Rizvi College Of Architecture, Mumbai

About Rizvi College Of Architecture, Mumbai

Rizvi College of Architecture was established in August 1992 by Dr. Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, the well known builder and developer, in keeping with his cherished dream of setting up a network of academic institution that would develop into a modern university. Rizvi College of Architecture has been affiliated with the University of Mumbai and has been granted approval by the AICTE for its five year Degree Course in Architecture with an annual intake of 40 students. Rizvi College of Architecture aims to evolve into a school of architectural thought focussing on the human, socio-cultural, environmental, scientific and technological, aesthetic and philosophical values. The academic programme of the College follows the syllabus of the University of Mumbai. The courses are structured to orient the studies in a range of contexts, which includes rural, urban, metropolitan, regional, national and international. Architecture as a synthesis in space and time calls for focussing on the heritage and conservation issues on one side and the innovative and developmental aspects on the other. Rizvi College of Architecture has a faculty with rich national and international professional experience and a high standard of academic background. The faculty consists of full-time core faculty and part-time visiting faculty ensuring a higher faculty student ratio than 1:10 as required by the AICTE. Professor Akhtar Chauhan FIIA, architect planner, is the founder principal of the college. The academic programme of Rizvi College of Architecture is supported by a related studies programme and extra-curricular activities to give an all round education and training to the students. The objective is to develop their creative skills and holistic knowledge. The annual calendar includes monthly exhibition of student and faculty works, guest lectures, seminars, workshops, study tours and events like Rizvi Arch Fest, Rizvi Arch Expo and International Conference on Humane Habitat, where architects, students and faculty of other colleges of the city participate actively. The College is located in Rizvi Educational complex, a cosmopolitan urban community in Rizvi Complex, Sherly Village, off Carter Road at Bandra west, Mumbai. It is approachable conveniently from Bandra and Khar railway stations in the Western Railway and by BEST buses, which run with a high frequency. The 3 Kms. bus-ride hardly takes 10 minutes. The college is located in a pollution-free environment near the Arabian Sea.

Rizvi College of Architecture is an integral part of national mission for human development through education. The prime goal of the educational programme is to prepare students for a professional role as architects in the service of humanity. An architect has to play multiple roles in the field of built environment. However, his primary responsibility is to co-ordinate design endeavour. This requires development of leadership quality as design and planning involves teamwork. The team includes architects, planners, interior designers and landscape architects, structural and services engineers, construction and project management consultants, legal, finance and other consultants. The College has long-term plans to offer post-graduate and doctoral programmes in various specializations in the related fields such as housing, urban design, urban and regional planning, architectural heritage conservation, interior architecture and landscape architecture.

The most essential part of the mission strategy is to develop an all round awareness of the complex issues involved in shaping of built-environment, and to equip the students with knowledge and insight to meet the challenges of development and conservation, of continuity of relevant traditions and effecting through appropriate innovation in a variety of human, social, economic, technical and environmental contexts. The mission aims at development of sincere professionals with a high standard of morals and ethics, intellectual honesty, clarity of thought and with a spirit of innovative and creativity.