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3 .CASE STUDY (LIVE)
The Kerala Arts and Crafts Village (Kovalam, Trivandrum)
The Kerala Arts and Crafts Village in Kovalam, Trivandrum, is a public space
created by the Kerala government through the Uralungal Labour Contract
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Co-Operative Society. A landscape master plan and detailed landscape design
were created to connect the craft village and function spaces via a carefully
constructed circulation path integrated with the landscape. Courtyards,
pathways, exhibition spaces, and amphitheaters are designed to engage and
entertain visitors through thematically planned environments.
Figure 15: view of The Kerala Arts and Crafts Village (Kovalam,
Trivandrum)
This study’s main focus is understanding the program and spatial distribution.
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It has been three years since they began, and there are 20 crafts studios where
they perform live crafts, as well as four crafts studios that are just for display.
Some of the studios are rented and used for show, while the rest are society
studios, which train artists and offer studios for them. To generate revenue,
they rent out other facilities. This settlement has a total size of 8.5 acres and is
divided into two sections: lower and upper. The lower level is mostly centered
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