Narratorium-Design Thesis (2014)

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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


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