Northeast Pavilion is a permanent bamboo structure created by Mumbai studio AtArchitecture to showcase local craft and construction techniques from the northeast of India.
Located on a site near Surajkund Lake in Faridabad, the Northeast Pavilion was designed by AtArchitecture for the Surajkund Craft Fair, a three-week event that takes place every year to celebrate Indian handicrafts.
During this year's event, the pavilion was used for handloom demonstrations by local craftspeople.
Northeast Pavilion is a permanent bamboo structure by AtArchitecture
Northeast Pavilion has a rectangular form broken into eight cylindrical courtyards, intended to represent the northeast region's eight states, which are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Meghalaya. With most households in the region weaving their clothes at home, the handloom was used as a reference throughout the design. This includes the use of bamboo for the pavilion's structure, which makes a direct reference to the materiality of Indian handlooms.
Bamboo was also chosen as it is a traditional construction material in this region of India.
It features a curved roof covered in bamboo shingles
"The households' looms are usually made of bamboo, and the spaces in which the looms are operated have also influenced the semi-open character of the gallery spaces," AtArchitecture told Dezeen.
"Bamboo is a traditional building material in the northeast region and with this project,...