Khetri project astha & naveen

Lotus Installation Khetri museum project

A central installation for the meditation room

By - Astha Malu & Naveen Kumar S M

Maharaja Ajit Singh

Swami Vivekananda

Khetri museum project Rakrishna mission Khetri

Key words Transparency - pure, fragile, clearness,

lucidity, precision, glassiness, liquidity, intelligibility, clarity, simplicity.

Pristine - pure, perfect, immaculate, flawless, clean, unsploit, fresh.

Symmetry - regularity, balance, equilibrium,

evenness , proportion, patterned.

Transition from floor to ceiling or vice versa - balanced, floating, hanging, transition, perched, hovering, blended.

Combination of material - mixture,

grouping, amalgamation, blended, complimentary.

Multilayers -

sequence, various characteristics.

Artificial light - adjustable, glow, highlighting

element, transition/contrasting with shadow, sharpness, precision, Pattern projection, ambience.

Low on maintenance

Transition Minimalistic Suspended Surfacial Geometric - Organic Linear Transition Negative - positive Scaled with human proportion

Concept 1. Modular approach Transparent Individual Modular Veins External light source Easy maintenance Light & Shadow Fixture for petal Metal leaf merging well with ripples on floor 5 - 7 mm thickness

Glass exploration: artichoke & double walled leaves * Individually blown petals (borosilicate / soda lime glass) * Double walled addition of layers * Patterned arrangement * Easy installation & maintenance * Can explore outer & inner forms.

3 - 4 mm thickness

Concept 2. Glass sheet petals *Multilayered sheet glass petals *Contours visible of individual sheet. *Play of light, transparency. *Dense & detailed. *3 - 5mm thickness.

1:1 scale sheet glass model

Concept 3. Symmetrical Stacking

Clay explorations

Top view

Front view

Concept 4. Radial sheet glass approach

Form refinement of Lotus Petal * Highlighting form through arrangement of sheets. * Patterned. * 3 Dimension through layers of 2 Dimension sheets * Multilayered * Organic - geometric - symmetric abstract. * Transition from reflection to translucency - transparency.

Refinement of form, joinery and water jet manufacturing process

Refinement of 3D form with model in glass

Final refinement of a) base: ripple & b) lotus petal Petals a) & Petal b)

Measurements of ripple

Measurement of lotus petal option b)

26 inches

24 inches

1:1 scale Lotus petal in sandwiched glass

Render of Lotus installtion on actual site

1:1 Scale model in thermocol

Lotus installtion on actual site

Lotus installation: closeup & plan