與羅賓德拉納特·泰戈?duì)栍兄o密的聯(lián)系，桑蒂尼蓋坦成為了孟加拉文藝復(fù)興的發(fā)源地，這里的紅土和空氣都透露出音樂、藝術(shù)和文化的氣息。受這種獨(dú)特環(huán)境的影響，這里演變成為在文化和遺產(chǎn)方面與孟加拉不同民族群體都有著深層次共鳴的自然中心。坐落于此的Arthshila，是首個(gè)集工作室、展覽空間以及室內(nèi)和室外藝術(shù)畫廊于一體的文化綜合體。

一位建筑師22歲時(shí)在他的教授的幫助下，構(gòu)建了一座帶有混凝土斜坡屋頂?shù)淖≌瑯?。?shù)十年之后，Takshila教育協(xié)會(huì)的創(chuàng)始人委托ADS將3BHK住宅改造成文化中心，原有的夢(mèng)想得以延續(xù)。對(duì)于任何建筑師來說，將不同的功能納入同一建筑地塊無疑是一個(gè)獨(dú)特的夢(mèng)想。

設(shè)計(jì)采取了簡(jiǎn)約的策略，為了保留原住宅樓的輪廓，在建筑的同一坡面上進(jìn)行擴(kuò)建，同時(shí)以此為開放廣場(chǎng)營造出精美的遮陽裝置，使其免受酷暑陽光和持續(xù)季風(fēng)雨的侵害。延伸出的屋頂具有雙重功能，成為詮釋空間語言的特色設(shè)施，并為建筑增添了文化體量：將一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)陋的住宅變成了一個(gè)供公眾聚集的宏偉展館。

底層的室內(nèi)房間被改造成畫廊，而頂層的房間和露臺(tái)被改造成為圖書館、畫廊和客房。

為了致敬周圍的環(huán)境，項(xiàng)目在擴(kuò)建后復(fù)原了場(chǎng)地的所有成樹。屋頂被擴(kuò)建加高，通過天窗引入自然光線并投射出長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的陰影。

屋頂上的赤土磚和 MS結(jié)構(gòu)是項(xiàng)目的主要元素。室內(nèi)地面鋪以磐多魔材料，室外是黑色Kadappa 石材地面。

外部景觀也融入了建筑之中，多功能草坪成為了用作展覽的“雕塑庭院”。周邊還設(shè)有食品售賣點(diǎn)和戶外座位，可以用作表演空間或作為參加活動(dòng)的觀眾坐席。室內(nèi)外并置的座位通過趣味布局，營造出一個(gè)柔性的界限。

通過這種微妙的設(shè)計(jì)干預(yù)，設(shè)計(jì)試圖只調(diào)整舊建筑的尺度，保留了建筑原有的魅力和本質(zhì)，使其成為一個(gè)高度靈活的空間，在任何特定時(shí)間容納更多使用可能。

作為公共論壇，現(xiàn)在Arthshila成為了桑蒂尼蓋坦文化活動(dòng)的重要組成部分。項(xiàng)目將一棟古老住宅改造成一個(gè)文化中心，不僅融入了柔美的鄉(xiāng)村景觀，同時(shí)致敬了該地區(qū)獨(dú)特的建筑遺產(chǎn)。項(xiàng)目是對(duì)于“適應(yīng)性改造”的典型演繹。

Santiniketan is the cradle of the Bengali Renaissance, primarily because of its close ties with Rabindranath Tagore. This is the place where the red soil and the air breathes music, art, and, culture. Inspired by this unique setting, a center amidst nature emerges as a cusp of culture and heritage which resonates with Bengal’s ethnicity in a different spectrum. Arthshila is a first-of-its-kind confluence of workshops, exhibition spaces, as well as indoor and outdoor art galleries.

A 22-year-old architect, with the help of his professor, sketched a vision of a residential building with a sloped concrete roof. Decades after, when the founder of Takshila, an Educational Society, approached ADS to restructure a 3BHK residence into a cultural epicenter, it was a dream that came true. Definitely, it is a unique dream for any architect to subsume a different function onto the same building footprint.

The strategy taken was simple: to retain the profile of the old residence, an additional extension to the same slope of the house is introduced. This creates an elaborate shading device for the open plaza to protect it from the harsh summer sun and torrential incessant monsoon rain. The extended roof serves a dual purpose by also becoming the unique feature that narrates the language of the space and adds a cultural scale to the building – it transforms a humble home into a grand pavilion for public gathering.

The internal rooms in the Ground Floor are converted into galleries while the top floor rooms and terraces witness their transformation into a library, a gallery, and guest rooms.

To pay homage to the immediate surroundings, this project after extension has restored all the existing full-grown trees and yet navigates the roof for a higher extension to cast long shadows & bring light through the skylight.

Terracotta tiles on the roof and MS structure are the primary elements of this project. Pandomo flooring is seen in the interior whereas the exterior is cladded with black Kadappa stone.

The exterior landscape becomes a part of the building as it is used as a "sculpture court" – a multipurpose lawn to showcase displays. The peripheries also accommodate a pantry and outdoor seating which can be repurposed as a performance space or as seating for the audience that attends an event held in the AV Room. A soft threshold has been established through the playful arrangement of seating blocks that sits at the juxtaposition of the indoor and the outdoor.

With such subtle design interventions throughout, it is attempted to only tweak the scale of the previous house into a space that accommodates more users at any given time, without losing the charm and essence of a home when one enters the space.

Today, Arthshila acts as Santiniketan's vital part of cultural activity since it acts as public forum. It is that one project in which a redo of an age old residence is transformed into a center that was born from a desire to fit into the soft rural landscape and pay homage to the site's unique architecture. This is an exemplary rendition of a true "Adaptation".

Project Name:?Arthshila – a Cultural adaptation Re-using private infrastructure

Office Name:?Abin Design Studio

Office Website:?http://www.abindesignstudio.com/

Social Media Accounts:?https://www.instagram.com/abindesignstudio/?hl=en

Lead Architects:?Subhasish Dey

Design Team:?Abin Chaudhuri, Subhasish Dey, Mayank Nigam, Sreemoyee Ray, Rukmini Mukherjee

Completion Year:?2022

Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2):?425 sqm

Project Location:?Shyambati.Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal 731235

Program / Use / Building Function:?Educational

Photographer:?Niveditaa Gupta

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