greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news a retrospective at the vittra design museum illuminates the work of pioneering indian architect by krishna doxie that's up next and here's a look at what else is in the pipeline. in our color there is series tasty taipei my colleague meghan lu dives into the taiwanese hotpot. and in our continuing series on european nuptials traditional we see what it's like to tie the cypriots not. well it's not easy to sum up a career that spans 6 decades spot with its retrospective on balakrishna darcy the 1st ever outside of asia the vittra design museum brings his vast range of work into context for western visitors as an architect and urban planner da she was

strongly influenced by water masters like here but always stayed very true to his indian roots or such that his work never loses sight of the bigger picture nor of the people it's meant to serve. new spaces unique forms expansive horizons with his architecture here on display at the beach design museum . she has always push boundaries. of course general form and formlessness. the form should not be finite but should be more for us. in the 1990 s. the indian architect designed the. gallery as an underground cave she wanted to build something. magical something with cosmic significance something still rooted

in the local culture even more important was the building's location exhaustible the campus of the university where she founded a school of architecture. extremely focused. for. sciences. to build a school in his mid thirty's in the indian city and they had a badge surrounded by nature with spacious rooms and large courtyards does she encourages unlimited curiosity in his students he practices this in his own work by asking the question of how people can develop further with the help of architecture . grew up in a large family with cramped shared living spaces as

a teenager he vowed to devote his life to helping india's poor. in 951 left for paris he was 24 had no money and didn't speak a word of french he wanted to learn from the legendary architect built many projects in india assisted by. she was not just his student he developed his own style linking western modernism with indian traditions the individual's freedom stands at the center of power krishna da she's worked he lives this creator himself saying if you have nothing to lose you have nothing to feel. and my colleague melissa holroyd from culture has joined me to tell us more about back krishna. absolutely amazing to me this man is 91 years old and yet it's also recent years that he's become a big name in architecture. yeah it is interesting because he worked with some of

the greats worked on some very big projects with. and yeah with number of other very big architects. it was an it was only last year when he won the pritzker prize that he was sort of trust into the limelight and i think before that he was little known outside of not little known but he wasn't that will known outside of india. it's ready he obviously wasn't taking part in this whole sexy r. kapoor crowd and it seems he's got a much more humble approach that struck me is not famous for for designing airports or you know skyscrapers or things like that he's famous for designing houses and places for people to live in or out on the grounds is stuff isn't gimmicky and doesn't fall he doesn't follow trends that much it does change over time perhaps that's a little bit why he's not he wasn't so well known and he's always sort of very much taking this long term view and it was very astute to cultural needs and locations

yes he was inspired by mahatma gandhi in terms of his housing some of his housing ideas. and you know so it was also the sort of idea that the residents needs might change over time. it's interesting that it's unfair about his own life obviously dictated the development of his style can you tell us a little bit more about that and him as a man for his own life he grew up in a very large family with sort of restricted living space and so every each room had to be used for whatever the day called for so one day it's the dining room one day it's the sleeping quarters and so. his architecture is very fluid what we see of his work he works a lot with inside indoor outdoor spaces and these images that we just saw from the

v. treme. z.m. were. were a model of his most famous one of his most famous designs which was the iran your housing and that was that's very interesting so people there can like just adjust the houses to their own needs whether they have more children whether they get more money you know whatever the needs might be so very adaptable stuff you know on that note you know architecture for the people is the name of this exhibition just quickly tell us a little bit more about it well it's the veteran museum like i said in vile brine in southern germany it focuses on impacts in terms of indian design in his work but also looks at the social context behind his work his very humanist philosophy and his indian roots combined with his indian education as well as his western european education so very much in tune also with about whole philosophy that was informing the work of his mentors like to record. and i very much like that idea of

space being a living thing and that. is very play for the general architecture for the people on until september 8th melissa hall right thank you very much for bringing us all that background information. moving even farther east in asia fans of asian food will be familiar with hot pot as the chinese equivalent more last 2 are fondue so it's a simmering pot of soup stock that comes straight to your table and in it you can cook everything from slices of meat vegetables tofu and of course the food and in the taiwanese capital taipei they've made an arse of it so at the risk of getting a bit hungry let's join negatively for a tasty but. maybe you know what. you call a national campaign to put anything where you know what are the taiwan is the number one for me and for once we go. to go through a transformation. let's turn from our found.

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sets the standard for time to see. stuff well while granger europe contemplates issues of divorce what with our never ending breck's that we have decided to focus on love and on more positive relationships and so every week we're looking at love birds who tie the knot in different parts of europe and this time we're on the island of cyprus and honored to be part of a turkish cypriot wedding with 3000 guests count them and with such a packed agenda things obviously get underway several days in advance. bride to be i mean all cool at the traditional muslim henna nights 1st the bottle couple are separated the prospective broad groom to market surely gets a traditional shave it's a ritual to prepare him for his new role as a husband playfully here attempts to escape his fate.

meanwhile the women start the ritual a gold coin and paste made from the hand of plants are pressed into i mean his palm that to bring her luck. and for asperity results in studying is meant to show the brights imperfection as only ally is perfect in here filled ritual i mean our course family bit further well to the bright and symbolically hand her over to the group. then it's time to celebrate without the veil you know. a few days later it's the day of the wedding the marriage is a civil ceremony conducted by a registrar the response to her question couldn't be clearer. for all eternity yes. yes for a lifetime yes. any

i don't want to tell be really a family noun. sometimes at that moment it became clear to me she did entering a whole new world of thought on the. 3 hours later they finally get to dance this particular turkish cypriot photonics the design was once performed only by women newlyweds i mean are cold. and should markets rally continue to celebrate with the guests on tonight's into the night. and that looks like it'll be a night to remember so we wish them all the best for a happy life together well that's all for this edition so until next time for myself and the crew here in balmy berlin take care and offbeat as the in this budget a. fake

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