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    The Sanskriti Kendra is a cultural center and art museum located in Delhi, India. It contains multiple exhibition spaces and museums dedicated to different art forms, including a Museum of Everyday Art showcasing functional household objects, a Museum of Indian Textiles, and a Museum of Indian Terracotta with over 1,500 sculptures and figurines. The center also houses an Enamel Centre and Delhi Blue Ceramic Centre for promoting ceramic and enamel art forms. The structures are made of brick masonry with mud finishes and thatch roofs, providing a conducive environment for art and workshops.

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    The Sanskriti Kendra is a cultural center and art museum located in Delhi, India. It contains multiple exhibition spaces and museums dedicated to different art forms, including a Museum of Everyday Art showcasing functional household objects, a Museum of Indian Textiles, and a Museum of Indian Terracotta with over 1,500 sculptures and figurines. The center also houses an Enamel Centre and Delhi Blue Ceramic Centre for promoting ceramic and enamel art forms. The structures are made of brick masonry with mud finishes and thatch roofs, providing a conducive environment for art and workshops.

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    The Sanskriti Kendra is a cultural center and art museum located in Delhi, India. It contains multiple exhibition spaces and museums dedicated to different art forms, including a Museum of Everyday Art showcasing functional household objects, a Museum of Indian Textiles, and a Museum of Indian Terracotta with over 1,500 sculptures and figurines. The center also houses an Enamel Centre and Delhi Blue Ceramic Centre for promoting ceramic and enamel art forms. The structures are made of brick masonry with mud finishes and thatch roofs, providing a conducive environment for art and workshops.

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    Sanskriti Kala Kendra - Delhi

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    The Sanskriti Kendra is a cultural center and art museum located in Delhi, India. It contains multiple exhibition spaces and museums dedicated to different art forms, including a Museum of Everyday Art showcasing functional household objects, a Museum of Indian Textiles, and a Museum of Indian Terracotta with over 1,500 sculptures and figurines. The center also houses an Enamel Centre and Delhi Blue Ceramic Centre for promoting ceramic and enamel art forms. The structures are made of brick masonry with mud finishes and thatch roofs, providing a conducive environment for art and workshops.

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    SANSKRITI KALA KENDRA - DELHI


    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    1.Introduction
    2.Location
    3.Layout
    4.Access
    5.Zoning
    6.Circulation
    7.Landscape
    8.Exhibition spaces
    9.Materials
    10. Analysis
    INTRODUCTION
    • The Sanskriti Kendra (the word kendra means ‘centre’ in
    Sanskrit) is the Foundation’s Cultural Centrelocatedin an
    idyllic natural environment .It serves as conducive space for
    innovative and interactive work.
    • Today the foundation also runs artist-in-residence programs
    here, and workshop for scholars, artists and craftsmen, plus it
    has residential studios, a library, an amphitheatre and an art
    gallery.
    • This Museum has over 1,500 objects of terracotta art,
    sculptures and figurines from the tribal areas of India,
    displayed in the backdrop of the respective tribal arts.
    • It houses a collection of what is called "Everyday Arts", where
    artisans turn the functional everyday household object like
    toys, nutcrackers, cups, saucers, spoons, and home shrines,
    articles of worship, into the works of art .
    art museum

    Museum of Everyday Art

    Museum of Indian Textiles

    Museum of Indian Terracotta


    LOCATION

    Located in Delhi in gitorni


    Accessibility
    Zoning
    Landscape
    Exhibition space
    Enamel Centre
    the centre is run by Sanskriti in collaboration with the Enamellist Society of India. This well-
    equipped Enamel Centre is set up for the purpose of promoting the art and craft of metal
    enamelling amongst craftsmen, artists, hobbyists, professionals
    Ceramic Centre
    Delhi Blue Ceramic Centre – the only one of
    its kind in India-plays host to diverse ceramic
    activities and interactions, both national and
    international. The programmes offered include
    residencies, classes and interactive workshops
    for ceramicists, talks, slide shows, firings and
    demonstrations.
    •Regular beginners’ classes consist of a basic
    three-month course, teaching clay
    preparation, centering, wheel throwing, and
    making simple shapes.
    •Special summer classes (particularly for
    children) are organized every year between
    May and July.
    •Interactive workshops for potters and
    students of pottery conducted by Indian and
    international ceramists.
    •Lectures and demonstrations by renowned
    national and international potters are held
    regularly.
    MATERIALS

    The structure has been made in brick masonry and


    finished with mud. The roof has been framed with MS
    circular pipes and then covered with fiber
    Roof of terracota museum is made up of thatch
    and bamboo mats . Finishes and textures One wall
    painted orange incontrast with the back ground
    Thatch roofs of museum

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