Excerpt: JPN Museum, designed by architecture and design firm archohm, is a monolithic and bold building that takes a stance and exudes empowerment. The centre serves as a gateway to the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre and together, they ensure that an international flavor is imparted to the complex which in turn validates the recognition of the institution as an attempt to be an ambassador of the city of Lucknow.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by Architect] The contemporary nature of the museum’s architecture takes responsibility for creating what will be tomorrow’s history, while narrating the current one. Although it celebrates and shares the ideology of socialism in retrospect, it also reflects the times we live in–both in its experience and space-making. The monolithic and bold form of the building takes a stance, and exudes empowerment, saying that, be it a building or man, one must be undaunted while envisioning and realizing a dream. It is much like what we understand of Jayaprakash Narayan’s life.
The conception of the institution was a journey that evolved with the project. The architecture sits in conversation and merges seamlessly with museum and exhibition planning, experience design and landscape. The centre serves as a gateway to the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre and together, they ensure that an international flavor is imparted to the complex which in turn validates the recognition of the institution as an attempt to be an ambassador of the city of Lucknow.
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