Project
Museum of Archaeology
Category
Best Project of Building or Facility by Student
About the project (provided by the applicant)
The Museum of Archaeology at Badami is envisioned as an experiential space that engages deeply with the region’s cultural and geological identity. Once the capital of the Early Chalukyan dynasty, Badami is renowned for its rock-cut temples, sandstone cliffs, and layered traditions. Drawing inspiration from the tectonic fall of rock—a process of fall, breaking, fragmentation, and fusion—the museum reinterprets this natural sequence as an architectural metaphor. Spaces are imagined as carved, fractured, and reassembled, echoing Badami’s terrain and history. The design aims not only to preserve artefacts but to curate memory and evoke the spirit of place, allowing visitors to experience archaeology as a living narrative. Pathways, voids, and thresholds mirror the journey of discovery, while communal and interpretive spaces foster dialogue and continuity.
Location
Badami, Karnataka, India
Project design year
2025
Extra visual materials
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17V3nQdG2zv2KdUFHQLHm5RNN-RiTBvyl?usp=sharing
Applicant
Shubh Porwal
Architecture student from Parul Institute of Architecture and Research, batch of 2020.
I am passionate about designing spaces that are functional, sustainable, and creatively inspiring.
Author of the project
Shubh Porwal
Visualization
Shubh Porwal
Customer
Archaeology Survey of India (ASI)
Status of the project
Conceptual design
