Burte, Himanshu, 1967-

Space for engagement : the Indian artplace and a habitational approach to architecture / Himanshu Burte.

Calcutta : Seagull Books, 2008.

x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The book views contemporary Indian architecture--Indian cultural institutions and art places--as public place which offers an engagement between people and their social environment. Adopting a 'habitational' approach centred on our experience of inhabiting spaces, it argues that art places should be actively engaging and inclusive. It argues for an architecture in which the everyday habitational needs, potentials and interactions of the dweller are seen as forming the basic matrix within which architectural form is situated. It showcases the Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, the National Crafts Museum New Delhi and Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai as examples of how architecture can create an artplace with which the visitor feels engaged. Publisher's note.

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Art museum architecture India.
Public art spaces India.
Public architecture India.
Architecture des musées d'art Inde.
Espaces d'art public Inde.
Architecture publique Inde.
Art museum architecture.
Public architecture.
Public art spaces.
India.

Location: Library main 269410
Call No.: BIB 201654
Status: Available