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Tag: Craft

Architecture and Urban Design, Culture

COCOON

16/11/2021 kokum .co

Hand-built by the local artisans along with teachers, students, architects and designers, Cocoon is a community space for teaching and exhibiting projects to visitors of Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Trichy.

Written and Contributed by Manasaram Architects

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Architecture and Urban Design, Craft, Culture

LIVING & LEARNING DESIGN CENTER

02/09/2021 kokum .co

LLDC is a step to revive, document and showcase traditional crafts of Kutch post-2001 earthquake.

Written and Contributed by Indigo Architects

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Architecture and Urban Design, Culture

TEMPLE OF STEPS

16/08/2021 kokum .co

Temple of Steps is part landscape and part building, harmonized through the module of single corbel creating a scale that is both intimate and distinct for the village of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh.

Written and Contributed by Sameep Padora and Associates

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Architecture and Urban Design, Restoration

IMAGINE STUDIO AT THE TREES

13/07/2021 kokum .co

An adaptive re-use project in Mumbai, the Imagine Studio weaves nature, heritage and urbanism through a compelling narrative of evolving contexts.

Written and Contributed by Studio Lotus & GPL Design Studio

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Craft, Health and Well Being, Product and Industrial Design

EARTHEN TUNES

23/06/2021 kokum .co

Earthen tunes address three problems with one design solution:
1. Farmers walking barefoot leading to long-term health problems.
2. The waste created by the disposal of footwear.
3. A sharp decline in the number of weavers involved in the wool craft. 

Written and Contributed by Earthen Tunes

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Architecture and Urban Design, Craft, Culture, Restoration, Tourism

MAHIDPUR FORT

03/06/2021 kokum .co

The restoration of the Mahidpur Fort is a collaboration between government agencies, local community, ATA and World Monuments Fund. The site is an example of plural identities and syncretic culture, receiving the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2016. 

Written and Contributed by Aishwarya Tipnis Architects

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Craft, Culture, Product and Industrial Design

PITOLOI FURNITURE

25/05/2021 kokum .co

Pitoloi is a result of trying to create everyday utilitarian furniture pieces using the ancient craft. It is unique in typology, aesthetics and sensorial qualities. 

Written and Contributed by Amiya Lab

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Product and Industrial Design, Textile Innovation

ANUVAD

10/05/2021 kokum .co

‘Anuvad’ means translation. This project looks at creating a symbiotic relationship between traditional crafts and E-textile technology. 

Written and Contributed by Chhail Khalsa

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Architecture and Urban Design, Education

PRABHAAV

13/11/2020 kokum .co

‘Prabhaav’ is a rural immersion program, that takes empathetic changemakers to Indian villages, which are homes to indigenous arts/crafts/architecture.

Written and Contributed by Unbind

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Architecture and Urban Design, Craft, Governance

KRUSHI BHAWAN

30/10/2020 kokum .co

Designed by Studio Lotus, Krushi Bhawan is a government facility that re-imagines the relationship between the state and its people.

Written and Contributed by Studio Lotus

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