KALA KENDRA | ETHNO TOURIST CENTER

PAVILION | TIMBER STRUCTURE

Project Type – Academic | Thesis Design Dissertation | Individual Scope of work – Architecture, Sustainable Site area – 9 acres | Built up area - 30,000 sq. m

Project Overview:

Ethno Tourism is new specialized form of Cultural Tourism, and as India has second largest Tribal population, it is very much necessary to create awareness about tribal. The design attempts to built a platform to preserve Ethnic community culture and to let tourist enjoy the ethnic lifestyle alongside nature. The design has traditional approach reflecting ‘Vernacular Architecture’. Main aim of the project is to revitalize the local culture and art forms of tribal and thus promote tourism.

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The design attempts to create harmony between nature and built environment. Master plan is merged form of basic geometric shapes acquired from ‘Warli paintings’, which comes from their observation of natural elements like circle resembling sun and moon, triangles from mountains and square indicates the sacred central courtyard area in tribal houses usually referred as ‘Devchauk’

Staggered plan layout helps in accentuating wind movement in site. Buildings are arranged in ascending order in height from south-west direction so the wind flow doesn't get blocked.