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What is a Museum?
The majority of the museums studied in genealogy were ocular-centric, so then what would a museum be that is built through the senses? Can a museum be more than just a repository of cultural artifacts? Can a museum experience be a multilayered journey that is sensory and social? A museum that is more concerned with the connection and interaction between senses and experience, also be active with visual, auditory, touch, and olfactory experiences and allows the visitors to engage in cognitive aspects.
Design Intention
The museum is an extension of the village which allows the user to connect with the local people. A museum that becomes a place of learning, wondering, relaxation, sociability, creation of memories, and recollection of past events.
Site Analysis
Manori Village
Manori is a coastal village dominated by the local fishing and farming community. It is known for its beach and Manori creek. The typology of the village is such that every house has an external staircase and a small veranda. All the houses have 1-2 floors with a terrace and the streets are very narrow.
Site Plan
settlement as a maze
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zoomed in site plan
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site model
zonning
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section
Museum of? Senses
Museum as an extention to the village
Collages
Using the qualities of Sabarmati ashram and Kimbell art museum.
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Design Development
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Final Design
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