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It is a progressive approach to design that seeks to mediate between the global and the local languages of architecture
from Latin: identitas ("sameness"), is the relation each thing bears only to itself.. The stories that you tell and hold on-to yourself and about yourself
"collective identity is an interactive and shared definition produced by several individuals (or groups at a more complex level) and concerned with the orientation of action and the field of opportunities and constraints in which the action takes place"
India is the most diverse and also the most divided nation in the world that has managed to survive.
Can there be a common identity that can connect it’s billion plus citizens ?
The Identity Test
The arts
CAN’T WE ALL INSTINCTIVELY DETERMINE INDIAN-NESS ?
HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS BRITISH MUSEUM
How does this INDIAN-NESS manifest itself in the architecture that’s is built?
Cultural consciousness
we think of creating a new world with some out of the world aesthetics
“Even the vedic culture isn’t as indigenous as you think it is….”
“Vedic culture is indeginous”
Where do we draw the line?
Let’s go way back to Neolithic age
How culture modifies?..
Monoliths to pavilions around the world
Bharat bhawan bhopal
Firodiya center for inspiration Ahemednagar, maharashtra
#INDIA after INDEPENDENCE
#INDIA after INDEPENDENCE
#INDIA after INDEPENDENCE
#INDIA after INDEPENDENCE
#INDIA after INDEPENDENCE