NATIONAL HERITAGE VILLAGE

INTRODUCTION
A heritage center is a museum facility primarily dedicated to the presentation
of historical and cultural information about a place and its people, including, to some degree, natural
features. Heritage centers typically differ from most traditional museums in usually featuring a high
proportion of "hands-on" exhibits and live or lifelike specimens and practical artifacts.

Decaying works of art and craft:

The condition of traditional arts, crafts and artefacts were no different from that of traditional
buildings. Due to lethargic attitude of the people, a large number of traditional Indian paintings,
sculptures, bronze icons, wooden idols, stone statues and household articles of the past ages
were neglected and/or sold or smuggled out, many times even out of the country. Some were
lying in decaying state in the manor houses of the landed gentry as well as in temples, folk-
deity shrines, monasteries and rural palaces. If these traditional works of art and objects of
craft were allowed to vanish from our midst they would be lost to posterity, or kept in the
private collections of aristocracy.

REQUIREMENTS
Craft Bazar for each state with thematic restaurant + Audio, Visual gallery+ training centre+
accommodation + workshops + library (books on history, traditions, rituals, culture, archeology,
epics, etc.)

AIM
To contribute towards building a sense of belonging and attachment through tangible
links to heritage, and places emphasis on a shared learning experience amongst
people from different cultural backgrounds which will lead to greater social cohesion
between rural and urban cities.
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OBJECTIVES
To preserve, innovate and promote the projection/dissemination of heritage and arts of
the Zone comprising the different states that fall under the board disciplines of Sangeet
Natak, Lalit Kala and Sahitya.

To develop and promote the rich diversity and uniqueness of various arts of the Zone
and upgrade and enrich consciousness to the people about their cultural heritage.

To lay special emphasis in its activities on the linkage among various areas through
evolution of style and their contribution to the larger composite identity of cultural
heritage of India.

To make special efforts to encourage folk and tribal arts and to frame special programs
for the preservation and strengthening of the vanishing art forms.

To frame such programs as would encourage and involve youth of the Zone amongst
themselves and with the youth of the rest of the country in creative cultural
communications through the process of seminars, exchanges and workshops on
matters relating to the cultural heritage of India.

To persue such other activities and programs as would strengthen linkage between
rural and urban cities and promote the cultural inter-linkage amongst states.

SCOPE
To create environment where people of the metropolitan can interact with rural
artisans and folk artists, and learn about great heritage of India
This can spread sensitivity rural environment and society, and help improve the
conditions of their village.
Site planning with special emphasis on interactive spaces.
Detailing of individual block.
Coherence among distinct spaces by bringing in commonalities amongst them
together.
LIMITATION
As the project contains an apparently vast infrastructure variety of functional
components, it would not be possible to stress upon a particular component of its
functional utility.
The feasibility and management of the project is also out of the project.
The heritage and culture is limited to a number of states.
The research will be done on the heritage of the selected states.

CASE STUDY:
1. UTTARAYAN ART CENTRE, VADODRA

2. DAKSHIN CHITRA CHENNAI

3. CHOKI DHANI
LITERATURE STUDY

HASTHA SHILPA HERITAGE VILLAGE(MANIPUR)

Site

LOCATION- SECTOR 11, DWARKA

AREA- 10 ACRES