SPACES feb issue 2017

Volume 12 N O. 08 | February
Contributors
CEO
Ashesh Rajbansh
Editor-in-Chief
Ar. Sarosh Pradhan
Director- Products and Materials
Ar. Pravita Shrestha
Contributing Art Editor
Madan Chitrakar
Kasthamandap Art Studio
Junior Editor
Shreya Amatya
Sristi Pradhan
Advisor
Ar. Pawan Kumar Shrestha
Intern
Riki Shrestha
Contributing Editor
President - Society of Nepalese Architects
Ar. Jinisha Jain (Delhi)
Ar. Chetan Raj Shrestha (Sikkim)
Barun Roy (Darjeeling Hills)
Photographers
Pradip Ratna Tuladhar
Intl. Correspondent
Bansri Panday
Director- Operation & Public Relation
Anu Rajbansh
SR. Business Development Officer
Debbie Rana Dangol
Legal Advisor
Yogendra Bhattarai
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Samir Dahal
Sukrasagar
Shweta Shakya
Kritika Rana
Asha Dangol
Sukrasagar, is an archaeologist and a specialist in Nepali culture and history.
He, co-authored Street Shrines of Kirtipur: As long as the Sun and Moon Endure
(2014), with Mehrdad Shokoohy and Natalie H Shokoohy. The book focuses on
the shrines’ chronology from the earliest specimens to the end of the twentieth
century, the reasons for their erection, their typology and their iconography with
the aim of providing a broad understanding of such features in a wider perspective
for all Newar settlements. He is also the co-author of Jarunhiti (2013).
Kritika Rana is a graduate from IOE Pulchowk Campus. She is currently practicing
architecture at Prabal Thapa Architects. She is keen on research- based writings
about architecture and the sensation of spaces. She believes in understanding the
essence of space and its influence in human behavior. She is also interested in
energy efficient and sustainable design in contemporary scenarios.
Samir Dahal Awards Ambassador (AA) in Nepal for the LafargeHolcim Foundation, has
been actively creating awareness about the 5th International LafargeHolcim Awards
among students, academic fraternity and practicing professionals in the field relating
to construction. As the AA, he has been helping to widen the reach of the Awards
promotion; targeting high quality projects from the field of sustainable construction to
be entered in the 5thInternational LafargeHolcim Awards competition.
Shweta Shakya is 4th year Architecture student in Khwopa Engineering College.
Travels, takes photographs and writes to keep her sanity.
Asha Dangol is a contemporary Nepali visual artist. He is co-founder of the
Kasthamandap Art Studio and E-Arts Nepal. He holds Master’s Degree in Fine Arts
from Tribhuvan University, and has been creating and exhibiting his art since 1992.
He has 10 solo art exhibitions to his credit. Dangol has participated in numerous
group shows in Nepal and his work has been exhibited in different countries
outside Nepal. The artist experiments with painting, mixed media, ceramics,
installation, performance and video.
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