6. Nov-Dec 2010

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Architecture Dried elephant grass, locally known as khar is a very popular and unique building material in these areas. Named elephant grass as they grow high enough to cover an elephant in their wilderness, this plant when fully grown and properly dried provides the locals with a very strong material that can be weaved into walls or thatched as roofs. Both the bungalows are built on top of wooden Sal (Shorea robusta) posts some 4 metres high. The open ground not only provides ventilation channels, but also helps protect the rooms from the omnipresent wildlife. The Simal Bungalow was so named as it wrapped itself around a Simal (Bombax)Tree. Although the tree itself is now dead, it has not been completely chopped off. The tree has been adapted as a sculptural penetration into the building ending at the top floor level as a platform forming a coffee table, adding to the naturalistic appeal of the tree as well as that of the bungalow. The dining house or the Gol Ghar is an inspired building combining the Tharu architecture from the Terai plains and styles from African ‘Bomas’. As its name suggests, the Gol Ghar is a circular building with stone walls and a thatched roof over wooden supports, and comprises a multi-functional space for a dining hall, bar, utilities and an outdoor verandah. Incidentally the verandah showcases a story of its own. In the company’s quest for wildlife conservation, they had discouraged the locals from bringing their cattle inside the national park. A row of cowbells hanging from the eaves of the corridor is a reminiscence of the lodge's initiative, where the reward for every cowbell removed from a cattle grazing inside the park was Rs. 10. www.spacesnepal.com 56
Architecture The Gol Ghar, inspired by the Tharu architecture of the Terai and the style of the African `Bomas', is a multi-functional space comprising of a dining hall, bar, utilities and an outdoor verandah. November-December 2010 57 www.spacesnepal.com
Page 1:
NOVEmber - DECEMber 2010 Art - Arch
Page 6 and 7: www.spacesnepal.com 6 November-Dece
Page 8 and 9: www.spacesnepal.com 8 November-Dece
Page 10 and 11: www.spacesnepal.com 10 November-Dec
Page 12 and 13: 38 Architecture The Rolling Greens
Page 14 and 15: Letters Regd. No 30657/061-62 CDO N
Page 16 and 17: Editorial Greetings from SPACES - A
Page 18 and 19: Message From SONA F irst of all mys
Page 22 and 23: NEWS and HAPPENINGS 3 rd REMA Cours
Page 24 and 25: NEWS and HAPPENINGS 13 th ASA Archi
Page 26 and 27: Accessories Beds to Behold - from K
Page 30 and 31: INFOCUS The graded aggregate and sa
Page 32 and 33: Solutions When Solar gets Sexy Text
Page 34 and 35: Solutions San Francisco Bus Transit
Page 36 and 37: Architecture “Wonderful surroundi
Page 38 and 39: Architecture The architecture of Go
Page 40 and 41: Architecture Averaging an area of 3
Page 42 and 43: Architecture The Hunter’s Lodge b
Page 44 and 45: Architecture As the water flows ove
Page 46 and 47: Architecture Rather than just a res
Page 48 and 49: Architecture Almost central to Kath
Page 50 and 51: Architecture The berms in front of
Page 54 and 55: Architecture In the Heart of a Jung
Page 58 and 59: Architecture The curved corridor of
Page 60 and 61: Architecture The river Rapti was in
Page 64 and 65: Architecture A Seductive Ensemble T
Page 66 and 67: Architecture The Lodge has 13 indiv
Page 68 and 69: Architecture Keeping things simple
Page 70 and 71: Architecture As night falls, and am
Page 72 and 73: Interior A Contemporary Lifestyle T
Page 74 and 75: Interior The study area, visible in
Page 76 and 77: Interior Adjacent to the dining spa
Page 82 and 83: The J Bar designed by Sonia Gupta,
Page 86 and 87: OPINION US Interior Design institut
Page 88 and 89: OPINION There are architects who al
Page 92 and 93: Art modernization has taken away th
Page 98: www.spacesnepal.com 98 November-Dec
show all

6. Nov-Dec 2010

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?