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UG - BARCH - Studio - 7 | Spring 2021 | Living Museum - Le Corbusier's legacy
  • Student KEERTHAN B V
  • Code UA9516
  • Faculty Architecture
  • Tutor/s Arijit Chatterjee,Asha Sumra
  • TA Aksh Chauhan

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The project is to create a living museum to celebrate the act of making  once again the 'Louis Catherine barge', the only floating vessel designed by Le Corbusier as a part of the centenary celebrations of the barge. The design looks at the ideas of material tectonics and spatial qualities brought about in temporary spatial structures of the ' Mauth ka kuan', or the 'Well of death', common in Festival fairgrounds. Along with inspiration from the barge, the design proposal is a narrow form with a mass jutting out from it to establish its presence on site. 

Site Axonometric - Situating the project within its context between the barge, the riverfront and the Mill Owner's Association Building
Lower level plan - the core structure of the building that houses the permanent functions of the project. This level acts as the connection between the building and the Barge through a perforation in the riverfront.
Ground plan - connecting the riverfront grounds with the building.
Roof plan
Long Section - showing the variation in volumes and spaces within the building
Riverfront Elevation - showing the building in relation to the barge, the riverfront and the Mill Owner's Association building in the background.
Exploded Axonometric - showing the different layers and spaces of the building
Model Photograph - the building modelled at a scale of 1:25 along with the barge and the Mill owner's building
Model Photograph - inhabiting the spaces within the building through various objects and volumes
Model Photograph - process of making the model. A process of understanding the making of the building and the design at an enlarged scale.