CRAFT MUSEUM

PURPOSE

THE CRAFT MUSEUM WAS SET UP WITH THE VIEW OF

PRESERVING THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
OF INDIA.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO COLLECT THE FINEST
WORK OF INDIAN CRAFTSMEN SHIP WHICH WOULD
SERVE AS SOURCE MATERIAL REVIVAL PF THE CRAFTS.
THE MUSEUM HAS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN
25000 ITEMS OF FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS WHICH
SERVES AS A REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR CRAFTSMEN
WHO ARE INCREASINGLY FORGETTING THEIR OWN
TRADITION IN TERMS OF MATERIAL ,TECHNIQUES,
DESIGNS ETC.
THE MUSEUM CREATES AN AMBIENCE WHERE THE
CRAFTSMEN FEEL FREE TO CONFINE TO HIS
TRADITIONS .IT HELPS TO CREATE AMONG THE
VISITORS A NEW AWARENESS OF INDIANS ANCIENT
CULTURAL HERITAGE.
EVERY MONTH THE MUSEUM INVITES ABOUT 50
TRADITIONAL ARTISTS AND CRAFT PERSONS FROM
ALL OVER INDIA TO COME AND STAY IN THE MUSEUM.
THUS PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DEMONSTRATE THEIR SKILLS, TO MARKET THEIR
PRODUCT AND TO ESTABLISH LINKS WITH THEIR OWN

THE MUSEUM COMPLEX

THE MUSEUM IS LOW LINED BUILDING .
IT IS ORGANIZED ALONG A CENTRAL PATHWAY
,LEADING FROM ONE COURT TO THE OTHER.
WALKING ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE ONE CATCHES
GLIMPSES OF THE EXHIBITS THAT LIE ON EITHER SIDE OF
THE COURTYARDS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 25000
ITEAMS OF FOLK AND TRIBAL CRAFT
THE COURTYARD HAVE DOMES PIGEON HOUSES
ADORNED WITH ARCHES LATTICE WORK PANELS ,TERRA
COTTA SHRINES FOR FULSI PLANTS, MASSIVE TEMPLE
CHARIOTS AND VERMILLION COVERED ANIONIC WAY
SIDE OF SHRINES.
ONE ENTERS THE REALM OF MARBLE AND BROCADE
SHERE GOLD AND SILVER IN LAID PRECIOUS WARES,
IVORY ,GEMS SURROUND ONE IN AN EXPERIENCE OF
COURTLY GRANDEUR.
THE WALK THROUGH THE MUSEUM IS A JOURNEY MADE
SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH THE POTS OF
AHMENDABAD STREETS OF JAISALMER .

WORKSHOPS
THE CRAFT MUSEUM CONDUCTS CREATIVE WORKSHOPS IN WHICH
THE STUDENTS ARE ATTACHED TO A PARTICULAR CRAFTSMEN FROM
WHOM HE LEARNS THE BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THE CRAFT.
THE MUD PLASTER HUTS WITH THATCHED ROOFS ACT AS
WORKSHOPS FOR THE CRAFT PERSONS AND THE BRICK PAVED
FLOORS AND STEPPED PLATFORM ACT AS OPEN AIR STUDIES FOR
THE CHILDREN .
THE MUSEUM CREATES AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERACTIVE
AND CREATIVELY .

THE TEMPLE COURTS OF MADURAI AND THE VILLAGE OF

BANI AS IT WERE A STRATIGRAPHY OF AN ANCIENT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ,DISPLAYING ALL THE OBJECTS
OF AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION FROZEN ATA SINGLE LEVEL
OF TIME AND SPACE.

CONCEPT
THE CRAFT MUSEUM FOLLOWS THE CONCEPT OF
ANCIENT TEMPLE WHICH WERE STRUCTURED AROUND
OPEN TO SKY COURTYARDS CONCEPT IS OF GREAT
RELEVANCE TO THE ARCHITECTURE IN AN WARM
CLIMATE.
THE CRAFT MUSEUM IS ORGANIZED AROUND A CENTRAL
PATHWAY ,REVEALING A SEQUENCE OF OPEN SPACES
ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE .OFF THESES COURTS ARE
EXHIBITS OF THE VARIOUS VILLAGE CRAFTS.
THE EXHIBITS CAN BE VIEWED INDIVIDUALLY OR SEEN
AS UNFOLDING OF EVENTS ALONG THE WAY .THIS
SEQUENCE ENDS VIA ROOF GARDENS WHICH FORMS

vThe Scales and proportions of the building

are based on those of the traditional Indian village.

vCOURTYARD WITH TULSI SHRINE AND CHAMPA TREE.

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THE VILLAGE COMPLEX

THE VILLAGE COMPLEX IS A REMNANT OF A TEMPORARY
EXHIBITION, ON THE THEME OF RURAL INDIA .
IT COMPRISES OF 15 STRUCTURES REPRESENTING THE
VILLAGE DWELLINGS AND COURTYARDS OF ASSAM , ORRISA
,BENGAL ,BIHAR ,RAJASTHAN.
THE VILLAGE MATERIALS USED ARE AUTHENTIC AND ARE
BUILT BY THE VILLAGERS THEM SELVES .IN EVERY TIME
ITEMS OF DAY TO DAY LIFE ARE EXHIBITED IN ORDER TO
GIVE A GLIMPSE OF THE WIDER CULTURAL CONTEXT.

MATERIALS

CRAFTED MUSEUM HAS SERVED THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A STRONG

STRUCTURE FOR SAFE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF RARE OBJECTS BOT IT
DOESN'T LET BUILDING SO IMPOSING THAT WOULD BELITTLE THE HUMBLER
OBJECTS COLLECTED FROM VILLAGE HOMES.
THE SCALE ,THE SPACES ,PROPORTIONS ,USE OF MATERIALS ALL REMINDS
THE VISITOR OF A TYPICAL VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT.

DISPLAY OF THE MUSEUM S COLLECTION IS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS,BREAKING

THE MONOTONY OF THE DISPLAY AREA.

THE INTERNAL SPACES ARE SO LINKED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH
EXTERNAL SPACES THAT A PERSON NEVER GETS A FEELING OF AN ENCLOSED
STRUCTURE .

FOOD STALLS

DELHI HAAT
PURPOSE

SITUATED IN THE HEARTOF THE CAPITAL CITY ,DELHI

HAAT
IS THE FIRST EVER PERMANENT CRAFT MARKET FOR
CRAFT COMMUNITY ALL OVER INDIA.

Food court

THE WORD HAAT IS WORD FOR WEEKLY MARKET IN

RURAL, SEMIURBAN AND SOMETIMES EVEN IN URBAN
AREAS IN INDIA.
THE TRADITIONAL HAAT OFFERS A DELIGHTFUL
AMALGAM OF CRAFTS,FOOD AND CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES .

Amphitheatre
Craft stalls

IT OFFERS RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF INDIAN

HANDICRAFTS AND ARTIFACTS.

PEDESTRIAN SPACE
THE ENTRANCE PLAZA LENDS A SENSE OF SPACE AS
WELLS AS AVOIDS THE SPELLOVER OF ACTIVITIES ON TO
THE STREET.
ONE WALKS PAST THE SANDSTONE COLUMNS OF
VARYING HEIGHTS WHICH REPRESTS THE ENTRANCE TO
REACH AN ENTIRELY PEDEATRIAN SPACE.

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THE PEDESTRIAN SPACE CONTAINS A LANDSCAPE WALL

WITH SHOPS AND HAWKER PLATFORMS,CAFES WITH
OPEN AIR DINNING TABLES WITH BENCHES AND STORES
FOR MERCHANDISE
THE VISTA ENDS WITH A SMALL PERFORMING ART
THEATRE.

DELHI HAAT HAS AN OPEN THEATRE FOR

PERFORMANCE OF FOLK MUSIC AND
DANCE GIVING GLIMPSES OF THE VAST
STORE HOUSE OF INDIAN CULTURE.

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THE 62 SHOPS SELLING HANDICRAFTS

DUE TO THE LOW COST SPACE, THERE IS A GATE
FEE THEREBY REDUCING THE BURDEN OF
RENT ON THE LEASING ARTISANS.

CASE STUDY

INDIAN CULTURE DEMONSTRATED BY

PERFORMING SPECTACULAR DANCE FORM
FROM KATHAKALI TO VIGOROUS
BHANGRA.
IT ALSO ORGANIZES REGULAR FAIRS AND
FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SHOPS

vAs we enter into the site a feeling recreational prespective is take place in
mind by seeing its asthetical design. We prefound our self in connected with
the place so easily and amazing beautifully characterised by placing plants,
Green beds , shurbs, trees, grasses etc. in a wonderful patterns.

THERE ARE16 LARGE STALLS AND 1 SMALL STALLS

OFFERING A WIDE CHOICE OF ETHNIC FOOD.
IN KEEPING WITH THE ETHNIC AMBIENCE ,FOOD IS
SERVED TO THE VISITORS IN ENVIRONMTALLY SAFE
,DISPOSABLE EARTHEN CUPS AND LEAF PLATES,
BASKET AND COCONUT SHEELS. AT THE END IS AN
INTERNATIONAL FOOD PLAZA WHICH SEVES FOR
THE DIFFERENT FOOD FESTIVALS.

OPEN AIR THEATRE

TOWARDS THE END OF THE HAAT ARE THE FOOD

STALLS SURROUNDED BY OPEN -AIR SEATIG AREAS.
THE TABLES ARE OF BRICK AND CONCRETE WITH
LOTA STONE TOPS.
ONE CAN SAVOUR THE FLAVOUROUS
GASTRONOMIC DELIGHT FROM THE DIFFERENT
REGIONS OF INDIA.

THE SHOPS ESSENTIALLY A VERANDA LIKE

ARCADE HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUILT IN
SHELVES TO PROVIDE A VANETY OF SELLING
STYLES -OFF COUNTER, ON THE FLOOR
STEPPED DISPLAY ETC.
THE VERANDA LIKE ARCADES FROM THE
USABLE WALKS. THESE ARE COVERED WITH
BAMBOO MATTS BUT WILL SOON BE COVERED
BY THE CREEPERS ON THE TRELLIS.

MATERIAL
THE WALLS ARE PLAIN EXPOSED BRICKS
WITH SEGMENTAL ARCHES AND JAALI
PARAPETS WALLS
THE SLOPING ROOF HAVE STATE ON TIMBER
BATTENS ON PRE CAST CONCRETE RAFTERS.
SHUTTERS MADE OF BAMBOO PLYWOOD
AND WINDOWS FRAMED IN SANDSTONE .
KOTA SSTONE FLOORING .
THE ARCHITECT HAS EXPLORED RICH
VARIED POTENTIAL OF BRICK MASONRY IN
TERMS OF ARCHES , JAALIS WORK ETC