N O R W A Y

S K E T C H . B O O K

Through this s ketchbook i w ish to portra y my experienc e of Norwegi an architecture.

These sketches r epresents what i a s an as a designer experienced when i viewed the spaces t hrough my ey es

I would like to t hank f or g iving this opportunity w hich enabled m e to have this experience.

A R C H I T E C T U R E

ORNAME NTATION - SYMBOLISM

“Is ornamentation crime”

Architecture a s always b een a s tate ment of cult ure, power and history , i is through orn amentatio n one sees it Its hidde n symbolis m , the materialit y , the skill o f the crafts p erson . So t he question of is orn amentatio n a super ficial s kin with c overs the truth o f the buildin g or is it the sou rce which con veys t he s tory o f the buildin g the people a nd t he c ontext This trave jour nal expl ores the similarity and t he difference of o rn amentatio n betwee n Nordic a nd I ndian context. H ow i affects the style , what i t convey s and what a re t he p urpose b ehind i through the series o f sketches a nd notes .