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<p><b>Studio Lotus</b></p>

<p>Sitting within the oldest walled quarter of Jaipur, at the City Palace Museum (built in the 18th century), the Baradari, designed by Studio Lotus is a remodeled museum caf&eacute; and restaurant that explores the contemporary design and architectural language within the framework of age-old structures.</p>

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<p id="2">The project was undertaken as an exercise in exploring whether it is more important to recreate and preserve or to find new meaning for traditional and historic craft and artisanal skill, which is still alive in a few countries such as India. This manifested itself through two key gestures: the reveal of the original structure and its distinct materiality, and the creation of a spatial node through a markedly contemporary take on the archetypal Rajputana built element; a Baradari, the twelve-pillared free-standing pavilion.</p>

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<p id="3">The Baradari functions as an anchor between the city and the museum. Its light and contemporary expression creates a counterpoint to the surrounding heavy historic structures and becomes a marker of today in the building&rsquo;s timeline.</p>

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<p id="4">Old layers of cement plaster and paint were stripped to reveal the original rubble masonry. The structure was then repaired and restored using lime mortar&mdash;its natural texture and intricacy of construction, giving the shell a rich texture. The design creates a balanced interplay of historical revelations and contemporary additions: both drawing from and interpreting the underlying Indo-Saracenic influences of Jaipur&rsquo;s architectural history. Traditional crafts of Jaipur like Thikri work have been worked upon in this new idiom&mdash;whether it was through finding a new form or uniquely using them for a new use.</p>

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<p id="5">The project illustrates how countries such as India&mdash;with a living heritage, characterized by a continuum of rich architectural history woven into the fabric of our everyday lives&mdash;can allow us to sensitively conserve, restore and repurpose existing buildings from a material, historical, and cultural perspective.</p>
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