TY  - GEN
AU  - Padora, Sameep
TI  - Temple of  Steps
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Mumbai
PB  - The Indian Institute of Architects
KW  - ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
N2  - The brief was to design a temple for the residents of the
villages around Nandyal. In the dry terrain of Nandyal, the
main concern was to provide a space that would marry the
socio-cultural expectations of a temple with the ecological
framework and dynamics of and around the site. In the
immediate context of cotton and chilly farms in the region,
a natural canal system had dried up. The ecological strategy
for the temple thus began with the recharge of groundwater.
Water overflow from the limestone quarries was led to a
low-lying recharge pit, or ‘kund," the banks of which were
imagined as a social space, in the manner of a traditional
ghat, a flight of steps leading down to a waterbody. This
negotiation of land and water with steps is a significant part
of India’s architectural heritage, as is seen in the kunds (water
tanks) within temple precincts. The water infrastructure is
able to harvest roughly 137,000 litres of water
UR  - https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/pdf/jiia/2023/May_June_2023.pdf
ER  -