Lokhandwala Aftab Hanif

HT4004

A study of Bengal Partition

1st Module: Study of Bhadralok as the indigenous elite - mapping places of interaction, consumption and residence in a palimpsestic format.2nd Module: Study of messbaris as an architectural typology - recreating a messbari based on evidence from film.3rd Module: Content creation for Kolkata partition museum - The refugees of partition, their stories and creating empathy through triggering nostalgiaAttached link: Essay written as part of first module exercise.Museum for Module 3 sourced from:  Shah, Amod. (2020, Spring). Museum for The Divided Bengal - Les Lieux de mémoire. Ahmedabad: CEPT University. Retrieved from https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/2020/S/fa/rupture-suture-lieux-de-memoire-partition-museum-at-kolkata-ad4007-spring-2020/museum-for-the-divided-bengal-les-lieux-de-mmoire-spring-2020-pg190109

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Consumption map - Aftab Lokhandwala, Isha Chouksey, Reshma Esther Thomas and Ruchika Sharma Module 1

Veiled and Visible typology - Aftab Lokhandwala and Ruchika Sharma Module 1

Locating the messbari Module 2

Drawing out plans from archival film evidence Module 2

Drawing out the elevation from existing images and film evidence Module 2

Creating the architectural section based on the above two drawings Module 2

Plan of the museum for the content Module 3

Gallery of Photographs Module 3

Gallery of Sculpture - Module 3

References Modules 1, 2, and 3