School of Music and Arts, Gwalior

Abstract

"If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture." - Quincy Jones Music, Art and Culture have always been an integral part in growth of the Gwalior city, the Gwalior Gharana being the oldest Khyal Gharana. The favourite singer at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Miyan Tansen was from the town. Gwalior has produced some extra-ordinary and famous artists like Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, Meeta Pandit, Neela Bhagwat and many more. Ironically, Indian Classical music is gaining popularity world wide but gradually losing its base in the Indian subcontinent, from where it has originated. So, School for Music and Arts, particularly responding to Indian Classical style of music has been proposed in the city to conserve this art form. The composition of a musical piece and the structure of a building follow the same design principles. Hence, the design challenge was to incorporate musical terms such as rhythm, texture, harmony, proportion, dynamics, and articulation which refer both to architecture and to music in the design. I strongly believe that no design is original and is influenced from nature.I have taken such influences too from my surroundings