08-18-2023, 07:45 AM
Tribal Centre- Revealing an obscured identity
Meghalaya
Chetana Bhanwal
Jury Comments
• The water body of the native landscape is used as the main focus of the layout with an array of arrangements emerging out of it A rigid radial sort of base layout has been formed for the settlement. The formation of clusters has no variety, sequencing of spaces, or hierarchy, instead the spaces are used as connectors.
• Case studies to understand the layout of t he settlement have been done, but understanding of individual homes and their layout have been missed out.
• Traditional structures could have been extrapolated to explore something new
Meghalaya is a land of rich trad itions and cu lture. The indigenous people of the state, since ages, have been living close to nature. The traditional herbal medicine practitioners, the craftsmen, the artisans and the traditional farming pract itioners are some of the store-houses of traditional knowledge in their respective domains. The communities in Meghalaya have long acknowledged this role of 'nature in man and man in nature'. The potential of the place should be utilized to develop this dying heritage in order to make the medicine practitioners, the craftsmen, and the artisan community sustainable.
The strategies adopted in the project involved study of history, demography, socio-economic characteristics, infrastructure status, climate change to understand the present condition of the Meghalaya and the life of the people living in the region; identifying the need, problem and issue face by the people, environment and wi ldlife due to deforestation, rapid urbanization, extreme weather condition, climate change and loss of t rad itional values: providing tourist with the cultural glimpse of Meghalaya.
The project is designed in a way, to promote traditional values, culture and knowledge, to build facilities for revival of crafts and heritage knowledge of khasi , Garos and Jaintisa propels. This project will bring research and sponsorship opportunities to research in Ethnographic, Diagnostic, Problem Oriented and Development Research studies, Policy Research on Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs); planning and formulation of Action Plans and project Proposals for development of STs, SCs and other rura l poor; building museums and exhibition fairs.
Taken from : ARCHIVING ARCHITECTURAL THESIS 2020 - "Awards for Excellence in Architectural Thesis" the annual program conducted by the Council of Architecture through its academic unit Council of Architecture Training and Research Centre (COA TRC) completed its eleventh cycle in 2016.
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Meghalaya
Chetana Bhanwal
Jury Comments
• The water body of the native landscape is used as the main focus of the layout with an array of arrangements emerging out of it A rigid radial sort of base layout has been formed for the settlement. The formation of clusters has no variety, sequencing of spaces, or hierarchy, instead the spaces are used as connectors.
• Case studies to understand the layout of t he settlement have been done, but understanding of individual homes and their layout have been missed out.
• Traditional structures could have been extrapolated to explore something new
Meghalaya is a land of rich trad itions and cu lture. The indigenous people of the state, since ages, have been living close to nature. The traditional herbal medicine practitioners, the craftsmen, the artisans and the traditional farming pract itioners are some of the store-houses of traditional knowledge in their respective domains. The communities in Meghalaya have long acknowledged this role of 'nature in man and man in nature'. The potential of the place should be utilized to develop this dying heritage in order to make the medicine practitioners, the craftsmen, and the artisan community sustainable.
The strategies adopted in the project involved study of history, demography, socio-economic characteristics, infrastructure status, climate change to understand the present condition of the Meghalaya and the life of the people living in the region; identifying the need, problem and issue face by the people, environment and wi ldlife due to deforestation, rapid urbanization, extreme weather condition, climate change and loss of t rad itional values: providing tourist with the cultural glimpse of Meghalaya.
The project is designed in a way, to promote traditional values, culture and knowledge, to build facilities for revival of crafts and heritage knowledge of khasi , Garos and Jaintisa propels. This project will bring research and sponsorship opportunities to research in Ethnographic, Diagnostic, Problem Oriented and Development Research studies, Policy Research on Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs); planning and formulation of Action Plans and project Proposals for development of STs, SCs and other rura l poor; building museums and exhibition fairs.
Taken from : ARCHIVING ARCHITECTURAL THESIS 2020 - "Awards for Excellence in Architectural Thesis" the annual program conducted by the Council of Architecture through its academic unit Council of Architecture Training and Research Centre (COA TRC) completed its eleventh cycle in 2016.
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Tribal Centre- Revealing an obscured identity Meghalaya Chetana Bhanwal.pdf Size: 993.61 KB Downloads: 0