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Mirya,
Ratnagiri
Settlement Study
We went to Mirya, Ratnagiri in the March of '22 to study and explore the settlement that lived by the coast. We divided ourselves in groups and explored segments like the economy, housing type, methods of construction and cultural objects.
What we learnt was not only architectural but how do you approach a site, foreign to you.
Our perspective of looking at people was questioned,
and by the end I developed a kinder, compassionate
way of looking at how people live and cherish.
It was a transformative process as we made our
first design relevant to the site, in respect to the
people and their needs. Quantitative estimation
of the resources helped us to think through the
material while in a design process.
Design Intervention
When I first thought about designing a sacred place to worship the sea, all I could think of was the peaceful calm I felt looking at the sea. So, a small space where you could just be, had to be a part.
This shrine unlike others doesn’t rely on an idol or statue as the central character. It is intended to help you feel the vastness of this great force. Many relate to this differently, hence the open and the closed spaces in the shrine invites everyone.
You can celebrate the sea in the way you desire. The varying volumes of polygons creating these tiny enclosures can be inhabited by one or more. Each of these, are exposed to different angles of the sea, the sky and the surroundings. From one, you can see the entire panoramic stretch of the sea, while from one you can’t find the sea at all, all you see is the sky above while the sound of the waves fall in your ears.
All in all, a lot of different ideas are tied together, trying to experiment with what means a shrine to us.
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