PROJECT BRIEF A RURAL SETTLEMENT IS TO BE CONSERVED OR PRESERVED WITH POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS. STRATEGIES, AND APPROACHES THAT MAINTAIN THE AUTHENTICITY AND HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE PLACE IS TO BE CONSIDERED. IT IS A PROCESS OF INTERVENTION TO CERTAIN EXTENT TO PREVENT THE CHAOTIC URBANIZATION PROCESS WHILE RADIATING ITS ACTUAL VALUE, MEANING, AND AUTHENTIC RURAL CULTURE OF LIVING.
सन् ु दर, समद् ृ ध र मौलिक पर्यटकीर् सहर बसन्तपुर
TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
• SUBTROPICAL HIGHLAND CLIMATE • COOL SUMMERS AND CHILLY WINTERS • CITY EXPERIENCES HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WINTER, • AVERAGE HOT CLIMATE RECORDED IS 30°C • IN WINTER THE TEMPERATURE FALLS LESS THAN 0°C • AVERAGE RAINFALL IS RECORDED 915MM TO 1000MM
EVOLUTION OF BASANTAPUR
ABOUT SITE
THERATHUM LALIGURAS
BASANTAPUR
BASANTAPUR IS THE ONE MAJOR URBAN CENTRE SITUATED IN THE MID HILL HIGHWAY LOCATED AT TERHATHUM DISTRICT OF KOSHI PROVIENCE, EASTERN NEPAL. IT IS SITUATED ON THE NODE POINT OF DHANKUTA AND SANKHUWASAVHA.
2000
2019
SITE INVENTORY AND FINDINGS
FEMALE
4% 3% 3%
LIMBU
3% 4%
CHHETRI
28%
HINDU
BRAHMIN
6%
MALE
BUDDHIST
GURUNG 14% 18% 17%
RAI
JANJATI
SHERPA
OTHERS
KIRAT CHRISTIAN
TAMANG
KIRAT POLULATION BY GENDER
2024
POLULATION BY CASTE
POPULATION BY OCCUPATION
POLULATION BY RELIGION
Building by purpose Building Materials
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND BASANTAPUR IS BELIEVED TO BE NAMED AFTER A FAIR THAT WAS INITIATED IN BASANTA PANCHAMI BY THE LIMBU DWELLERS. IT IS SAID OLD NAME OF BASANTAPUR IS BELMETE. THERE WERE ONLY 5 HOUSES BUILT IN 1971. PEOPLE USE TO SING DANCE DHAN NACH AND GATHER TO PERFORM DIFFERENT SPORTS. PEOPLE OF ADJOINING VILLAGES USE TO BUY AN SELL AND BARTER THEIR GOOD TWICE A MONTH IN THIS PLACE. PRESENTLY IT’S A LAND THAT RECEIVE NUMEROUS VISTORS FOR RHODODENDRON VIEWING.
142 72 64
61
83 35
5
17 BRICK
STONE
WOOD
CGI
RESIDENTIAL
DHARAN, SUNSARI
9
MIXED USE
COMMERCIAL
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONALGOVERNMENTAL
ROOFING MATERIALS
ROAD HIERARCHY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
5
BAMBOO
14%
TU, IOE, PURWANCHAL CAMPUS
3
BUILDING BY USE
1%
85%
SUBJECT : DESIGN STUDIO VIII
SUBMITTED BY, ROLL NO.: 004, 007, 015, 017, 021, 025, 033, 047, 037, 038 & 043
TITLE : REVITALIZATION OF BASANTAPUR
SUBMITTED TO : DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
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