The rain shelter at Buddha Jayanti Park, New Delhi, is a small but meaningful reminder. It is built entirely from waste wood and naturally fallen palm leaves collected within the park; the shelter shows how materials that would otherwise be discarded can be transformed into something useful, beautiful, and environmentally responsible. In cities filled with concrete, glass, and steel, it is easy to forget that the most beautiful building materials are often already around us. The rain shelter at Buddha Jayanti Park, New Delhi, is a small but meaningful reminder of this idea. Built entirely from waste wood and naturally fallen palm leaves collected within the park, the shelter shows how materials that would otherwise be discarded can be transformed into something useful, beautiful, and environmentally responsible. The idea was never to build another concrete structure. Instead, the goal was to create a shelter that felt like it truly belonged in the forest. Every branch, log, and palm le...
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it” – Michelangelo Sculptures these days are being created to cater the demands of the emerging upper and middle social classes. During the year 1940’s and 1950’s, Indian modern sculpture developed a unique autochthonous language; which was first seen in the works of Ram Kinker Baij who is among the best sculpture artist in India . His art gave a fresh outlook to both western and traditional Indian norms by combining them in a modern charter. He is also known for experimenting with unconventional materials such as concrete, gravel and cement, which gave his art an outlook of the rural landscape and tribal communities of India. The year 1950 saw the experimentations with wood and stone, by retaining the essential character of the solid block. Whereas, the next two decades saw sculptors use different kinds of techniques to create a reformed relationship between material, form and theme. W...