Andrew Dolkart, faculty in GSAPP’s Historic Preservation Program, speaks with architectural historian Mary Woods, emeritus professor in Cornell University’s Department of Architecture, in advance of her Fall 2019 lecture at the school.
They discuss gender dynamics in the architectural profession in India, and Wood’s research around India’s historic single-screen cinemas. Designed by some of India’s first professional architects, many of these 13,000 cinemas have now been shuttered or demolished. She explores architectural resiliency by studying the ways in which existing cinemas are being reimagined and repurposed to serve new communities.
Source by Columbia GSAPP
