The site was particularly interesting with things of geography (hills and lake), an L-shaped step-well, streets, chawks (public squares) and the building vocabulary of the Rajasthan houses (hot-arid climate).
I devised the design-problem to adopt (reuse) the existing Haveli on the lake front, respond to the various “things” on site (as stated above) and the program of the institution that I developed in parallel. The institution was chosen to be INTACH’s regional circle office. Developing/generating the constraints for design was an exercise in itself; apart from the measured drawing of the site that gave a complete grasp of every corner. The resulting design utilised the old; added some new sections in a similar language (but detailed differently), introducing only a strong element of a “wall” to define/state its institutional stature. The location, size and treatment of all the building blocks came about progressively over stages of the design.
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Student Work > INTACH Regional Centre, Bundi
Final Year Studio CEPT Students in the final year choose their own projects and develop it independently for a final jury. In continuation of the direction taken in my Pre-final studio, and a recent measured drawing trip, I chose the old town of Bundi for my project.
Devised the design problem to create a Heritage institution (circle office for INTACH) by adopting a lake side haveli. Elements of the Rajasthan house – steps, bridges, courts, chhajas, jharokhas were used in a new construction detail. The design thus exemplified reinterpretation – redefinition and reuse – the goal of any Heritage institution not just its program.
