The Other Storey

Pioneer Cement Residency curated by Canvas Gallery

2018

With the rise in security concerns barricades, sandbags, watchtowers and other security fixtures have become a regular feature at all important public and private spaces. With the passage of time a new architecture has emerged. The erstwhile security fixtures are now an inherent part of this new architecture assimilating them into an integral feature of design instead.

'The other storey" is a continued exploration of analyzing this new architecture which tries to assimilate local design aesthetic with a functional requirement out of an architectural design.

After arriving at Pioneer Cement Plant, I took sometime observing an abandoned watchtower on the far corner of the compound. During this I have been visiting the nearby town where I was fascinated by the colors and designs on houses in the neighbourhoods. Theses houses small in stature have had rather bold colors and exuberant details. With the help of local painters I visualized the tower turning into an extension of the landscape it is supposedly part of.