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Title: | ACADEMY OF INDIAN FINE ARTS | Authors: | SUZANNE LIM LI LI | Issue Date: | 1991 | Citation: | SUZANNE LIM LI LI (1991). ACADEMY OF INDIAN FINE ARTS. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | This is a proposal for an Academy of Indian Fine Arts to be located beside the Sri Veeramakaliman temple along Serangoon Road in the cultural district of Little India. Issues 1. The transformation of traditional Indian architecture to that of a contemporary expression appropriate to our time and age. This involves the search for an architectural expression that will reflect our modern local Indian community, in essence, one which will evoke a strong sense of "Indianness". 2. To make a study into the underlying principles of Hindu dance and music so as to translate these ideologies in concrete term, that is, through expressing the different spatial qualities within the building, as well as through the articulation and juxtaposition of built-forms. This includes the search for an architectural language that is reflective of a dance and music centre. 3. To express architecture as a form of “place-making” within the urban context of Little India. This thesis attempts to address the need to seek a compromise between the traditional and the modern, the ornate authenticity and the sleet minimalist functionalism. in the interest of developing an architectural language that will depict this evolution and transition, but yet in essence, remains uniquely eastern in the creation of our modern day architecture. The vehicle for this study is a regional institution and research centre for Hindu dance and music. This complex can be divided into three main function areas comprising of the academy, where dance and music is taught, a resource unit in the form of a library equipped with supporting facilities to encourage research development and publication of materials pertaining to the field of Indian fine arts and lastly, housing facilities that will be shared by the high priests of the residing temple, as well as the expatriate teachers and other visiting guest lecturers. A dance theatre cum auditorium will form the hub of this complex and it is here that performances by the students of the academy and visiting Indian dance companies will be held periodically for the general public. It is of the intention to integrate the residing temple with the new development so that they can be read collectively to form the cultural node in the set-up of Little India. In conclusion, the socio-objective of this project is to provide an avenue for the preservation and continuation of the rich Indian heritage and traditions which appears to be disappearing rapidly in this modern society. | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/169347 |
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