6.28.2011

Detailed Schedule

Part I From Mughals to Moderns


Day 01. Thursday 30 june.  Old Delhi
10.20 Arrival in Delhi; Check-in Hotel Livasa Inn; 
13.00 Lunch near Karol Bagh (Pind Balluch) 
14.00 Walk in Chandni Chowk, up to the Red Fort (visit) and Jama Masjid
20.00 Dinner in Chandni Chowk - Karim (to book  (91-011) 23269880, 23264981)


Day 02. Friday 01 july.  New Delhi
06.30 Group 1 Raj bike tour / Group 2 Jantar Mantar & breakfast at Andhra Pradesh Bhawan Canteen
10.00 Indira Gandhi museum + Gandhi Smitri
12.30 Lunch at Saravan Bhavan or at IHC (All American Dinner)
14.00 National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum
15.00 Lodi Garden 
16.30 Sunset at Humayun’s Tomb (closes at 18.00)
18.00 Back to hotel to freshen up
19.30 Dinner at Khan Market (Big Chill - Khan Chacha?) +  ice cream at India Gate
21.00 Sound & Light show at Purana Qila


Day 03. Saturday 02 july.  Day-trip to Agra and Fatehpur Sikri

AM Sightseeing tour of Agra, visiting the best of Mughal architecture such as Taj Mahal,  Agra Fort and Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb
PM Visit of Fatehpur Sikri / drive back to Delhi and transfer to the hotel


Day 04. Sunday 03 july.  Delhi
06.30 Group 2 Raj bike tour / Group 1 Jantar Mantar & breakfast at Andhra Pradesh Bhawan Canteen
10.00 Tughlaqabad Fort & Suraj Kund
13.00 Lunch in Merhauli or in Sakhet (on the way)
14.00 Visits in Merhauli: Qutub Minar, Jamali Kamali, Jahaz Mahal, Zafar Mahal, Lal Kot Wall, Step Wells...
19.30 Dinner at Gunpowder, Haus Khas village


Day 05. Monday 04 July.  Drive from Delhi to Chandigarh (238 Km)
PM Transfer to Sarao Group of Hotels (sector 63).


Day 06. Tuesday 05 july.  Chandigarh
AM Sector 1: The Capitol = Secretariat, Assembly, High Court and, Governor’s Palace (LC) + monuments : Open Hand, Martyrs Memorial, Tower of Shadows
Lunch in a park (Rock garden)
PM Sector 10: Museum and Gallery of Art (LC); Sector 22d: Kiran Cinema (film?)
or
AM Sector 18: Tagore Theatre (Aditya Prakash), Secretariat Building (LC);
Lunch in a park (Rock garden)
PM Sector 14: Gandhi Bhavan (Pierre Jeanneret); Sector 12: Chandigarh College of Architecture (LC);



Part II On the road

Day 07. Wednesday 06 july.  Drive from Chandigarh to Manali (350km)
Transfer to Tourist Hotel.

Day 8.  Thursday 07 July.  Drive from Manali to Sarchu (222km)
Transfer to Camps of Ladakh.

Day 9.  Friday 08 July.  Drive from Sarchu to Leh (257km)
Transfer to Oriental Hotel.



Part III Design Build for Communities in Leh (3 weeks)

Day 10.  09 July.  Rest in Leh
Adjust to elevation in Leh, visit LAMO, the Leh Palace, explore the city, read, lectures, modeling workshop


Days 11 to 14.  10 to 13 July.  Move to Tia
INTACH is supporting the community in restoring the old village temple and work on this will have commenced earlier in July. 
We will be working with another NGO, SEEDS, who has been involved in post disaster reconstruction in Ladakh following the floods of last year. They will also be working in Tia and helping rebuild houses - as this will be actual construction using mud - either rammed earth or mud. 
The temple space is not large so 24 students will not be able to work at a time there and we could split between the houses and the temple.


Days 14 to 18.  13 to 17 July.  Move to Chiktan
Mud brick production in Chiktan / Stay in Ladakhi homestay


Days 19 to 21.  18 to 20 July.  Chiktan
Documentation of Chiktan Fort
We will be working with Divay Gupta, a conservation architect for INTACH, Bhawna, a conservation architect in Tia, and Kacho Mumtaz, one of the co-governors of INTACH and the owner of the Chiktan Citadel!


Days 22 to 30.  21 to 29 July.   Return to Leh
Design Studio for Adaptive Reuse of the Fort. Compile plans, sections and elevations of the original, and propose a new adaptive reuse Performing Arts center to both INTACH and the owners of the Citadel. 
Organize an exhibition with LAMO


Day 31.  Saturday 30 July.  Flight Leh - Delhi
Fly from Leh to Delhi: 10:25-12:05
Pick up from Delhi airport and transfer to the hotel
SPA studio visit?


Day 32.  Sunday 31 July
Transfer to the airport for Thailand or Individual travel

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