Otto H. Königsberger work (Prefabricated house project)
I am responding to the architect’s idea of prefabricated homes for refugees. The architect was appointed in October 1948 by Jawaharlal Nehru to tackle the severe housing shortage due to the increase in refugees following the partition; however, the project did not get implemented. Prior to this, the architect built a number of tropical architectural structures in Bangalore and Mysore. I encountered one such structure (Krishna Rao Pavillion) at the Krishna Rao Park in Bangalore from where I began researching this topic as a case study. Through this study, I attempt to reimagine the idea of the prefabricated home using modern materials.
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Mapping
This work traverses through Otto H. Königsberger’s architectural attempts— specifically in Bangalore— and how they have transformed from then to now. Through drawings, texts, images and Light Box a mapping of his inputs and attempts in India have been made to reveal his efforts in introducing the idea of prefabricated homes and the failures of which creates another dent in the history of refugees in India. The entry into this history takes place from my family history of partition, the migration and displacement which took place and what all is invoked when the need for having a home is not met.
Title- Otto H. Königsberger work (Prefabricated Home) Medium- Rice Paper , OHP Sheet Photograph Pencil Text ,Drawing on Paper and Wall, iron rod frame 50cm x50cmx50cm iron box 16x16x8 inch , cforx block 8x8x4 inch , graph paper 58x58cm and water . Size- variable Year – 2019
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(II) A Floating land
The mapping of Otto H. Königsberger’s works in India introduced me to the relationship between cement and modernity in India. An upgraded version of cement, ACC, became the provocation for inviting poetic interpretations through architectural methods. This sculpture which incorporates a light weight cement block floating on water is placed inside an iron rod cubic structure sitting on a graph paper, probing questions once it’s put up with the works which surround it.
Title- Otto H. Königsberger work (Re-fabricated Home) Mediumn rode frame 50cm x50cmx50cm iron box 16x16x8 inch,cforx block 8x8x4 inch , graph paper 58x58cm and water . Sizeariable Year – 2019
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Dream Home
This interactive process with origami asks the viewers to engage in a ‘Dream Home’ project by inviting them to draw their own rendition of a home into a 3D model based on every migrant’s concern of ‘How will one imagine one’s home if one has to migrate in the Future?’ By stitching the idea of ‘home’ to a ‘dream home’, the activity of creating individual homes and then creating a mauhalla out of it was to imagine one’s own personal space.
TITLE – Otto H. Königsberger work (Re-fabricated Home) MEDIUM– wooden table and chair,white paper sheet, 3D model home (making process ) ,pencil, pen ,eraser,scissors .scale graph paper . SIZE– variable YEAR – 2019
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