Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Architecture has always been an expression of point of view throughout the history; architecture has been a media of representation of thoughts and ideals. Different perceptions, contradiction and controversies remain in definition of democracy but the universal core idea remains the same that is democracy is everything for people, by the people and of the people. Being an architecture student, my thesis will be oriented more on the creating an architecture for the people and look for symbolization and representation of common ideals aspirations of people in architecture. And the assembly building has been taken as a place where architecture meets democracy. The Assembly building embodies an image or commanding presence of state and evokes the ideal of state identity pride and discourse of power. Moreover it represents tradition, stability and authority. The main objective lies in developing an appropriate state of architecture that meets the people and further explore the democratic language of assembly and public spaces with the creative use of light, spatial qualities and balancing act between need for security and openness along with public realm. In narrowing towards the context of Amaravati this thesis helps in reviving the forgotten history of the region.