Zero: G20 India Pavilion

Bhubaneshwar, Odissa

A Bamboo pavilion designed for G20 India Summit in Bhubaneshwar in May 2023

Status: Unbuilt

Concept note in Brief:

*ॐपूणमदः पूणिमदंपूणात्पूणमुदते।
पूणपूणमादायपूणमेवाविशते॥

Transliteration:
Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate

That is Whole, and this is Whole; the perfect has come out of the perfect; having taken the perfect from the perfect,
only the perfect remains. Let there be Peace, Peace, Peace.
Ishavasya Upanishad

Material & Making

The primary material of the pavilion is bamboo. It is fragile, representing its supple and delicate nature, waiting for
human ingenuity to transform it into a strong element through articulation. Bamboo represents the organic, where its
own life may be transient, but the process of life itself is eternal.

Mechanization & standardization of production processes has served well for highly industrialized societies of the
West where technology is accessible but human resources are scarce or expensive. But in the Indian context,where
human resource is abundant and access to technology is easing up; a human-centric approach that aids to balance
between the use oftechnology and hand is a desirable future. This balance orthemiddle path leadsto ‘non-violence,’
an idea very dear to the Indian subcontinent. India looks at labor as an oering, a sacred act for higher human
experiencewith asmuch ease asthe leap into the age ofscience or astronomy, orsurgery by ancientscholars.

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A Bamboo pavilion designed for G20 India Summit in Bhubaneshwar in May 2023

Status: Unbuilt

Concept note in Brief:

*ॐपूणमदः पूणिमदंपूणात्पूणमुदते।
पूणपूणमादायपूणमेवाविशते॥

Transliteration:
Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate

That is Whole, and this is Whole; the perfect has come out of the perfect; having taken the perfect from the perfect,
only the perfect remains. Let there be Peace, Peace, Peace.
Ishavasya Upanishad

Material & Making

The primary material of the pavilion is bamboo. It is fragile, representing its supple and delicate nature, waiting for
human ingenuity to transform it into a strong element through articulation. Bamboo represents the organic, where its
own life may be transient, but the process of life itself is eternal.

Mechanization & standardization of production processes has served well for highly industrialized societies of the
West where technology is accessible but human resources are scarce or expensive. But in the Indian context,where
human resource is abundant and access to technology is easing up; a human-centric approach that aids to balance
between the use oftechnology and hand is a desirable future. This balance orthemiddle path leadsto ‘non-violence,’
an idea very dear to the Indian subcontinent. India looks at labor as an oering, a sacred act for higher human
experiencewith asmuch ease asthe leap into the age ofscience or astronomy, orsurgery by ancientscholars.