A SET OF ANCIENT MAPS FROM ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN RECORDS OF PLINY & PTOLEMY PROVING ITS EXISTENCE.
NARRATORIUM MUZIRIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, KERALA IMPORTANCE A LOST & FOUND , 2000 YEAR OLD INDIAN TRADE LINK WITH THE GREEKS & ROMANS, MOTHER OF INDIAN PORTS,
A NODAL PORT OF THE ANCIENT SPICE ROUTE , MUCIRIPATTANAM - PORT OF MUCIRI - MUZIRIS.
EMBEDDED HISTORY LAYERS OF HERITAGE HIDDEN AWAY BENEATH OUR FEET
MOTIVE
IDEA
AWARENESS AWARENESS AN AN IDEA IDEA OF OF ARCHAEO-TOURISM ARCHAEO-TOURISM
EXPLORED THROUGH EXPLORED BY ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY
ECO-TOURISM ECO-TOURISM NARRATING NARRATING HISTORY HISTORY INTERACTIVE INTERACTIVE && INFORMAL INFORMAL LEARNING LEARNING
EXPLAINED & & EXPLAINED EXPERIENCED THROUGH EXPERIENCED THROUGH ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE
A MAP OF ANCIENT TRADE ROUTES BY LAND & SEA.
HYPOTHESIS: HYPOTHESIS: Historical remnants, Architectural or Non-Architectural, perceived as a representative of Past,
physically exists in the present too. They are a part of the REALM. This existence of the past in the Present - challenges the whole notion of the term ‘historic’ itself due to its
Potential to hold more history.
Further, at present, the above has gone unnoticed as these historic references Are experienced isolated by the context they’re ‘preserved in, leading to their
limited understanding.
architecture - A responsive medium architecture - A responsive medium respond to this past? - should it not continue to undergo Transformations relevant to the present & add to the existing history, Thus creating a PALIMPSEST ? - should it not serve as a language or an interactive tool to relate the past with the present ? - should it not