A traveler to a place becomes an explorer of time, space and culture. Such travelers during the pause seek a warm abode which allows one to transform, celebrate and sink in the city sooner, lending possibilities to explore and connect to the place vividly. The focus of this unit is to design interiors of a shelter for a group of travel enthusiasts, embedded into the urban treasure house of memory and sensation. One will rethink the idea of ‘shelter’ to diversify and dignify interior experiences of daily activities performed. The design must provide both pragmatic and importantly a sensorial experience distilling the characteristics of the site for an appropriate spatial narrative and user group. Contextual elements and need of user, inform the use of spatial elements and configuration of spaces explored through models. As part of pedagogic method, a tool box shall be derived with relevant materials and elements. The studio enables to conceptualize and evolve grammar of interior space manifested through nature of materials while integrating order of activities. The studio will equip students to vividly communicate central idea of the proposal through relevant presentation techniques that will add profound inspiration to traveler’s explorations during their stay.
