Guest Lecture by AR. Lokendra Balasari

Ar. Lokendra Balasaria is an Architect, Urban and regional Planner and now an Urban Ecologist.He has been a Visiting Faculty, jury member, dissertation guide to various Colleges of Architecture and Planning for last 3 decades. He has been Founder at LaSpazio Designs, TREEWALKS Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar and Water Action Group.He has been an Indian coordinator at Global Tree Initiative, Co-chair at Assocham Gem Gujarat Chapter. He has been selected among the top 10 water warriors in India by THE BETTER INDIA for 2022.After spanning a design and academic career of 3 decades, he has concentrated his energy in better understanding our relationship with nature and how this understanding can help us make a better world. Another area of study has been traditional knowledge and culture to better understand the hidden forces that effect our immediate environment and our life.