Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants de Siddharth Bathla

El disseny Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants de Siddharth Bathla és un guanyador molt estimat del prestigiós 2024 A' Design Award de Platí en la Categoria de Competició de Disseny de Patrimoni Cultural i Indústria Cultural.

PlatíPatrimoni Cultural· 2024

Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants

de Siddharth Bathla

Client: Dalmia Bharat Limited monument mitra with implementation partner Sabhyata Foundation

Guanyador del A' Design Award de Platí en la Categoria de Patrimoni Cultural

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El Disseny

Sobre Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants

El Red Fort Center és un centre de visitants situat dins del Fort Roig de Delhi, un lloc declarat Patrimoni de la Humanitat. El projecte és una reutilització adaptativa d'uns barracons colonials que havien romàs en desús durant molts anys. Els treballs de conservació es van basar en materials locals, com ara calç, pols de maó, jute i sorra de Badarpur, amb maons fets a mida que reprodueixen les dimensions originals. El gres vermell procedent de les pedreres que van abastir el fort recobreix els paviments. Distribuït en 20.000 peus quadrats repartits en dos nivells, el centre ofereix venda d'entrades, serveis públics i galeries comissariades que presenten la història del fort.

El Reconeixement

Sobre el A' Design Award de Platí

Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Platí, un reconeixement sumament prestigiós concedit a dissenys veritablement excepcionals, elegants i magnífics. Els guanyadors de Platí són meravelles de la creació, testimonis dels límits de la creativitat intel·lectual, i demostren la professionalitat inigualable i el geni dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que aquests dissenys siguin les obres més reconegudes, que defineixen l'estètica d'una època, contribueixen al benestar de la societat i fan avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants exhibeix un nivell transcendent d'excel·lència i, sense cap mena de dubte, fa del món un lloc millor amb les seves característiques avantatjoses i valuoses. Red Fort Center Centre de Visitants és una obra guanyadora del guardó A' Design Award de Platí que desperta anhels, inspira, delecta i fa sorgir una gran alegria.

Darrere del Disseny

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Crèdits, membres de l'equip i detalls tècnics proporcionats pel dissenyador.

Propietats Úniques: Located within the Red Fort, an iconic unesco Site, the Visitor Centre serves as a gateway for visitors to experience the fortress's heritage-built fabric. Through adaptive reuse, these long-term defunct colonial barracks come back to life. The design strategy pursues conservation efforts to replicate the materiality deciphered from the fort itself. While celebrating the stories of life and culture of the fort, the contemporary interventions live up to the fortress's multi-layered history.
Dimensions i Embalatge: The Visitor Centre is spread across 20,000 sq.ft. of engaging, historic and immersive gallery spaces housed within the two-storeyed heritage structure. The experience is designed across both the floors; ground floor offering a complete introduction through ticketing, immersive technologies like AR and public amenities like cafe and souvenir shop. Second floor provides a curated museum experience, ensuring equal engagement for all visitors through guided tours facilitated by ushers and live actors.
Etiquetes: adaptive reuse, storytelling, conservation, exhibition design, experiential design, narrative design, information center, Red Fort, Immersive experience, Heritage upliftment, lighting, Augmented Reality
Tecnologia de Producció: The conservation was rooted in using local knowledge of materials and processes, with lime, brick dust, stalls of jute, bail water and Badarpur sand. In keeping with the heritage palette, the bricks were custom-crafted to match the existing dimension used in the barrack. Red Sandstone procured from the mines that provided stone for Red Fort adorns the flooring. The refurbishment included replacing existing M.S. Girders and replenishing initially used wood with new seasoned Teak and Sagwan wood.
Repte de Disseny: The responsibility of positioning the monumental artefact and its harmonious integration with the heritage surrounding steered the whole design process. Persistent efforts to restore the barracks with authentic processes, lead to creating a standard for other barracks in the fort. Carefully planned minimal interventions accentuate the character of the heritage. With a footfall of about 975 visitors daily the barracks have transformed into a living cultural space for the Red Fort visitors.
Recerca: As a historic colonial structure set out in a Mughal precinct, the conservation approach dealt with studies on material philosophy, best local practices and structural understanding to restore and celebrate the inherent value of the heritage. A detailed understanding of the history, culture and continuous evolution of the Red fort rendered the engaging storytelling experiences. Several miniature paintings were studied to create a coherent visual language and scenography of the visitor centre.
Inspiració: The continuing significance of Red Fort and the barracks themselves being an artefact to the story of India’s independence movement gave impetus to the design approach of the Visitor Centre. The center was originally built from the debris of the demolished Mughal structures which expose and celebrate the intricately carved pieces embedded within the walls of the colonial barracks. The organic textures, non intrusive punctuators and contemporary scenography and all surrender to their notable surroundings.
Durada del Projecte: Falling right after the entry into the Red Fort, these barracks serving as a an optimum location for visitor orientation. The project commenced in January 2019 with the primary objective of conserving and restoring the barracks. The onset of the pandemic necessitated and the site temporary closed. The work resumed in December 2020 and the project culminated in the creation of the Red Fort Visitor Centre in January 2022.
Flux d'Operació: Through naturally-lit corridors, the visitors immerse in the scenery of the fort outside while uncovering the stories of the Red fort inside. A wide passage connecting the two corridors allow the visitors to meander through the building to engage with various interactives and installations. Ushers and actors punctuate the journey of the visitors. The ground floor offers stand-alone experiences and services, while the Red fort story comes alive as a complete curated experience on the first floor.
Membres de l'Equip: Creative Director: Siddharth Bathla
Design Director: Prashasti Chandra
Graphic Designer: Suryanath Sunny
Architect:Prashul Sharma
Crèdits de les Imatges: Image #1: Photographer Andre J. Fanthome, Red Fort Center, 2021
Optional Image #1: Photographer Andre J. Fanthome, Red Fort Center, 2021
Optional Image #2: Photographer Andre J. Fanthome, Red Fort Center, 2021
Optional Image #3: Photographer Andre J. Fanthome, Red Fort Center, 2021
Optional Image #4: Photographer Andre J. Fanthome, Red Fort Center, 2021

Video Credits: Cinematographer Sohaib Ilyas, Red Fort Center, 2021

Sound Credits: Adobe Stock, Red Fort Center, 2021