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PG - MAHT - Studio - 3 | Monsoon 2020 | A study of Bengal Partition

A study of Bengal Partition

  • Student LOKHANDWALA AFTAB HANIF
  • Code PG190046
  • Faculty Architecture
  • Tutor/s Sonal Mithal
  • TA Ashwatha Chandran

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1st Module: Study of Bhadralok as the indigenous elite - mapping places of interaction, consumption and residence in a palimpsestic format.2nd Module: Study of messbaris as an architectural typology - recreating a messbari based on evidence from film.3rd Module: Content creation for Kolkata partition museum - The refugees of partition, their stories and creating empathy through triggering nostalgiaAttached link: Essay written as part of first module exercise.Museum for Module 3 sourced from:  Shah, Amod. (2020, Spring). Museum for The Divided Bengal - Les Lieux de mémoire. Ahmedabad: CEPT University. Retrieved from https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/2020/S/fa/rupture-suture-lieux-de-memoire-partition-museum-at-kolkata-ad4007-spring-2020/museum-for-the-divided-bengal-les-lieux-de-mmoire-spring-2020-pg190109

Consumption map - Aftab Lokhandwala, Isha Chouksey, Reshma Esther Thomas and Ruchika Sharma Module 1
Veiled and Visible typology - Aftab Lokhandwala and Ruchika Sharma Module 1
Locating the messbari Module 2
Drawing out plans from archival film evidence Module 2
Drawing out the elevation from existing images and film evidence Module 2
Creating the architectural section based on the above two drawings Module 2
Plan of the museum for the content Module 3
Gallery of Photographs Module 3
Gallery of Sculpture - Module 3
References Modules 1, 2, and 3