Concept Vision Development
Awadh shipgram, India
Key point
This project is useful for us because of its concept of integration traditional
elements of Indian regional architecture and reinforcing regional identity in
the contemporary development.
The project
Architecture studio Archohm has completed a campus for promoting
crafts in the Indian city of Lucknow, featuring a cluster of grass-roofed
workshops and a spiralling shopping arcade.
Awadh Shilpgram was designed by Archohm to accommodate almost 200
shops dedicated to crafts from around the region and beyond, alongside
craft courts for hosting workshops, an amphitheatre, an exhibition hall and
a food court. The aim is to provide local craftspeople with a place where
they can share ideas, teach, learn and sell their work directly to customers.
The buildings developed for the complex are intended to form a collage of
shapes and materials that references the chaotic composition of the urban
bazaars found throughout the region.
Area
General view Restaurant area
The retail area The main square
29.784 sqm
Function
Traditional retail centre
Main features
Two-hundred craft shops
Traditional architectural elements of India
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