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A green proposal for the Black Taj competition promotes preservation

By Hope Daley|

Monday, Jan 15, 2018

"Time Capsule", Black Taj competition proposal, by Mekano Studio. Image: Mekano Studio.

Time Capsule, the latest project proposal by Mekano Studio based in Alexandria, Egypt, recently won 1st Runner-up prize in the international competition The Black Taj. The studio stated with their design, "The present is the outcome of our past, eventually both the past and the present together form our future". 

This statement is modeled in their design featuring a pixelated box made of glass, which reflects the state of preservation and restoration in India's Mughal architecture. The pixelated effect serves as a reminder that historical building will exist only through images if not properly preserved. The project proposes different colored panels indicating the current status of Mughal buildings: 

Green = safe or in need of minor restoration

Yellow = in danger 

Orange = only ruins left

Red = disappeared completely 

The colored acrylic panels would make up the inner shell creating an updatable status of Mughal architecture's preservation and restoration. The team's goal would be to have a green Taj reflected back to the real Taj Mahal signifying the preservation of this architecture history. 

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A green proposal for the Black Taj competition promotes preservation

By Hope Daley|

Monday, Jan 15, 2018

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"Time Capsule", Black Taj competition proposal, by Mekano Studio. Image: Mekano Studio.

Related

competition entry ● competition ● memorial ● taj mahal ● black taj mahal ● india ● architectural preservation ● restoration

Time Capsule, the latest project proposal by Mekano Studio based in Alexandria, Egypt, recently won 1st Runner-up prize in the international competition The Black Taj. The studio stated with their design, "The present is the outcome of our past, eventually both the past and the present together form our future". 

This statement is modeled in their design featuring a pixelated box made of glass, which reflects the state of preservation and restoration in India's Mughal architecture. The pixelated effect serves as a reminder that historical building will exist only through images if not properly preserved. The project proposes different colored panels indicating the current status of Mughal buildings: 

Green = safe or in need of minor restoration

Yellow = in danger 

Orange = only ruins left

Red = disappeared completely 

The colored acrylic panels would make up the inner shell creating an updatable status of Mughal architecture's preservation and restoration. The team's goal would be to have a green Taj reflected back to the real Taj Mahal signifying the preservation of this architecture history. 

RELATED NEWS The Black Taj competition winning entries
RELATED COMPETITION The Black Taj: An incomplete memory of the Mughal Empire
RELATED NEWS The Belarusian Memorial Chapel, a solemn commemoration for Chernobyl

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