The Institute of Architects Pakistan Karachi Chapter’s organized a lecture program titled “The Duties of Water: The Evolving Ethic of Water- Conserving Designing in South Asia and The U.S” on September 16, 2023. The lecture was attended by architects and students of Architecture & Planning Department, along faculty Members.
The Lecture was delivered by Professor Emeritus, James Wescoat (MIT). The Lecture was more research oriented, highlighting the value of duties and ethics. The researcher elaborated research with the collaboration of various research oriented organizations in Pakistan and India whereas, in Pakistan, AKU, LUMS, USPCAS- Water (MUET) were enlisted; and it focused the value of water as whole, in terms of duties and ethics and tried to emphasis the drinking water value as its high in demand and getting reduced in capacity with the passage of time/ages.
Professor Wescoat endorsed the statement that famous Architects work “Falling Water” by Frank Lloyd Wright, let the water flow by its own and beautify the Architecture by its own.
