ART DHARA AN ART LANDSCAPE

ART DHARA is a space for art designed with the intention to bring the “Class to Mass” which means to break the eliteness of an art museum into a humble space that is more accessible and inviting to the masses.

Nestled in the dense urban fabric of Topi Mill Compound, Ahmedabad, it is designed as a Non- building, where the built form emerges from the site, creating sub terranean spaces as a response to the climate as well as the heritage structure, Jhulta Minara, adjacent to the site.

Existing Site

Spaces intersecting by simultaneous Horizontal and Vertical Circulation

Lifting built mass on contour for noise reduction

Substraction of mass from contour to generate subterranean spaces

Sunken built mass in parallel grids, intercepted by courtyards

Extending volumes above and below the terrain to submerge mass

Non-building: Terrain sloping upto terrace of a sunken built mass

Terrain sloping up from roadside and terminating at the trees foliage

Play of levels and vertical and horizontal circulation