Authors :
Swarnali Das
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/3v954x3j
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8135169
Abstract :
Technology advancements ,middle-class
growth, and cultural dominance around the turn of the
20th century gave India its first taste of modernity. 1
Between roughly the 1900s and 1930s, when colonial
displays in the Indies were in full swing, hybrid
architecture was created that combined European and
indigenous architectural styles to demonstrate how two
very different civilizations could coexist together. Modern
thought views globalization as the blending of various
world cultures, which is the concept of hybridization.
Bhopal has a unique place in India's sociocultural and
political history being the only princely state with four
generations of successive female monarchs (Begums). The
aim of this paper is to understand and identify the Hybrid
Architectural styles that are blended in Heritage
structures built during early 1900’s by Begums of Bhopal
creating a historically significant style in that era. The
paper discusses the relationship between the indigenous
architecture style introduced by Qudsia Begum (Bhopal's
first female monarch) and the transition of styles adopted
by begums over time, leaving a significant impact in the
living heritage city of Bhopal. Ahmedabad Palace also
known as Qasr-e-Sultani (built as a Residential Garden
palace) was chosen for its unique stylistic combination of
British Colonial, Italian Renaissance, and Classical Greek
architecture, built for the last begum Sultan Jahan
following the tradition of the Nawabs of Bhopal which
signifies its importance. The objective of this paper is to
identify the composite styles of architecture and
influences that have evolved as well as the culture and
beliefs that have impacted in the city of Bhopal. And
also, to assess the interlinkage and interdependency of the
various influences blended in elements of building
components of the Ahmedabad Complex.
Technology advancements ,middle-class
growth, and cultural dominance around the turn of the
20th century gave India its first taste of modernity. 1
Between roughly the 1900s and 1930s, when colonial
displays in the Indies were in full swing, hybrid
architecture was created that combined European and
indigenous architectural styles to demonstrate how two
very different civilizations could coexist together. Modern
thought views globalization as the blending of various
world cultures, which is the concept of hybridization.
Bhopal has a unique place in India's sociocultural and
political history being the only princely state with four
generations of successive female monarchs (Begums). The
aim of this paper is to understand and identify the Hybrid
Architectural styles that are blended in Heritage
structures built during early 1900’s by Begums of Bhopal
creating a historically significant style in that era. The
paper discusses the relationship between the indigenous
architecture style introduced by Qudsia Begum (Bhopal's
first female monarch) and the transition of styles adopted
by begums over time, leaving a significant impact in the
living heritage city of Bhopal. Ahmedabad Palace also
known as Qasr-e-Sultani (built as a Residential Garden
palace) was chosen for its unique stylistic combination of
British Colonial, Italian Renaissance, and Classical Greek
architecture, built for the last begum Sultan Jahan
following the tradition of the Nawabs of Bhopal which
signifies its importance. The objective of this paper is to
identify the composite styles of architecture and
influences that have evolved as well as the culture and
beliefs that have impacted in the city of Bhopal. And
also, to assess the interlinkage and interdependency of the
various influences blended in elements of building
components of the Ahmedabad Complex.
