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Khalsa Heritage Complex
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DESCRIPTION |
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 The Khalsa Heritage Complex is a new museum of the Sikh people located in the holy town of Anandpur Sahib, near Chandigarh in the Punjab state. The museum celebrates 500 years of Sikh history and the 300th anniversary of Khalsa, the scriptures written by the 10th and last Guru, Gobind Singh, founder of the modern Sikh faith.
Located on a 75-acre site overlooking the town, the Khalsa Heritage Memorial is divided into two complexes that straddle either side of a ravine and are connected by a bridge. The western complex, connected to the town of Anandpur Sahib, is organized around an entrance piazza and contains a 400-seat auditorium, two-story library and temporary exhibition galleries. The eastern complex, containing permanent interpretive exhibition space, consists of two clusters of undulating galleries that evoke the fortress architecture of the region and form a dramatic skyline against the surrounding sand cliff terrain. The clustering of the galleries in groups of five reflects the Five Virtues, a central tenet of the Sikh faith. A series of dams in the ravine create pools that reflect the complex at night.
Edited by Moshe Safdie and Associates |
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LOCATION |
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Asia |
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Punjab |
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Patiala |
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Rupnagar |
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Anandpur Sahib |
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Khalsa Heritage Complex V.I.P Road
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| Website |
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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Main |
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ARCHITECTURE | Museums and buildings for exhibitions
Ethnographic museums
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Art galleries and exhibition areas
Libraries and media libraries
Buildings for offices and professional practises
Offices
Commercial buildings
Bars, cafeterias
Buildings for recreational activities
Auditoriums and music centres
Amphitheatres
Architecture of parklands and water
Fountains, ponds
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS | Landscape architecture
Public gardens
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Realisation |
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1998 - 2010 |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Moshe Safdie, "Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, Anadpur Sahib, Punjab", Architecture A + D Design 4/1999, july-august 1999, pp. 102-110 |
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| "Safdie in India/Khalsa Heritage Memorial", L'Arca 135, marzo/march 1999 [Luce/Light], "l'Arca2" p. 91 |
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| Soren Larson, "World's tallest tower, Sikh center among India's newest ambitions", Architectural Record 1/1999, january 1999, p. 49 |
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CLIENT |
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| Anandpur Sahib Foundation, Chandigarh, India |
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AMOUNT |
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| INR 941.500.000 ($ 21.700.000) |
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DIMENSIONAL
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| sq.m. 23,225 (sq.ft. 250,000) |
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| Project |
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| Moshe Safdie and Associates |
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| Associate architect |
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