• Student Siddharth Laddha
  • Code UAR21290
  • Faculty Architecture
  • Tutor/s Vinod Shah,Mangesh Belsare
  • TA Manaswi Shah

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The Project is an exhibition center displaying the good, bad (and ugly) side of vikings, and the mythology surrounding them. It embodies the Sense of Freedom that so justly characterises the Norse people. The elegant Balanced Cantilever trusses leap and take flight, much like the mighty dragons these people were believed to have tamed.  The larger of the two central spaces hosts a Mock excavation site for little future archealogists to get their first taste at digging up such priceless treasure. The more introverted smaller volume spaces hold actual artefacts for the wide audience of enthusiasts. In the Cafe, one can rest under the mighty wing of the dragon, drinking in the sea, gazing at the singing towers, whos natural cave systems bend the wind to their will, still longingly singing the songs of the long gone viking era. One can also experience flying on the dragons wing, by going on top of the roof with an uninterrupted view of the towers and the ocean