Project 1

Purvi Tank |
Lead Architect and Planner


The camp was conceived like a traditional Indian fortress, which would typically have within, a Palace, a Temple, a Yagyashala, Dining Halls and Kitchens, and houses to accommodate perma- nent residents as well as visitors. Facades were built with intricate carvings and motifs to recreate the grandeur of the architecture of the Classical era of traditional towns of Madhya Pradesh. The layout of the camp was such that on entering the camp one would get a panoramic view of the site, hence a central‚ Darshan Chowk was planned with important buildings surrounding it. The camp was designed keeping in mind the mass influx of people and so the heavy public movement areas were all located to the front of the camp while the more private residential areas were not accessible to visitors.With a built-up area of 3.1 lakh sq.ft., the camp comprised of an Events Pavilion with a seating capacity of 3,000 people, Dining Halls that fed about 12,000 persons per day, and various residential cottages and dormitories to accommodate 2500 people. The camp was equipped with a total of 950 toilets.