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    The document discusses the design of a war memorial as an architectural project. It begins by defining memorials and their purpose of preserving memory. It justifies the need for the project to honor military sacrifices. The proposed site for the memorial is Hyderabad, India due to its historical wars. Case studies of existing war memorials in Kartarpur, Punjab and the Imperial War Museum in London are examined for design elements. The objectives are to design the structure to evoke emotions and create gathering spaces through the use of materials, textures and landscaping.

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    The document discusses the design of a war memorial as an architectural project. It begins by defining memorials and their purpose of preserving memory. It justifies the need for the project to honor military sacrifices. The proposed site for the memorial is Hyderabad, India due to its historical wars. Case studies of existing war memorials in Kartarpur, Punjab and the Imperial War Museum in London are examined for design elements. The objectives are to design the structure to evoke emotions and create gathering spaces through the use of materials, textures and landscaping.

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    TOPIC :

    WAR MEMORIAL

    GUIDED BY : PROF. SWAPNA DHAWLE


    PRESENTED BY : SALONI KHANDELWAL
    INTRODUCTION
    • The word “memorial” is an object or element which serves as a focus for memory of something,
    usually a person or an event. Popular forms of memorials include art elements like sculptures,
    statues, fountains, parks.
    • Memorial architecture and art works, has the ability to transform
    words and thoughts, capture emotions and preserving memories
    into a tangible and buildable forms.

    Ancient memorials - pyramids Medival period memorials modern memorials

    JUSTIFICATION OF TOPIC
    • The need for this project is to personified the pride in a built form and to
    pay the tribute to the militants for their brave efforts who sacrifice their
    lives for the nation. Because the memorial architecture must have strong
    artistic appeal to influence the visitor’s emotions to realize the role of
    education reform, so the emotional expression of the memorial is to be
    magnificent in terms of space layout and architecture.
    Aim
    To design a war memorial as an architectural input to define, promote and glorify the
    aesthetics of remembrance and to make the structure live.
    OBJECTIVES
    1. To study object and shape to define human pattern in terms
    of internal and external spaces to make the structure live.
    2. To study various materials, colours, textures, landscape
    patterns to create the feel of space.
    3. To design the structure incorporating the emotions of people
    Feel of space through landscape,
    in built form. material, textures, patterns.
    4. To create a gathering space for people on large scale.
    5. To provide the city with a dynamic space that blends into the
    progressive culture catering temporary needs for
    infrastructures for various expositions.

    SCOPE & LIMITATION


    The memorial shall function as a self-sufficient entity to Understand the remembrance of
    militants in built form. It shall be a campus consisting of various transitional spaces and
    built structures with all their textures and meanings as a whole. The structure will serve
    as a combined memorial and museum for all the three forces (armed, naval and air
    forces).
    PARAMETERS FOR CITY SELECTION

    The city choosen for the memorial is


    Hyderabad as it is a proposed site and has
    a historical background of the wars.
    The deccan
    wars, bijapur
    history, Maratha
    warriors make
    the city more
    remarkable.
    CASE STUDIES
    • JANG-E-AZADI MEMORIAL, KARTARPUR, PUNJAB.
    The sprawling 25-acre campus of the memorial-cum-museum is
    very prominently located on the Jalandhar-Amritsar stretch of
    National Highway-1 at Kartarpur. The campus consist of
    auditorium, library, research & seminar halls, movie hall & open air
    theater. The memorial is a perfect blend of built forms and open
    spaces including different material and textures which gives an
    architectural importance to the structure.
    • IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON.

    The museum’s collection includes archives of personal and


    official document, photographs, video material, films, oral
    history recordings and extensive library , art collection and
    examples of military vehicles and aircrafts, equipments and
    other artifacts.
    The museum was established in 1917 as a combined
    museum and noted as world’s finest museum ever built. The
    structure was made by foster partners.
    The structure consist of three galleries and a central atrium to
    showcase the artifacts and consist of an outdoor obelisk as a
    token to pay tribute to the militants who sacrifice their life for
    their country.
    REFERENCES
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_War_Museu
    m
    • https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-
    news/ephfh/raj_rewaldesigned_jangeazadi_memorial_at_kartarpur_in_punjab_
    attracts_massive_footfall.html

    • https://www.google.com/maps/place/War+Memorial+Museum,+Amritsar/@26.
    6962054,74.4716481,4z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1smilitary+museum+in+india!3m4!1s
    0x0:0x5eef68ca648cfe91!8m2!3d31.6253212!4d74.7784424

    • https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2019-01-05/Tourism-
    dept-DRDO-to-establish-Defence-museum-in-Hyderabad/469609

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