BASA- an initiative towards community tourism Location: Khirsu, Uttarakhand. Project Type: Community tourism, Livelihood generation. Stakeholders: •Unnati, Women Self help group •People of Khirsu village, Uttarakhand Government stakeholders: •Pauri Collectorate • Tourism Department of Pauri •Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat [State minister-independent charge: Co-operatives, Higher education, Dairy developments, Protocols], •Mr.Dhiraj Singh Garbyal [IAS, District Magistrate, Pauri] •Mrs.Deepti Singh [CDO, Pauri] •Mr.Himanshu Khurana [CDO, Pauri] •Mr.Ved Prakash, DDO, Pauri] •Mr.Sunil Kumar [APD, Pauri] •Mr. Rameshwar Singh Chauhan [BDO, Khirsu] and Khirsu Block Office •Mr.Sampat Singh Rawat [District president, BJP, Pauri|GMVSS chairman,Pauri] Role: Project strategizing and planning ,program development, village participation, skill training workshop ,Design and execution of building, branding, marketing
Mr. Dhiraj Singh Garbyal IAS, DM Pauri, Uttarakhand
Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat State Minister
Unnati Samuh SHG running BASA
Compartment S4 has shown why our country needs to encourage the younger generations. Right from idea level to execution, they have done a wonderful job. The conceptual idea of BASA as well as the name was suggested by them. The beautifully crafted building was well planned and innovative along with the interactive installations which are very eye catching. Being a native of this place, I’m very proud to see such an initiative come up which has made Khirsu so famous. It not only shows the culture of the place but also uses the local materials and expressions in its construction. Compartment S4 has done a terrific job in documenting the village, knowing the people and coming up with an idea suited best to the growth of the village.
Compartment S4 has shown why our country needs to encourage the younger generations. Right from idea level to execution, they have done a wonderful job. The conceptual idea of BASA as well as the name was suggested by them. The beautifully crafted building was well planned and innovative along with the interactive installations which are very eye catching.
Khirsu, Uttarakhand
Location
Design Process
The village
Sustainable features
Earthquake resilient features
SHG owning up BASA
Inauguration by the Honorary CM Trivendra Singh Rawat and cabinet minister Dr.Dhan Singh Rawat
Branding of BASA and the local produce of Khirsu
Some of the exhibits
The cottage
HOLLISTIC DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS ACROSS MUKTESHWAR, UTTARAKHAND - To generate sense of ownership within the locals - Community participation - Generate livelihoods for the locals - Revive the local heritage and traditional crafts
A. Market facade restoration
C. Mixed-use Toilet
B. Handicraft center
Heritage market, Bhateliya
Project Type : Heritage restoration Location : Bhateliya, Uttarakhand Client : KMVN Area : Status : On-going
Proposed facade
SOME COLONIAL STRUCTURES OF MUKTESHWAR
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF MUKTESHWAR
PROJECT BRIEF Bhateliya, marks the entry to Mukteshwar. Hence making it an important junction and signifying the start of the beautiful place that Mukteshwar is. With this context the current market junction, Bhateliya bend becomes a very critical spot for tourists. Hundreds of tourists passby the market. But the built form of the market is in bad condition. There is no homogeneity, proper directions, places to pause, or walking path, it is untidy and haphazard. The project tries to restore and upgrade the built architecture of the market with traditional building elements. It will try to homogenize the design across the street stretch. It also looks at providing a vishramgriha and signages to direct people.
PROGRAM
PART A: Market Facade
PART B: Vishramgruha
AIM OF THE PROJECT - Homogenous market street facade - Use of traditional building materials and techniques symbolising the richness of architectural heritage in Mukteshwar. - Developing a heritage market street - Preparing a design tool kit with standardised design templates for columns, railings, brackets, chajjas & facia boards - Provide more public spaces for pedestrians to sit - Retrofit the staircases to add more street furniture and make them aesthetically attractive - Adding aipan paintings on the plinths - A unified mud color scheme for the street facade - Standardizing hoardings
Traditional pattern fascia board at eaves
Homogenous Frame for Shop Info Boards
Traditional Teak Wood Railings
Stone Pedestal for timber posts
Non-structural Bracket fascia
Flooring in traditional colors
View of the facade with seatings incorporated by the corridor
Aipan motifs
Column bases made into seatings
View of the shops with arches and columns at the entrance to the market
Existing
Proposed
View of the vishramgriha from the turning
View of the proposed market facade at the entrance to the street
Overview of the street from the entrance
Overview of the street
Mixed-use toilet
Project Type : Public toilet Location : Mukteshwar Client : KMVN Area : 800 sqft Status : On-going
PUBLIC TOILET + COMMERCIAL OUTLET Mukteshwar, Nainital
Heritage handicraft store at Sargakhet (adaptive reuse)
Location : Sargakhet, Mukteshwar Client : KMVN Status : On-going
Creating livelihood
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Purpose of Intervention
Revive the Dying handicrafts
The art and craft of Uttarakhand, have a definitive connection to the divine either directly in the form of images or words or indirectly in the form of sacred geometry. Traditional Handicraft or Handloom can become one of the biggest sources of income for the villages of Uttarakhand. The skills are passed on from one generation to another in families or communities of artisans. That makes it imperative to ensure that these skills sustain and thrive in the future too. This can not only generate local economy but also motivate the youth to take up these crafts as mainstream profession and hence stop migration to the cities for jobs. Local people. Local skills. Locally sourced materials
CRAFTS TO BE HOUSED IN THE HANDICRAFT CENTER Aipan Folk Art
Woolen products
Wood carving
Ringaal weaving
Tamta copperware
EXISTING SITE CONDITION
Facade of the restored building. Columns will have aepan painting on top
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