Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

Smritvan Earthquake Memorial and Museum was commissioned by the Gujarat State Disaster Management (GSDMA) to commemorate the Gujarat earthquake of 2001. The initial brief was to design a planting of 13,800 trees on the site-each representing each victim. Kutch is the melting pot of many communities and different religions.

 

The area has been in continuous inhabitation since the Harappan period and has been subject to numerous natural disasters, including cyclones and droughts. Water remains the scarcest natural resource, and so, the regions’ ecology, economy, culture, social structure, festivals and struggle for survival all revolve around water. 

 

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

The proposal replaces the trees with water, the nurturing source of all growth, as the primary symbol. The memorial and landscape encapsulate 50 recharge reservoirs that irrigate 150 acres of planted dense vegetation. In so doing, they will nourish forestation and give birth to an ecological transformation.

 

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI / Sohaib ilyas

ⓒVINAY PANJVANI

So, the reservoirs will actually become the memorials, of universal as well as local significance. The design covers an area of 10,900 square meters and features a series of galleries. Although on the urban periphery, it is plugged into Bhuj city while providing a view of the Kutch region’s unique heritage, culture, crafts, and many villages and wildlife sanctuaries. Today Smritivan is also the festival hub of the city and therefore not just an earthquake memorial but an essential component of the region.

 

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건축가  VASTU SHILPA CONSULTANTS
위치  구즈라티, 인도
용도  뮤지엄
대지면적  793,184㎡
건축면적  30,000㎡
연면적  22,565㎡
준공  2008 - 2022
대표건축가  RAJEEV KATHPALIA
프로젝트 건축가  RAJESH SUTHAR
디자인팀  Krunal, Piyas, Mikky, Vikas M, Vikas P
구조엔지니어  Vinod Shah Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
기계 및 전기엔지니어  Jhaveri Associates
시공  RnB, Katira Construction Ltd., Cube Construction
사진작가  VINAY PANJVANI, Sohaib ilyas