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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity
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Pages: 450 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
About the Book
Kumbh
Mela is the largest religious celebration on earth
and the biggest public gathering in the world. The resulting settlement is a
virtual mega city! The Kumbh Mela
deploys its own roads, pontoon bridges as well as tents serving as residences
and venues for spiritual meetings, and social infrastructure such as hospitals,
sanitation outlets and vaccination clinics-all replicating the functions of an
actual city. The pop-up settlement seamlessly serves upto
seven million people, who gather for 55 days, and an additional flux of [0
to
20
million
people, who come for za-hour cycles on the six main
bathing dates. In 2013, a team
from Harvard University, representing faculty from multiple disciplines,
researched the large-scale event from its preparation to the actual celebration
itself. This was the first systematic study on the Mela
as a City: a planned entity, and covers issues of social inclusion, diversity,
and even democracy that emerge under the framework of a neutralizing grid of
roads that is the organizing armature of the city. This subdivision of the city
forms clusters of freedom and facilitates space for individual and group
expression. The volume presents the comprehensive research findings
and
includes city maps, aerial images, analytical drawings and photographs of this
spectacular Ephemeral Mega City for the Kumbh Mela.
About the Author
Rahul
Mehrotra is a practising architect and educator.
He works in Mu
Product details
Number of Pages:
912
Release Date:
2017-06-30
Publication Date:
2017-06-30
Publisher:
Niyogi Books
Languages:
Published:
English,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
9385285076
ISBN13:
9789385285073
Weight:
1340 g
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