, materials, and socio-economic factors. 2. SWOT Analysis: analyzing the existing project. 3. Design Solution: presenting interventions (e.g., retrofitting, new designs). 4. Site Studies: documenting real examples of resident-led improvements. Our team comprises the following:- 1. Dr Parama Mitra (Group leader & faculty) 2. Dr Sanmarga Mitra (faculty ) 3. Dr Tanya Kaur Bedi (faculty ) 4. Mr Mohit Prakash Ingle (BArch VIIth semester student) 5. Mr Chinmay Sachin Gawande (BArch VIIth semester student) 6. Mr Wanmikmenlang P Passah (BArch VIIth semester student) 7. Mr Prathmesh Dnyaneshwar Khadsane (BArch VIIth semester student)) 8. Ms Neha Dagdiya (BArch Vth semester student) 9. Ms Sarthika Abhijit Gaulkar (BArch Vth semester student) From each category, two winners were selected through rounds of rigorous jury. The jury panel includes the following members: Kirtee Shah (Convener/Lead), Anagha Paranjape-Purohit,Dwaipayan Chakravarty,Gita Balkrishnan,Geeta Vaidyanathan,Vivek Raval,Maartje Van Eerd,Gayatri Ratnam,Monica Albonico,Gautam Bhan This Competition mainly aimed the follwoing: 1. CREATE: Awareness among designers - especially architects, interior, and furniture - about the challenges in designing small houses and low-cost housing projects and the market potential of this housing segment. 2. INTRODUCE: Design students to the challenges, especially the needs and compulsions of the low-income clients and low-cost projects. 3. PRODUCE: Design solutions that improve “livability” of small houses for the low income and often large families that occupy them. 4. MAKE: The designers see and apply themselves to the psychological, sociological and cultural factors in house design, cluster design and site planning that emphasize the “people” aspect of the design engagement. 5. HIGHLIGHT: The role of affordable housing in shaping the built form and physical landscape of the city – seeing it in the wider urban context. 6. DEMONSTRATE: Cost consciousness and sustainability principles in the affordable housing projects. 7. SENSITIZE: Designers and planners approaching a project with people / community centredness and adapting design appropriateness of slum redevelopment / rehabilitation. About the competition in brief:- The Open Ideas National Competition 2025 – Season V on Improving Livability of Small Houses organised by Habitat Forum [INHAF] in partnership with Sustainability Initiatives[SI] seeks to engage practising architects, interior designers, planners, engineers and senior students of these faculties; related Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Government agencies; Professionals working on slum-upgrading and slum rehabilitation, and others with innovative ideas in developing proposals on Improving the Livability of Small Low-cost Housing. The design brief with all requirements is attached here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1azbi3jmTRSF0431vHamkF6_0eNYpg4mM/view The document declaring the result is shared as an attachment, Also the mail declaring result is in the trailing e-mail. The team SPA Bhopal thanks Amrut 2.0 centre, SPA Bhopal, as this competition was possible with the data collected during the Pranpur project, Chanderi, which was undertaken under Amrut centre at SPA Bhopal.
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Student Parnavi Harde presented award-winning Thesis on Rethinking Publicness and creating Equity in development from the Lens od spatial Justice: A case of Contested Lakefront, Mill Land and Public Engagement Spaces in the heart of Nagpur(India) .
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