Golden Temple plaza, Amritsar, Competition entry

Symbolic

View of the plaza from the main entrance

View from the VIP entrance

 The concept is a small attempt at creating an important yet a modest entrance plaza for the magnificent Golden temple. To reflect the permanence of the Golden temple and its glory throughout the centuries, the most important issue was to create a “sense” of place for the pilgrims and a much needed forecourt for the Golden temple.

Interpretation
The proposal is to create a large tensile structure supported by kirpan shaped columns. The tent would have geometric patterns adapted from the patterns found in the Golden temple walkway.

The centre of the tensile structure is marked by a simple fountain which will also mark the merging of the VIP and Public paths
 The tensile structure is an attempt to create a sense of enclosure yet merge with the transcendental character of the Golden temple through its transparency and the nature of geometric patterns as a part of its design.

 A water body along the route for pilgrims to wash their feet on the way to the temple

View from the Public entrance

View from the Golden temple entrance

The spatial requirements are interpreted as a backdrop to the main processional route of the multitude of devotees and act as solid masses guiding the flow of the people rather than dominate the activities.

This is a competition entry developed in Revit 2009 developed sometime in late 2010.

Sample rendering - Revit image (No modifications in 3d Max)

Sample rendering from Revit 2009