The students not only had their share of fun but also explored new characteristics and properties of the new material in the academic exercise called ‘Sweet Sixteen’.
Taking a break from the conventional trends and infusing some fun and excitement into their work, students of architecture at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University have crafted conceptual design models, not out of clay, but chocolates. The students not only had their share of fun but also explored new characteristics and properties of the new material in the academic exercise called ‘Sweet Sixteen’.
Like in any other architecture school, students of the pre-final (5th year) batch of the school of architecture at Cept were using clay to mould their models for the past three years. However, exploring new materials, eleven students displayed 16 models, each made out of chocolate, at their institute on Thursday.
Saloni Gajjar, a student, said: “We have made models out of clay, for at least five times, since we joined the course.” To break this droning exercise, which they were already well-acquainted with, the students decided to explore new materials to work with.
Another student of the batch, Shivani Joshi, said: “Our teachers gave us the idea to work with either cheese or cow dung or chocolate.”
Then the students did not lose much time in choosing chocolate as a material to mould their models with. Gajjar said, “The idea of using chocolate for our models brought us all into the groove and we even managed to consume a few pieces of chocolate while on the go.” The exercise also gave an opportunity to the students to explore and experience new materials, other than clay, which has been their regular material.
Cept professors Pratyush Shankar and Gurjeet Singh are the brains behind the new initiative. Explaining the importance of exploring and using new materials in the making of models, Shankar said that different properties of different materials have their own influences upon the attitude of students towards the materials. “This leads to birth of new expressions in the models that they make,” he said.
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