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Architect Anupama Kundoo receives 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award

By Katherine Guimapang|

Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021

Wall House by Anupama Kundoo. Image © Javier Callejas

This year's RIBA Charles Jencks Award is presented to Indian architect and researcher Anupama Kundoo. Her winning the award is a great reflection of influential architectural practices and academic work in South Asia.

The RIBA Charles Jencks Award has been given to architects and firms who have made "a major contribution to both the theory and practice of architecture." A notable shortlist of nominated architects includes MASS Design Group, Emilio Ambasz, Alexander Brodsky, Nigel Coates, Beatriz Colomina, Francis Kéré, Peter Salter, Marina Tabassum, and Eyal Weizman. 

2021 recipient of the RIBA Charles Jencks Award: Anupama Kundoo. Image credit © Andreas Deffner/Courtesy of RIBA

Trained in Mumbai, Kundoo's focus on housing initiatives, material research, sustainability, and community-driven design has positioned her as an advocate for socially responsible architecture. From 1990 to 2005, she worked in an experimental town in Puducherry that focused on developing long-term research in sustainable building technologies, from material reuse to sustainable construction methods. 

Kundoo expressed her gratitude and shared how she hopes her work can inspire others: "Our built environment is the physical stage on which all human stories are lived out. This physical stage is the historical and ongoing manifestation of human imagination operating within real (or, imaginary!) constraints. I have tried to advance the idea that architectural imagination must transcend design and enter the realms of materials science and economics where some of the bigger questions reside."

Volontariat home for homeless children (2008). Image © Javier Callejas
Town Hall in Auroville, India (2005). Image © Javier Callejas

Lily Jencks, daughter of the late Charles Jencks, reflects on Kundoo's work: "The Charles Jencks Award posits a theory of architecture theory — one that expands the limited definition of theory as written work, and includes theory as a substantial project outside of architecture; one that provokes, propels and reframes the architectural practice [...] Anupama has refined a strong political and conceptual theory for her practice. This theory is defined by ad-hoc material experimentation and on-site local construction collaboration. Her work points to urgent methodologies for sustainable practices everywhere."

Another view of the "Full Fill" project. Image © Sebastiano Giannesini
Residence Kanade. Image © Javier Callejas

On November 2, Kundoo will conduct a virtual lecture on her experimental and holistic architecture practice. To learn more about the lecture and reserve your spot, click here.

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Architect Anupama Kundoo receives 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award

By Katherine Guimapang|

Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021

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Wall House by Anupama Kundoo. Image © Javier Callejas

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charles jencks ● charles james ● riba ● indian architects ● anupama kundoo ● female architects
Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects
Anupama Kundoo Architects
Anupama Kundoo Architects

This year's RIBA Charles Jencks Award is presented to Indian architect and researcher Anupama Kundoo. Her winning the award is a great reflection of influential architectural practices and academic work in South Asia.

The RIBA Charles Jencks Award has been given to architects and firms who have made "a major contribution to both the theory and practice of architecture." A notable shortlist of nominated architects includes MASS Design Group, Emilio Ambasz, Alexander Brodsky, Nigel Coates, Beatriz Colomina, Francis Kéré, Peter Salter, Marina Tabassum, and Eyal Weizman. 

2021 recipient of the RIBA Charles Jencks Award: Anupama Kundoo. Image credit © Andreas Deffner/Courtesy of RIBA

Trained in Mumbai, Kundoo's focus on housing initiatives, material research, sustainability, and community-driven design has positioned her as an advocate for socially responsible architecture. From 1990 to 2005, she worked in an experimental town in Puducherry that focused on developing long-term research in sustainable building technologies, from material reuse to sustainable construction methods. 

Kundoo expressed her gratitude and shared how she hopes her work can inspire others: "Our built environment is the physical stage on which all human stories are lived out. This physical stage is the historical and ongoing manifestation of human imagination operating within real (or, imaginary!) constraints. I have tried to advance the idea that architectural imagination must transcend design and enter the realms of materials science and economics where some of the bigger questions reside."

Volontariat home for homeless children (2008). Image © Javier Callejas
Town Hall in Auroville, India (2005). Image © Javier Callejas

Lily Jencks, daughter of the late Charles Jencks, reflects on Kundoo's work: "The Charles Jencks Award posits a theory of architecture theory — one that expands the limited definition of theory as written work, and includes theory as a substantial project outside of architecture; one that provokes, propels and reframes the architectural practice [...] Anupama has refined a strong political and conceptual theory for her practice. This theory is defined by ad-hoc material experimentation and on-site local construction collaboration. Her work points to urgent methodologies for sustainable practices everywhere."

Another view of the "Full Fill" project. Image © Sebastiano Giannesini
Residence Kanade. Image © Javier Callejas

On November 2, Kundoo will conduct a virtual lecture on her experimental and holistic architecture practice. To learn more about the lecture and reserve your spot, click here.

RELATED EVENT RIBA Charles Jencks Award 2021 — Anupama Kundoo
RELATED NEWS Ensamble Studio wins 2019 RIBA Charles Jencks Award
RELATED NEWS Alejandro Aravena winner of 2018 RIBA Jencks Award
RELATED NEWS Níall McLaughlin wins the 2016 RIBA Jencks Award

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