HINDU CULTURAL CENTRE

Abstract

Ludwig Wittgenstein in discussion with M. D'cDrury in 1930: " ... you think philosophy is difficult enough but I can tell you it is nothing to the difficulty of being a good architect. " Indeed, architecture demands so much of one. The long years spent beneath the portals of the school is simply no guarantee of the making of a good architect. Yes, I believe Kahn when he says it takes a long time to be an architect; it takes a long time to be the architect of one's aspirations. You can become an architect professionally overnight. But to feel the spirit of architecture from which one makes his offering takes much longer .... This thesis project embarked is not the means to an end. Rather, it marks the beginning of my journey into the soul of architecture, of architecture beyond functionalism.