TRI Art Gallery, Kolkata
The Accidental Triangle is the new home of Kolkata’s youngest and most daring art and cultural institution. The unusual shape of the building is the inadvertent meeting point of various trajectories that traversed the city through history.
The retrofit of this former residential building plays on the differing geometries and orientations that meet at this site, and the building becomes a rationalisation of these differences. The strategy for renovation involves the selective retention of certain parts and textures of the existing building that announce the age and history of the building, which are in turn contrasted with modern day insertions that bring in the most advanced technologies, that enable the presentation and consumption of the art on display.
Location
Ballygunge in Kolkata, West Bengal
Area
3500 Sqft
Project Duration
2022-2023
Team
Animesh Nayak, Anirban Dey, Rakesh Malakar, Tarun Dabi
Material Palette
- Grey painted textured exterior wall featuring slender apertures dressed in translucent glass brick.
- Interior flooring, of plank style concrete finish tiles, lends a sense of continuity and expanse to the interior space.
- White walls finished with a rough pop texture is a delicate contrast to the rough nature of the grey walls.
- Duco painted, slender metal frames with large glass panel windows bring in ample natural light.
- Tropical plants including snake plants, umbrella tree, Philodendron and Calathea Lutea lend a lush feel.
