Lal Dera – The Contemporary, at Jio World  Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai

Lal Dera, by Sameep Padora and Associates, at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, MumbaiCloth architecture was among the most dramatic and colourful paraphernalia of princely life in the medieval world. Vast tented encampments accompanied the great monarchs of Asia and Europe on their long wars, vacations and pilgrimages. Portable, and often highly decorative, palaces of cloth afforded to the imperial entourages not only shelter and security but also the comfort and beauty to which they were accustomed. A magnificent example of medieval textile architecture is the historic Lal Dera, ‘red tent’ of Jodhpur (Marwar). It remains as  the largest of all decorative objects to have survived from the Mughal era.

 

The Lal Dera  is housed in the Mehrangarh Museum in Jodhpur, is the most iconic of them all.Taking inspiration from its historic design, we used the structuring idea of the original, the arch and the tensioned fabric but expanded it to take a formal direction of uninhibited scale. The opulence in our interpretation is an outcome of a soaring spatial experience.

Lal Dera, by Sameep Padora and Associates, at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai
Photo credits : Tanishka Parmar

Photo credits : Kunal Sharma

Lal Dera, by Sameep Padora and Associates, at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai
Photo Credits: Kunal Sharma
Lal Dera, by Sameep Padora and Associates, at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai
Photo Credits: Kunal Sharma

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Project Facts 

Client : AD ( Architectural Digest )
Area : 54 Sqm ( L x B x H –  9.0m x 6.0m x10.0 m )
Architects: Sameep Padora & Associates
Design Team: Sameep Padora, Vami Koticha , Kunal Sharma , Santhosh Narayanan
Event Name : AD Design Show 2023
Event Date  : Sep 15-17th , 2023
Fabricator : Bhavin Nagda