There are a variety of ways to appreciate a country’s precious heritage in front of the world. FARM, the Singapore-based design practice, has chosen to collaborate with Point Architects to come up with a unique center that showcases and provides significant glimpses of the world-famous Indian heritage. They have proposed to create the ‘Indian Heritage Center’ that would be located within a small place, which is the India historical district in Singapore. It has been planned to make this project a unique heritage structure that also gives a wonderful example of excellent architectural skills.
The Indian Heritage Center is conceptualized to offer a state-of-the-art amalgamation that reflects India’s variety in cultures, religions and natural features, as well as its dynamic and energetic citizens. This place provides a marvelous display of the country’s food, sounds and colors. It is not just a decent-looking structure, but it is something that passes on the Indian aroma to the residents and visitors in Singapore. It is a mix of the sober exterior appearance and the brightening internal experience it offers!
A diverse range of materials, which are of national relevance, have been used to clad the building’s layers. These building layers are irregularly stacked to form a shifting profile that keeps getting widened with each successive layer added to it. The structural profile of the Indian Heritage Center gradually keeps extending over the street, while its culminating points are covered by the lush green vegetation. FARM has designed effective floor plans and facility provisions within the structure. Each section of the building is designed in a way to make the visitor movement smoother. When visitors enter any lobby, there is a provision of escalators that take them to galleries at the highest level. Escalators also make it easy to scroll through the vegetation or circulate downward through exhibition facilities.
The vegetation garden at the top of the structure, which is a symbol of the eco-friendly approach to add a green hue to the building, can even be seen from the distant points of urban context around the building. Thus, the elevated garden not only has a good visual presence to appeal people within the district, but also provides a scenic view of the area if somebody stands and take a glance from the middle of it. So, this exclusive design by FARM and Point Architects is not only a great gift for the visitors who appreciate art, culture and beauty of a place, but is also an appreciative effort to bring out the best of Indian heritage.
Via: Designboom
