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The Urban Rhetoric

“The Urban Rhetoric” is a bi-annual initiative by Innovature Research and Design Studio [IRDS] to create a platform for discussion and act as a catalyst in recreating the future of urbanism and urban development in India. We aim to do so with the help of an academic magazine with essays that inspire the agenda for future urbanism.

To write these essays we are inviting people from various walks of life, who care about these issues and have been an active part in shaping our urban future.

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In response to the unforeseen circumstance that COVID-19 has imposed upon the world, TUR Issue 2-The Urban people is going digital. Let us all do our part, stay safe, go digital and break the chain.

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This issue attempts to discuss through a compilation of various articles, the essence and character of the various notions and practices in Urban planning, design and architecture of the present. The ever changing spatiality of our cities can be described through various filters of Environment, Economics, People and Place.

Call for Articles/ Poems/ Illustrations/ Photographs

We are now accepting articles for our fourth issue titled "Place.People.Relationships" due in September 2021

Theme-

The spaces that we occupy, the things that we use, our perception of the built and unbuilt that surrounds us leads to territoriality - the defensible spaces that we develop around them. These spaces define the nature and quality of our lives. Space that surrounds every individual, in which an individual exists, interacts and performs, is known as ‘human space’. Organization of the built environment around the users within their human space is known as ‘spatial order’.” (Raipat, 2021)

What is spatial order and human space?

How does spatial order influence user perception and Human Behaviour?

What is the impact of Spatial empathy on Interpersonal Relationships?

The Fourth issue of The urban Rhetoric aims to develop a narrative that can assemble a multidimensional connection between the built environment and its users, hence interconnecting spatial and social studies through articles that have been developed based on opinions, research explorations and design strategies. This issue shall try to answer the vital, human centric - urban design question which has been asked and answered several times, yet remains unsolved - “What is the impact of Spatial order on Human behaviour and interpersonal relationships?”

Submission Format-

Articles: 750 - 1500 words, word document(.doc format)

Photograps/ Illustrations/ Artpieces/ Sketches: JPEG format - 600 DPI

Price-

Articles: INR 1500

Photograps/ Illustrations/ Artpieces/ Sketches: INR 500 (Participation is free, publicaton fee to be paid only after your work is selected)

Submission Deadline-

30th June 2021

Send us your submission at

tur@innovatureindia.com


For detailed brief click here.

Competition: The Unnoticed Urban

Call for Photographs

About the Competition

“The mark of a great city isn’t how it treats its special places – everybody does that right – but how it treats its ordinary ones.”
-Aaron M. Renn

In the simplest terms ‘urban spatial structure’ can be described as constituting the arrangement of various urban facilities like markets, streets, public and private establishments, transport system etc. However easy it may sound, urban space or fabric is indeed complex, versatile, and rich in its design, function and sustenance. The urban fabric is intricately knit with the thread of elements like built infrastructure, unbuilt shatters, landscape, public places, private establishments designed to provide suitable urban experience. The patterns in the fabric so formed are the manifestation of socio-economic and cultural context, in which the city thrives. Hence A city is a camouflage of the modern and historical, public and private, formal and informal, built and unbuilt, all coexisting and interacting, creating moments of joy, laughter and celebration. Yet, some of these elements/ threads are left unacknowledged in urban discourses. It is important to recognize, acknowledge and capture such places/ activities/experiences which constitute the urban setup and whose existence is vital to its experience. This photography competition aims to recognize and capture such unnoticed elements in the city. We call for you to submit photographs of those unnoticed facets of the urban area that capture its true nature and convey its authentic essence.

How to Apply

  1. All interested candidates must register below and pay the entry fee.

  2. We request you to send us an email at tur@innovatureindia.com along with your submission and payment reciept.

  3. Participants must submit the original photographs clicked by them (600 dpi resolution) at tur@innovatureindia.com.

  4. Submission deadline- 30 June 2021

Winners

prevoius competition(Sep 2020)

Prizes

First, Second and Third Prize

  1. Winners will be published in our upcoming March 2021 issue of the magazine “The Urban Rhetoric”, entitled “Spatial Chronicles”.
  2. Winners will be published on our website, and all social media handles of TUR.
  3. Winner will receive a copy of TUR_Issue1 and Issue 2
  4. E-certificate of excellence recognized by IRDS and TUR.

Consolation Prizes (10 entries)

  1. Winners will be published on our website, and all social media handles of TUR.
  2. Winner will receive a copy of TUR_Issue1 and Issue 2.
  3. E-certificate of appreciation recognized by IRDS and TUR.

Intellectual Footprint

A city is not just defined by the planners and architects that build it, but also by the users that occupy it. In this initiative, we shall strive to make these parallels meet by reinforcing the interactions between decision makers and users. This prospective magazine crusading towards the agenda for future urbanism aims to provide a platform for dialogue and discussions on growth and development in Indian cities.

Sponsorship

Our second issue is due in Sep-2020 and we are accepting sponsorship for our next issue “The Urban People”. We request you to support our cause in whatever way possible. Please refer to the following table for sponsorship slabs.

Type of Space Dedication Cost
Supporting Sponsor (Company details in sponsorship mentions) INR 5000/-
Premium Sponsor (Half page Ad) INR 7000/-
Executive Spnsor (Full page Ad) INR 10000
Top Sponsor (Full Spread Ad) INR 20000/-

THE TEAM

Ar. Vaidehi Raipat

Founder, Manager, Editor


Bharat Singh

Editor


Ar. Aparna CR

Illustrator

Ar. Maria Akhtar

Co-Founder, Coordinator, Editor


Dr. Bharati Singh Raipat

Advisor, Editor


Ar. Ahefaz Panjwani

Graphics Designer

Charu Khowala

Editor


Dr. Shushma Joglekar

Advisor


Ar. Vivek Warrier

Photographer