IR2029

Faculty: Shikha Parmar | Tushar Rajkumar

TA: Vrushti Parikh

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, thus lending possibilities to explore and connect to the place vividly.The focus of this unit was to design and explore interior space making for a group of travel enthusiasts in a given envelope, embedded into Udaipur, the urban treasure house of history, memory and sensation. Here, one was made to rethink the idea of ‘shelter’ to diversify and dignify interior experiences of daily activities performed. The design was supposed to provide both pragmatic and importantly a sensorial experience distilling the characteristics of the site for an appropriate spatial narrative. Contextual elements and needs of a user informed the use of spatial elements and configuration of spaces explored through models. As part of pedagogic method, a tool box was derived with relevant materials and elements. The studio enabled students to conceptualize and evolve grammar of interior space manifested through contextual elements while integrating order of activities. The studio thus equipped students to vividly communicate central idea of the proposal through relevant presentation techniques designed to add profound inspiration to traveler’s explorations during their stay