Ritika Mittal

IR3009

Casing the defense_museum for forts

The Defensive Militant Structure Of Fort Is Cased To Display It is an attempt to pay tribute to Rana Kumbha, who have been the establisher of great defence construction in India. The museum tries to bind the old architecture of 15th century to new technologies, to emphasise on the fact,  as how development in technology lays an impact on the architecture. The museum puts forward the contradiction in human behaviour of celebrating inside when outside and visa versa , all this in such a way that it does not cross its way with the existing architecture of the site.


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Adding an assembly based construction techniques following rules of construction defined by the mass to the old constructed site of rana kumbha palace.

Attempts of interventions on site to achieve an outcome that combines the concept of construction to the existing site in accordance to achieve the programmatic requirements.

Architectural additions on site that supports the structure of program

Overlapping of rana kumbha palace with a number of activities supported by a cluster of linear members forming the space

Steps of coming together of interior elements designed in accordace to the rules of mass

Journey through the ups and downs of the museum elaborating the proximity of the site to the constructed vieing gallery

A view of the central courtyard of the site that elaborates the transparency of the additional built, through linearity in its form, contradictory to the solid structure of the site, not hindering the view of the site itself.

Experience of the additional suspended built display i.e. a cluster of linerar metal members gathering its crudeness.

Space planning following the grid supported by the site itself.

View from the fort, viewing towards the exhibition space, depicting a contrast in construction techniques over time.