KOLKATA

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Kolkata and Bhuneshwar - Aztechs - May 2022 - June 01,2022

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CO N T EN TS

1.Adisaptagram 2.Bansberia 3.Howrah bridge KOLKATA OLD TOWN

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1.The Indian Museum 2.Birla Industrial and Technology park 3.Birla Mandir 4.Howrah

1.The house of Mother 2.Victorial memorial 3.St.Paul’s Cathedral 4.Abin design studio

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1.Heritage walk 2.Science city

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1.Udayagiri and Kandagiri caves 2.Dhauli-Shanti stupa 3.Lingaraja temple

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1.Heritage walk 2.Konark-Sun temple 3.Chandrabaga beach

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KOLKATA OLD TOWN The city was a colonial city developed by the East India Company and then by the British Empire. Kolkata was the capital of the British Indian empire until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi.

Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second city of the British Indian Empire.

ADISAPTAGRAM & BANSBERIA The buildings designed and curated by ABIN Design studio in Adisaptagram , Saptagram was an ancient flourishing port town of Bengal which had worldwide fame and Bansberia is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 45 km (28 mi) away from Kolkata.

KOLKATA NEW TOWN New Town is a planned satellite city of Kolkata, India. The city was declared as Smart Green City.

Students had a chance to explore a part of New Town .They visited Science city and got a chance to observe the Forum Atmosphere building at the rear side of Science city.

BHUBANESHWAR Bhubaneswar is an ancient city in India’s eastern state of Odisha, formerly Orissa. Many temples built from sandstone are dotted around Bindu Sagar Lake in the old city.

Konark is a medium town in the Puri district in the state of Odisha, India.

It lies on the coast by the Bay of Bengal, 60 kilometres from the capital of the state, Bhubaneswar.

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FACULTY FACULTY

CO-ORDINATO R S

A R . SA I L A K S H M I Assistant Professor

“An enthusiastic architect, who has Mastered in Urban Design & Development from Manipal University .She is undertaking research on Urban and Environment Management,Urban Criminology and Urban resilience of Chennai city.

She has published her research on “Urban Form of Coramandel coast ,Pulicat” in Journal of Indian Institute of Architects(JIIA).She have worked in architectural firms in Bangalore and Cochin.

E R . S E T H U PAT H I Assistant Professor

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“Er Sethupathi P, a structural engineer passionate towards design of structures complying new innovations. He is interested to explore the areas of steel practices which comply with futuristic perspectives. He is qualified to carry over Masters project at CSIR-SERC in the field of transmission line towers at Chennai. He is planning for future work towards steel framed structures for his doctorate. “

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MAKING Ar. ABIN CHAUDHURI

Founder & principal Abin Design Studio

Abin Design Studio began in October, 2005 under the leadership of Abin Chaudhuri.

He graduated from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1998 and pursued Industrial Design at Domus Academy, Milan. Recently, he attended the Glenn Murcutt International Master Class 2014.

Over these 10 years, ADS has executed a range of diverse projects that have engaged many issues, multiple constituencies and varying scales, from interior design and architecture to urban design and Art

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PLACES

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ST U DIO PROFILE

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TEAM WORK

INSPIRATION

QUALITY FIRST

ADS believes architecture is an artistic expression as far as it transcends its purely utilitarian, technical and rational realm, and turns into a metaphoric expression of the lived world, human condition and context. Our aim is to provide a “Soul in the Shell”.

Over a slim span of ten years, completed projects of ADS have earned us numerous accolades. In 2014, our work was selected by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, for publication and a travelling exhibition -

Architecture is not merely about Creation, It is about a Search. From social aspects, to the mechanics of spaces and forms, from the beauty of light and shadow to striking a harmony with nature, it is essentially a continuing process of discovery of cohesion in the world. The journey, and all that we come across during this process, is what contributes to one’s growth.

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“Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities”.

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Our students had the opportunity to visit Ar.Abin Chaudry from ADS ,Kolkata.

ADS has executed a range of diverse projects that have engaged many issues, multiple constituencies and varying scales, from interior design and architecture to urban design and Art

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T HE STUDIO

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Students were able to visit the ADS gallery as well as to interact with Ar.Abin Chaudhuri regarding the design process and design approach towards his projects.

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Adisaptagram - an ancient port town in Bengal Ghumakkar. Saptagram was an ancient flourishing port town of Bengal which had worldwide fame.

Sadly very little remnants of that old glory still exists today. Saptagram township was set up under

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the rulers of the Sen dynasty

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Structures Sessions

BA MB O O B RI DGE

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A bridge completely made of bamboo. The students Understanding Bamboo structures through learning on ground first hand.

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Area 1850 sq.m

This Community Hall came with a lot of constraints from the governing bodies.

With the intent of reaching out to a people at large, Abin Design Studio took up the project embracing all the conditions set forth. The building had to be devised with minimal changes to the existing footprint.

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Making of a Place | Concrete | Contemporary

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Bansberia is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West

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Bengal. It is about 45 km away from Kolkata,

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The Gallery House was then planned as a garage on the ground level with a multi-purpose activity space on the upper level intended to be used by the neighborhood as well.

Exposed brick masonry walls inlaid with ceramic blocks define the building character as a contemporary expression of the inspiration. Collaborating with a ceramic artist, rejected ceramic blocks produced for industrial use, were collected.

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STREET

Area : 380 m² Year : 2020

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Encouraged to maximize the public utility of this building, its design was conceived to extend into the street, both visually and physically.

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BIRLA MA NDIR

Birla Mandir in Kolkata, India, is a Hindu temple on Asutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Ballygunge, built by the

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industrialist Birla family.

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Dedicated to Queen Victoria of England, it was constructed between 1906 and 1921 by the then Prince of Wales (who went on to become King George V). Today, the memorial has been turned into a museum that has 25 galleries. It also houses paintings from the British

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Raj, along with memorabilia and manuscripts.

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The Victoria Memorial features Indo-Saracenic revivalist architectural style which displays a blend of Mughal and British elements along with Egyptian, Islamic, Venetian, and Deccani elements. Made of white Markana marble, the edifice has dimensions of 103 meters by 69 meters and reaches up to a height of 56 meters.

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SCULPTURES OF PRUDENCE, MOTHERHOOD, AND LEARNING.

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VIC TO RIA ME MO RIAL

In terms of design, Victoria Memorial draws inspiration from the Taj Mahal. It has a main central dome, four smaller domes, high portals, domed chaatris of octagonal shape, domed towers at the corners, and terrace. The Angel of Victory, a 16-feet tall figure, stands on top of the central dome.

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Architects: William Emerson, Vincent Esch Construction started: 1906 Architectural style: Indo-Saracenic architecture Founded: 1921 Height: 56 m Collection size: Nearly 30,000 (31 March 2009)

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HERITAGE WALK European Heritage Photo Walk around the city.

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GREAT EASTERN HOTEL The iconic Great Eastern Hotel which now is rechristened as The Lalit Great Eastern is a landmark DALHOUSE SQUARE POST OFFICE Once known as Dead Letter Post Office since during the Great War this post office was the centre of all activity CURRENCY BUILDING Currency Building, built in 1833 this building first housed the Reserve Bank

WRITERS BUILDING Designed by Thomas Lyon in the year 1777 .Statues of Greek god and goddesses Zeus, Hermes, Athena and Demeter depicting the different departments within the government; at the centre we have the statue of Minerva.

LAL DIGHI GENERAL POST OFFICE ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDING

HONG KONG HOUSE

Next to this is the Royal Insurance Buildings and the Hong Kong House, there is also a small Reserve Bank of India building in this street

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ST. JOHN’S CHURCH

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Kolkata Dalhousie Heritage Walk

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EURO P EA N

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It’s believed that Lt. Col. Mark Wood drew a detailed map of the European settlement in then Calcutta in 1784, several features of which still exist, albeit under different names in the city. Many streets and buildings and parts of the landscape depicted in the 1784 map of European Calcutta still form a major part of the city and that is exactly what this walk, organised by Heritage Walk Calcutta, will explore.

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The city between 1757 and 1807 after the Battle of Plassey that helped the East India Company seize Bengal and call Calcutta the ‘Second City of the British Empire’.

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The Howrah Bridge is a balanced cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.

Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the cities

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of Howrah and Kolkata.

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The Indian Museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in colonial-era texts, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum

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in India

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The concept of having a museum arose in 1796 from members of the Asiatic Society as a place where man-made and natural objects collected could be kept, cared for and displayed.

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ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL

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IND IAN MUSE UM

The Indian Museum is also regarded as “the beginning of a significant epoch initiating the socio-cultural and scientific achievements of the country. It is otherwise considered as the beginning of the modernity and the end of medieval era” by UZER Places

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The museum has four galleries dedicated to natural history, namely the botanical, insect, mammal and bird galleries. It also contains prehistoric artifacts such as the huge skeleton of a dinosaur

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New Town is a planned satellite city of Kolkata, India.

The city was declared as Smart Green City.

Students had a chance to explore a part of New Town .They visited Science city and got a chance to observe the Forum Atmosphere building at the rear side of

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Science city.

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SC IE NC E C IT Y

Science City Kolkata is the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent. It is managed by National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It is located at the crossing of Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and J. B. S. Haldane Avenue in East Topsia.

The Science Centre complex comprises Space Odyssey, Dynamotion, Science Exploration Hall, Maritime Centre, Earth Exploration Hall and a sprawling Science Park.

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TALKING SCIENCE

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Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, formerly called Kattaka Caves or Cuttack caves, are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological, historical and religious importance near the city of

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Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

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Udhayagiri and Khandagiri caves

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The caves are situated on two adjacent hills, Udayagiri and Khandagiri mentioned as Kumari Parvata in the Hathigumpha inscription. They have a number of finely and ornately carved caves built during the 1st century BCE. It is believed that most of these caves were carved out as residential blocks for Jaina monks during the reign of King Kharavela. Udayagiri means “Sunrise Hill” and has 18 caves while Khandagiri has 15 caves.

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Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from Puri

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city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India.

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KO NARK T E MP LE

The construction of the temple is credited to King Narasimhadeva I, a warrior and monarch of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty.

The Sun Temple in Konark exhibits the traditional Odisha style of architecture, also known as Kalinga architecture, on a grand scale. It is designed as a massive chariot mounted on 12 pairs of intricately carved giant stone wheels that are drawn by a set of seven mighty stone horses. The temple is built with such a fine slant towards the east that the first rays of the rising sun illuminate the main entrance. This main entrance is ornamented with two huge stone lions standing on both sides. Both these lions are shown as trampling an elephant and a man beneath.

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The temple complex spreads over 26 acres of land. Three kinds of stones were used in its construction, namely Chlorite, Laterite, and Khondalite rocks.

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Shanti Stupa of Dhauligiri is also known as the Peace Pagda. Dhauligiri lies at a distance of 7 Km from Bhubaneswar.

The overall structure of the stupa is in the shape of a dome. One can spot the Buddha footprints as well

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as the Bodhi tree over the stone panels.

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Chandrabhaga Beach is situated three km east of the Sun temple of Konark, in the Puri district in the state of Odisha, India. It is 30 km from the city of Puri.

Formerly Chandrabhaga was considered a place of

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natural cure for lepers