Under the patronage of the local care-taker family, a small shrine in the village of Asaon had much cultural significance for the village. A plinth with a deity, the original street-side shrine was redesigned keeping the deity intact and by enclosing the sacred place with a brick Jaali screen. Keeping the expression secular and by refraining from using any religious iconography, the new shrine and the public space are designed in monolithic brick. The steps integrate the community centre next-door and enable the creation of a small urban space for the community to gather, children to play and elderly to rest
INFORMATION
Project Type: Public Space, Religious, Rural Intervention Client/ Patron: Sanjiv Kumar, Parivartan Campus Siwan Location: Asaon Village, Siwan, Bihar Design Team: Nimish Salekar Site Area: Shrine: 16 sq m Built-Up Area: 16 sq m
Podium: 40 sq m Photographs: Rishul Bangar, Matter