Pragati S

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Traveling to the past through an abandoned railway station located at Ernakulam, Cochin and space making with the given context. ETS was the first station in Cochin , Kerala and also one of the busiest stations in the south, but eventually lost its importance with the construction of the junction station. Getting into the Ernakulam terminus At the railway station, we travel through the journey of time, engage through space, and get to see how it is developed through ages, which signifies the importance of time. 4 Dimensions namely the station building, warehouse building, abandoned containers and bogie has been brought into consideration The first building shows the period remake which evokes memories and brings in images of the past. The second unit shows the gallery space, which displays the timelines, events, sculptures, artifacts, and models of the station. Eventually we also get to see the development in the building we pass through. From the age old buildings to the contemporary containers. Then moving to the most contemporary part, which is the interactive zone and the shopping plaza, which also has some hands-on experience and workshops for the local arts of Kerala which then takes us to the bogie which has restaurants and cafes. Through this journey, they travel through time and know the importance of the past, present, and future. Moving through the spaces one can clearly see that the paradoxes cant be denied. It has a lot of binaries which include old - new, nature – manmade, Wide- narrow, still the space remains cohesive. Why not reconstruct? Critical reconstruction worsens the paradox because future generations have no physical trace, even if they have intellectual knowledge, of what went on before. Preserving this is essential to writing the history of the city accurately. This evokes memories of the past and creates awareness for the future to preserve and protect the history.