1/7 · ExteriorPhoto: Nizil Shah · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source2/7 · Exterior · 1907 model of fire fighter automobile now rests in Sanskar Kendra museumPhoto: Kalyan Shah · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source3/7 · Exterior · Kite Museum at Ahmedabad, IndiaPhoto: Nizil Shah · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source4/7 · Exterior · Chabutaro (bird feeding pole) at Sanskar Kendra, Ahmedabad, IndiaPhoto: Nizil Shah · CC BY 3.0 · source5/7 · Interior · inside of Sanskar KendraPhoto: Ramphrados · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source6/7 · Detail · Chabutra in Sanskar KendraPhoto: Ramphrados · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source7/7 · ModelPhoto: 丘崈 · CC0 · source
Museum · Modernism
Sanskar Kendra
Le Corbusier · Ahmedabad, India · 1957
Key featuresSquare museum raised on pilotis and entered from below, planned to grow outward as a spiral.
Sanskar Kendra is a museum at Ahmedabad, India, designed by the architect Le Corbusier. It is a city museum depicting history, art, culture and architecture of Ahmedabad. Another Patang Kite Museum is there which includes a collection of kites, photographs, and other artifacts. The campus is located at the west end of Sardar Bridge near Paldi.
