India Design Forum’s virtual debates look at rethinking the scope of architecture

The year is 2020. But Coimbatore-based design platform India Design Forum intends to go beyond that, to discuss what defines architecture going forward, with its series titled IDF Debates: Building Blocks, spread over the coming four weeks. Though architecture is the prime focus of this particular series, India Design Forum which was conceptualised in 2012, is a global platform that addresses design thinking in general, “And, when I say design thinking, it incorporates architecture, industrial design, culture, innovation, technology and art. Architecture has been an active point of discussion in all India Design Forum conferences. “Some are doing large, public projects; some are doing institutional projects like education and healthcare, others are doing sustainable projects… we curated this by keeping in mind different points of view.” The series features topics that range from what is ‘good’ architecture and the business of it to responsible building, and the difference between professional training and education.