Saman Quraishi

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ARCHITECTURE BY HISTORY

The following portfolio consists of two module out of three done during the entire - A. Working with Material Evidences and B. Sites of Memory.  
Module A consists of analysing building on the basis of material evidences and re creating it back in time while understanding the construction details prevalent then. 
Module B focused on understanding the varios memories (fragmented,collecttive,forgotten)  related to an historical event (1857Rebellion) by creating an architectural insallation  that is informed by the archival content found and studied over the course of this exercise. 



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PROCESS OF RECREATING TYKHANA BUILDING IN RESIDENCY AT LUCKNOW AS PER MATERIAL EVIDENCES

STUDYING MATERIAL EVIDENCES

LOOKING AT ARCHIVAL EVIDENCES

UNDERSTANDING CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

DRAWINGS OF RECREATION OF TYKHANA AT RESIDENCY IN LUCKNOW

LOCATING SITES OF MEMORY AND SELECTING SITE

UNDERSTANDING AND COLLOCATING ARCHIVAL CONTENT

PLAN OF THE BOX TOWER WITH SITE PLAN AND SITE SECTION

SECTIONS OF THE BOX TOWER AND VIEWS DEPICTING IMMERSIVE LIGHTING IN THE PASSAGE LEADING TO THE BOX

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TOWER