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"#1 - Architecture must either introduce new lines of research or develop existing lines in an innovative way. There are three types of architecture research: formal, conceptual, and techno-stylistic, and the research can be conducted simultaneously in one or more of these fields."
": Conceptual Research: the building takes on importance according on the process that generated it (e.g. aggregation of housing); the project is a result-manifesto of the research itself."
": Formal Research: research on the appearance of the building conducted through the study of the volume (e.g. introducing a new type) that arises from conceptual observations on the form."
": Techno-Stylistic Research: the material is simultaneously the outcome of a technological research (e.g. on cladding) and a defining element of the building."
"#2 - The form should not arise from geometric reasoning and architecture should not contain ornamental elements."
"#3 - The form should align with the style/trend of its time. In order to analyze a work from the past, you must place it temporally."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.