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...
“ A true work of art is the shadow of a divine perfection ” – Michelangelo Sculptures of the recent time are made to cater the demands of the emerging upper and middle class society. The time line of 1940’s and 1950’s, saw Indian modern sculpture develop into a unique autochthonous language; which was clearly witnessed in the works of Ram Kinker Baij who is among the Top ten artists of India . His art bought in a modern outlook to both western and traditional Indian norms by combining them. He is also popular for experimenting with eccentric materials such as concrete, gravel and cement, giving his art a rural and tribal outlook. The sculptors of the year 1950 experimented with wood and stone, by retaining the original character of the solid block. Although, the following two decades saw the sculptors use various kinds of techniques for creating a reformed relationship among material, form and theme. Talking about modern sculptures in India we cannot miss out the name Neeraj...