Courtyard

Issue 7

“I accept Chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.” – Bob Dylan The March edition opens with the theme of ‘Chaos’. Chaos is a state of being wherein your presence is brought to a still, as you watch everything around you revolve in infinite patterns. It demands your attention to decode and find itsContinue reading “Issue 7”

Issue 6

Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, the place we like to call home, realistically is a new and small institute in a small little ‘comfort’ city, Mysore. Nonetheless, we have been making a name for ourselves, not just in India but world-wide. Not many small institutes can achieve this but have you ever taken a moment toContinue reading “Issue 6”

Issue 5

New Year, supposedly Earth’s birthday. A day that brings in a beautiful notion of newness, hope, beginnings, opportunities. A day that brings a smile to everyone’s face; as it really is a reset button. New hopes, new wish lists, and new expectations, literally like put a full stop on 2018 and start fresh. We startContinue reading “Issue 5”

Issue 4

I strongly believe in the positivity of new beginnings. There is this certain aura about them, as if one was lost and that to me is the best thing about them. It allows for unlimited exploration and there is no pre-conceived notion of what is to become. As Billy Collins says in his poem Aristotle; ThisContinue reading “Issue 4”

Issue 3

Welcome to issue number 3 of Courtyard! Funnily enough, we are also the third editorial team of this young and unknown platform. The previous issues, as well as this one, have been experiments in trying to find a system in which a publication like this could work. We are from a generation where reading has takenContinue reading “Issue 3”

Issue 2

Growth is a natural process. It is essential in helping us mould ourselves into better human beings. Taking the idea of transition from the previous month’s issue to the next step, we arrived at the theme of growth. This could be so personal or subjective to each one of us and the journeys we haveContinue reading “Issue 2”

Issue 1

As an attempt to create a platform to express ideas and showcase talents at Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, the newsletter came into being. It is a stage for reporting and spreading knowledge, shared by students and teachers alike. Starting off as an assignment, the process was intriguing and the result fruitful. To give the newsletterContinue reading “Issue 1”