Mysuru: Mysore Open Forum has organised a talk on ‘The Development of Bengaluru Pete analysed through Indian Knowledge Systems’ by Yashaswini Sharma, Architect, Academician, Urban Historian and Conservationist from Bengaluru at 10.30 am on Sunday (July 12) at Kalpa Kshetra Auditorium, 581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, Mysuru.

Yashaswini Sharma runs a research based architectural practice called Esthétique Architects in Bengaluru. She did her M.Phil in Architectural Research from the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK. Her practice spans a varied range from contemporary, Indian temple, heritage architecture and restoration projects to smaller scale urban interventions to conserve tangible heritage of Bengaluru and Mysuru.

Yashaswini is collaborating with Prof. Adam Hardy of Cardiff University, through her practice, on a unique temple project which is being built in the manner of the ornate eleventh century ‘Hoysaḷa’ style at Venkatapura, Kolar.

Yashaswini is the author of the book ‘Bangalore: The Early City, AD 1537 – 1799,’ which traces the development of Bangalore/ Bengaḷūru city, focusing on the architecture and settlement pattern of its earliest urban area, the Pētē and the oval Fort.

This talk will focus on the making of Bengaluru Pete and the conditions that seeded it. Whereas the development of Bengaluru is some centuries later than the classical Indian canonical texts on architecture and town planning, traditional South-Indian texts such as the Mānasāra and Māyamata do seem to shed light on the methods of town planning that persisted in this region. The concept of sustainability in built practices is conceived around efficient use of resources. She will elaborate on resource management and efficient built practices that can be observed through the medieval town-planning seen in Bengaluru. The talk is open to all. [Mob: 94498-19536]