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Museum Of Badami, Karnataka

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Neel Nafrey

Architecture Student

Project Description

The program is to redesign the existing Badami archaeological museum. Badami has a settlement of skilled craftspeople, including weavers of traditional Ilkal sarees. The museum should have spaces to celebrate this skill and craft of the locals The built up area has to be 7500 sft-. In addition to the exhibition space, museum should also house functions like restrooms, an open-air theater, administration offices, a café and other ancillary facilities. The demarcated site is located on the bank of the Agastya lake. The immediate surroundings consist of the Honkadakatte Anjaneya temple and the Mallikarjuna gudi along the sides of the existing museum which has to be demolished and redesigned. The existing Museum faces the lake and is set with a majestic backdrop of the golden red sandstone rocky mountain. A fort wall with large gateways and a honda (stepped well) are also in close proximity. The site location is chosen strategically as one can experience the lake, rock cut caves, the temples and the natural context together cohesively.