Abstract:
Architecture is reflective of the social conditions of a time. In the ever changing dynamic flux of
the built environment, architecture needs to address response to a dynamic culture. The end
users yearn for 'change' and monotony in architecture dejects the clientele.
As the architecture creates the stage, the event choreographs the movement on it. Had it not
been for the event, the building will wither, changing ultimately into a ruin. It is upon
architecture to create conditions that evoke new events.
However in recreational facilities where the sole purpose is enjoyment, reoccurrence of the
same event yields boredom and render the building obsolete over the course of time.
Architecture hinges on 'event' for survival. In the permanence of this setup, change is required
to ignite interest. Ephemeral events that engages users, is the blatant solution to this
stagnation.
In the prevailing trend of development along modern lines, there is a need for 'urban shock' to
rejuvenate the essence of spaces. The thesis aims to study the relation between space and
event by creating mutable and flexible spaces in a mixed media arts center. The program initself is a collaboration of different mediums, accentuating the original idea of 'combination of
differences' and acting as a metaphor for it. Exploring the ways in which different mediums can
come together to give birth to something new. Each iteration is unique in itself and new
combinations are explored every time
It is an exploration of 'event' being defined as the place of combination of differences.
Permeability, juxtaposition, partial hierarchy: elements inferred from our traditional public
spaces such as street, chaupal and markaz will be explored in designing the negative spaces in
the building.
