Bansberiya | West Bengal

2020

The Gallery House was then planned as a garage on the ground level with a multi-purpose activity space on the upper level intended to be used by the neighbourhood as well.

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Principal Designer

Abin Chaudhuri

Design Team

Sohomdeep Sinha Roy, Qurratul Ain Maryam, Debjit Samanta, Dipankar Mondal

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Encouraged to maximise the public utility of this building, its design was conceived to extend into the street, both visually and physically.

The building took cues from Bengal's terracotta temples. Exposed brick masonry walls inlaid with ceramic blocks define the building character as a contemporary expression of the inspiration.

Inspired by the way the building was coming up, the client decided to let go of his initial requirement of a garage and embraced the suggestions of re-purposing the ground floor has a community hall while the upper floor houses a multipurpose-room, a sitting area and a pantry.