| Admin/Biog History | Petherbridge visited Hampi, and Chennai for a seminar on 'Vernacular and Traditional Architecture in South Asia', 6-12 Jan 2001. It was organised by Michael Meister, University of Pennsylvannia, and Deborah Thiagarajan, President of the Maras Craft Foundation.
Petherbridge learnt of the seminar through her friends George Michell, and Gayatri (Grace) Krishnaswami who were helping to organise the seminar.
Petherbridge's paper discussed watermills (gharats) of the western Himalayan valleys. |
| Description | This file includes material concerning Petherbridge's participation in the international seminar on traditional and vernacular architecture. It includes correspondence, itineraries, research notes, and travel ephemera.
Also includes the following papers delivered at the seminar:
-'Design from a Decaying Tradition: Learning from Japanese Vernacular Architecture', Kinya Maruyama of Team Zoo, Tokyo
-'Vernacular Style-Exotic, Hybrid Form Or A People's Building Tradition', Isrieth Raheem
-Marking Identity through Vernacular form in Bengal', Perween Hasan
Of particular note:
-Petherbridge's lecture notes on watermills (gharats) of the western Himalayan valleys |