Porous Morphology

Architects Gianni Botsford and Morphogenesis are collaborating on Swabumi Heritage Hotel project in Kolkata, India.

The clients, Ganpati Parks, want to create an environment that captures the cultural and intellectual intensity of Kolkata. Remember R.N. Tagore, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1913) who was also from Kolkata? The hotel and cultural center will house cafes, flower shops, fruit sellers, musicians, library, and art gallery and will be naturally ventilated.

The project is still in its early stages but is another architectural wonder to look out for in the country.

"The process of evolving the architecture from various forces prevalent on the site results in a humanist solution - the nature of the space forces the inhabitants to think, explore and discover."

I'd love to see this one in action.

pictures courtesy Gianni Botsford