Remember i told you guys in the beginning that eventually in the end this assignment will be done individually?

Y'all must be thinking whats up with this indivdual work im talking about.
So to keep you guys on track with me which is extremely important i'll just brief you about it a little.
After doing a good deal of research on our micro area which is Hanuman Mandir. We further have to choose a sub micro area. That means within Hanuman Mandir we have to select certain areas where we think there is an oppurtunity of design intervention. Yeah it sounds a bit scary but in reality it is a fun task. Yes, extremely challenging though! but we are incoporating our designer minds into something that is very useful for the society! So im actually looking forward to where im gonna stand in this project and also suggestion from you guys are alwayssss welcomeee! :D

Just a random sketch i made sitting in the metro while going to connaught place for my micro study research!!

When i reached Hanuman Mandir i realised that im coming to this place for the 5th time... some of the people there recognized me too! :P
After walking for hours and scrutinizing the shops there, i decided to choose the shoe house as my sub micro topic.

That's the shoe house i was talking about which i've taken as my sub micro topic..
Now further i have to study the place and come up with a design intervention for this place..
Till then stay tuned! see you guys very soon. :)

Hello folks! Im back with my new blog post.. Apologies for the delay in posting because i was a bit preoccupied with the holi celebrations:D 

Btw, wishing y'all a very happy holi!

 

So coming back to work.. further in this assignment we are asked to map our micro area by making a 2D map following with a 3D model..

So all 5 of us went to Hanuman mandir once again for a site visit. I still remember it was so hot and we all were burning from inside but none of us gave up and we finished the measurements and calculated all the distances which were required for the 2D mapping and finally ended our day by treating ourselves with yummy burgers in mcDonalds :D

Thats our 3D model which is still in progress..After lots and lots of discussion,arguments and fights which you know are a part of group projects we finally decided to use thermocol, pop, Mdf board to make the base of the model keeping in mind that we have to give the essence and feel of that area. 

Day 2 Early morning we visited the temple to capture the scenario!

We saw people sitting under the tree having hot tea and office people having breakfast from the famous kachaudiwalla.. some active some were in a rush cuz they were getting late!
The hawkers were engaged opening their shops, old ladies were buying flower from the florist, bhajan was playing in the Mandir all in all it was just soothing to sit there and watch everything happen..

That's a florist sitting in one corner of the mandir.

While exploring the mandir we came across many people. One such person amongst them was a shopowner of a puja shop.It was his father's shop and now he's the one who sits here and looks after it. He lives in Seemapuri and travels everyday from the bus. He had all the materials in his shop that are required by people for puja and decoration.. He told us that he gets all these materials from Sadarbaazar at a little cheaper price and sells them here with a good profit margin. Demand of his materials is more on tuedays and saturdays as there is too much crowd!

These are some of my doodles and sketches of the people outside the temple and their interviews..

 Day 1 we visited the temple, observed the crowd and evironment of that area. We went inside the temple interacted to a couple of people and the pandits there. At first we had cold feet and we were so hesitant to talk to anyone there because it was altogether a new experience for us but eventually we started to gel in and later we realised that people there were so amiable and cooperative that it felt good and all our fear was vansihed..

yeahh thats me and my friend sitting! We got into the conversation so much that we sat there for like 45mins..
He told us alot about the temple how it established and also how the Mandir functions. He comes here everyday from morning 5am to evening 7pm, apart from that he also does havans and puja's in the Mandir.

After sitting there and talking to people all these questions poppled up in my head!!

As i was getting bored after sometime, i opened up my logbook and  started doodling..
These are some of my doodles which i made sitting there in the temple!

Something that i surveyed there was that earlier the temple was white in color but now they've changed its color to light pink. This is how the Mandir looks from outside..
                                                         sketches and doodle done by me.

Hii guys!!

Guess what? i've got a new assignment to work on:D

Which means.....THAT I'LL BE POSTING THE JOURNEY OF MY PROJECT HERE! WITH YOU ALL!!!

And like always i'm so eager to share my ideas with you guys and moreover can't wait to see your reaction to my new blog topic!!

So, the first step towards this project includes selecting an area of our own choice like CP,

 Haus khas, Dilli haat etc..

After selecting the area also called macro area we further study the socio culture envirorment of that place,ambience, materials and other things. 

Oh! btw initially its a group project and by the end of the module it gets indivdiual. So our group has chosen CP(connaught place) as our macro research and within that we have chosen  HANUMAN MANDIR as our topic!
Before starting the project how about we chant a mantra?

Manojavam
Maarutatulyavegam

Jitendriyam Buddhimataam
Varistham,

Vaataatmajam
Vaanarayoothmukhyam

Sriramdootam Saranam
Prapadhye.

This mantra praises Hanuman as the messenger of the Lord Rama, who is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Hanuman can travel swiftly and is very intelligent. He is also described as the chief of the monkey army and the son of Vayu (Wind God).

Like before we have to maintain a logbook in which we describe our whole journey about our project. So this is the first page from my logbook in which i've shown a glance of my macro as well as micro area that is  connaught place and hanuman mandir.

let's get to know a little about this Mandir! What? where? when? why? and how did it establish..

HANUMAN MANDIRThis mandir is 500 years old, as the name itself says "pracheen".It was built originally by Maharaja Man Singh and was said to be reconstructed by Maharaja Jai Singh.
This mandir is very famous for its one eyed Hanuman murti which is 2000 years old and is said to have been found on the grounds of the temple.

Thats the fanous one eyed murti of Hanuman ji on your right!
During this time Hanuman ji was facing towards south while going to Lanka thats the reason why it is called as the one eyed murti.
Also one interesting fact about this murti is that it is coated with silver!