Lotus Installation Khetri museum project
A central installation for the meditation room
By - Astha Malu & Naveen Kumar S M
Maharaja Ajit Singh
Swami Vivekananda
Khetri museum project Rakrishna mission Khetri
Key words Transparency - pure, fragile, clearness,
lucidity, precision, glassiness, liquidity, intelligibility, clarity, simplicity.
Pristine - pure, perfect, immaculate, flawless, clean, unsploit, fresh.
Symmetry - regularity, balance, equilibrium,
evenness , proportion, patterned.
Transition from floor to ceiling or vice versa - balanced, floating, hanging, transition, perched, hovering, blended.
Combination of material - mixture,
grouping, amalgamation, blended, complimentary.
Multilayers -
sequence, various characteristics.
Artificial light - adjustable, glow, highlighting
element, transition/contrasting with shadow, sharpness, precision, Pattern projection, ambience.
Low on maintenance
Transition Minimalistic Suspended Surfacial Geometric - Organic Linear Transition Negative - positive Scaled with human proportion
Concept 1. Modular approach Transparent Individual Modular Veins External light source Easy maintenance Light & Shadow Fixture for petal Metal leaf merging well with ripples on floor 5 - 7 mm thickness
Glass exploration: artichoke & double walled leaves * Individually blown petals (borosilicate / soda lime glass) * Double walled addition of layers * Patterned arrangement * Easy installation & maintenance * Can explore outer & inner forms. 3 - 4 mm thickness
Concept 2. Glass sheet petals *Multilayered sheet glass petals *Contours visible of individual sheet. *Play of light, transparency. *Dense & detailed. *3 - 5mm thickness.
1:1 scale sheet glass model
Concept 3. Symmetrical Stacking
Clay explorations
Top view
Front view
Concept 4. Radial sheet glass approach
Form refinement of Lotus Petal * Highlighting form through arrangement of sheets. * Patterned. * 3 Dimension through layers of 2 Dimension sheets * Multilayered * Organic - geometric - symmetric abstract. * Transition from reflection to translucency - transparency.
Refinement of form, joinery and water jet manufacturing process
Refinement of 3D form with model in glass
Final refinement of a) base: ripple & b) lotus petal Petals a) & Petal b)
Measurements of ripple
Measurement of lotus petal option b)
26 inches
24 inches
1:1 scale Lotus petal in sandwiched glass
Render of Lotus installtion on actual site
1:1 Scale model in thermocol
Lotus installtion on actual site
Lotus installation: closeup & plan