Baradari at City Palace, Jaipur is a marvellous translation of the royal history of the city. Studio Lotus has designed the space to create a balanced interplay of historic revelations and contemporary additions.
Winning accolades as Creative Re-use Project of the Year at INSIDE Awards, World Architecture Festival 2016 in Berlin, the Baradari at City Palace Jaipur, Rajasthan cites an insightful example of how design brings inherent value to a place when conventions on conservation and adaptive re-use are looked at through a fresh lens. The place wisely combines rare historic craft and artisanal skills of the country into contemporary expressions.
The café spanning over 14000 sq ft sits within the oldest walled quarter of the historic city and within the City Palace Museum (built in the 18th century), a section of which continues to serve as the home of the Princess (now a Minister in the State Government) from the Royal lineage. The existing buildings were given a new expression by stripping them of layers of paint and cement plaster. The exposed rubble masonry was then repaired with traditional lime mortar with details formed in lime plaster.
The courtyard also serves as a Connector between the Museum and the city through a secondary entrance. Built in handcrafted marble and brass, the contemporary expression of the Baradari-inspired Pavilion heightens the surrounding historic vocabulary and gives the place its key identity.
This story is from the March 2017 edition of Visual Merchandising and Retail Design.
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