MEMORY AND IDENTITY OF TIBETAN

RESETTLEMENTS
RULES OF OCCUPATION: Building and beyond

AYUSH GUPTA
Sushant School of Art and Architecture
2017
ON SITE STUDY
SETTLEMENT LAYOUT
LAYOUT
Planning affected by monastery location in Lhasa
(radial layout)
Planning not affected by monastery location in
Old Camp-2 (Grid Layout)

OLD CAMP PLAN

Easy allocation of plots of land to tibetan
refugees.

Easy to navigate through the settlement.

1 Regular plot sizes; easy to build and rebuild.

1. Old Camp-2 Plan

2. Lhasa (Jokhang) Plan

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TYPICAL TIBETAN MONASTERY
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MAIN PARTS OF A MONASTERY There is an evident use of

circumambulatory path but in order
Buddha Hall to highlight the sacred place a linear
axis path is drawn from the
Scripture Hall entrance
Entrance Hall All major sacred places and objects
have circumambulation(path called
Living Quarters of monks kora).
Open Courtyard Space
HEIGHT VARIATIONS

1 3 4

Gradual increase in height from the

entrance hall to the scripture hall which is
not deep, but is very high.
To give the sacred place importance
monastery height is kept higher than the
residential units around, in Tibet no building
could be as tall as Jokhang temple. The same
can be seen in Shigon Theklheling Monastery.

2 1. Façade Of Sangye Monastry

2. Shigon Theklhelina Monastery
Section
3. Tashi Lhunpo Monastery 5
Section
4. Living Quarter For Monks
5. Script0ure Hall
 Openings in the
rooms of one
house overlooks
the courtyard in
the other house.

1. Plan Of OC-2
2. Plan Of Street 1

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SKETCHES
RULES
CASE STUDY
TRIBUTE IN LIGHT
(NEY YORK)
SITE DEVELOPMENT
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
PLANS AND SECTIONS
Additional Work