YOUNG FEMALE ARCHITECTS LEAD POWERFUL DISCUSSION ON “SAFE BUILT ENVIRONMENT”

Face2News/Ludhiana

The hall was packed to capacity as the Architects of Ludhiana hosted a dynamic panel discussion here on Tuesday evening featuring Young Female Architects on the theme “Safe Built Environment”.

The event saw enthusiastic participation from leading architects, structural consultants, and academicians from across the region. The discussion focused on the evolving definition of safety in architecture — from structural and disaster resilience to climate adaptation, material quality, and social safety.

The session was expertly moderated by Ar. Pooja Vermani. The distinguished panelists included Ar. Jasleen Kaur, Ar. Isha Vig, Ar. Harsimranjeet Kaur, Ar. Medha Kalia, and Ar. Sanchi Goel, who joined at short notice and delivered insightful perspectives grounded in practice.

Key takeaways from the discussion emphasized that a safe built environment must address structural integrity, fire and health safety, climate resilience, and accessibility. Panelists stressed that safety cannot be an afterthought and must be integrated from design to completion, with architects playing a leading role in ensuring accountability on site.

The presence and inputs of senior Architects Ar. Sanjay Goel, Ar. Vikas Sharma, Ar. Rajan Tangri, Ar Vikram Likhy, Ar. Varunesh kumra, Ar Nikhil Jindal, Ar Aanchal Gupta, Ar Gurpreet Singh Brar, Ar Jaideep Arora, Ar Mani talwar, Ar Vivek Sehgal, Ar Tonish Verma, Ar Ravinder Singh, Ar Baljeet Singh, Ar Navjot Kaur, Ar Mehak arora, Ar Akshay Goel, Ar Ranjod Singh, Ar Ishan Singla, Ar Chanpreet Singh, Ar Gurkaran Singh, Ar Prabhjot Singh, along with structural consultants Er. B S Chahal, Er. Rajveer Singh, Er. Amarjit Singh Paik and enthusiastic team from Shree Cement Abhishek Kalra, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Tarun Aggarwal, Gagandeep Sharma gave informative presentation on their products, the dialogue even more fruitful, bridging design intent with engineering execution.

The overwhelming response from the fraternity reaffirms the need for more such dialogues that bring fresh voices to critical industry issues.
The event concluded with a commitment to take these discussions to more platforms and embed safety as a core value in architectural practice across Punjab.