Article source: spacematters

India has a glorious history of temple architecture. The desert state of Rajasthan, where the temple is located, has an equally diverse and refined heritage of buildings set in an unforgiving climatic zone. Given this legacy, to design a contemporary Hindu temple set in the sand dunes of Rajasthan has been an enormous challenge.

The temple during the day, Image Courtesy © Akash Kumar Das

• Architects: spacematters
• Project: Temple in Stone and Light
• Location:  Barmer, Rajasthan, India
• Photography: Akash Kumar Das
• Client:  JSW Raj West Power Ltd
• Structural Design
  • Sanjeev Aggarwal – Ace Designs
  • Kulwinder Singh – Design Roots
• Design Team: Anand Lakhani, Juhi Mehta, Rishi Suman, Adarsh Saravanan,Sneha Kathi, Waseem Ahmad
• Design Lead: Amritha Ballal, Suditya Sinha
• Project Management: RWPL – Civil Works Department
• Executing Agency:  KS Constructions
• Built-up area: 138 SQM
• Plot area: 4360 SQM
  
• Date of commencement of construction: April 2014
• Date of completion of project: Phase 1 – March 2016

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