Unique Goa museum captures amalgamation of eastern and western architectural styles
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Museum Houses of Goa an Indo Portuguese Architecture "Houses of Goa", a unique museum by reputed architect Gerard da Cunha, encapsulates for posterity the phenomenal outcome of the amalgamation of eastern and western architectural styles. The museum is completely constructed under the Goan vernacular this is a sustainable and eco-friendly building. The materials used in building are almost reused materials, like; wine bottle, card board and thermacoal like.
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- 1. archippt.blogspot.com 1 CG HOUSES OF GOA http://www.slideshare.net/chandangupta209 SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: AR. SACHIN SINGH CHANDAN GUPTA CASE STUDY
- 2. archippt.blogspot.com 2 CG INTRODUCTION • The museum is built as a traffic island in Torode, Salvador-do-Mundo, Goa. Strangely enough it is in the shape of a triangle and resembles a ship viewed from the outside it is a mystery, but as you begin your visit, it slowly unfolds its charms. "Houses of Goa", a unique museum by reputed architect Gerard da Cunha, encapsulates for posterity the phenomenal outcome of the amalgamation of eastern and western architectural styles.
- 3. archippt.blogspot.com 3 CG "When the Portuguese colonized Goa," architect Gerald da Cunha says, "they brought in their own architectural designs and lifestyle to influence the already strong culture and architecture that prevailed here. As a result of the amalgamation, an entirely new thing emerged. What you see in Goan houses, you don't see in Portugal, or elsewhere in the world."
- 4. archippt.blogspot.com 4 CG • Like a modern-day Noah setting out with his special arch with a specimen of every Goan tradition, Gerald da Cunha takes you on an eventful voyage, showing you "Goa in the context of the world, the wealth of Goan architecture and the details of various elements" that make Goan houses so special. • There is soft music backing up Gerard's detailed description of each item, as only someone who is so deeply engrossed in things • A painstaking collection of doors, windows, a rare hat stand, old French doors from a house in Margao built in 1917, old tiles from late nineteenth century, old china mosaic patterns of different houses, how mud walls are made, how shells are recovered from the river, a glass tile, the dressed laterite, 16th and 17th century tiles imported from Europe, old terracotta tiles, religious pictures, altars, statues, etc.
- 5. archippt.blogspot.com 5 CG TITLE GOES HERE LoreCG ipsuCG dolor sit aCGet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut gravida eros erat. Proin a tellus sed risus lobortis sagittis On the walls hang pictures of imposing, important buildings in the world on one panel and beside is another panel with equally important Goan monuments, showing when they were built, so that one can compare what was being built while the Se Cathedral was being built in Goa
- 7. archippt.blogspot.com 7 CG • Climb the winding steps to the theatre upstairs, to see rare ancient lamps and a machila, and with a seating arrange for about 100 people. Here Gerard conducts a slide show presentation, with an adaptable screen, taking you on an architectural tour right to the earliest mud houses. • If the house possesses a fairy-tale look within, a view outside is still more enchanting. The beautiful foliage, in which sing all sorts of lovely birds, and the three houses in natural architecture that Gerard has build virtually in the midst
- 13. archippt.blogspot.com 13 CG THANK YOU H T T P : / / W W W . S L I D E S H A R E . N E T / C H A N D A N G U P T A 2 0 9 / CHANDAN GUPTA chandang9719@gmail.com
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