A
“promenade” across six projects
of contemporary Indian architect Raj
Rewal. Images of historic buildings
and miniature paintings appear at strategic
moments in order to show how modern
rationalism, a rigorous sense of function,
structure and fabrication, has been
reconciled with typologies extracted
from the past. The transitions between
different projects are punctuated by
images of women workers carrying loads.
It is only in the final image that it
is revealed that they are on a construction
site. The intention is to hint at the
socio-economic and technological context
in which the buildings are built.
The introduction by Raj Rewal and the
commentary have been reduced to bare
essentials : date, place, name, function
and the most important design elements
related to the theme of resonance in
each of the projects. The idea being
to allow the audience to savor the images
while hearing traditional north Indian
music, each piece of which is supposed
to convey the “Rasa” or “character”
of the project it accompanies.
