Houseform
One of the many islands situated in the Chilka Lake and in close proximity to the eastern coast lies the Behrampur island. Major settlements, agricultural lands, fishing practices, aqua farms, paddy fields, and tourism ventures shape life on the island. It consists of two main villages- Behrampur and Maensa, located at a 1.2 km distance from each other, and an upcoming village called Haripur.
The general organization of the two villages includes streets running parallel to each other and the coast.
spaces to keep up with the increasing needs of households. We conducted a detailed study of 10 such households and their houseforms, 5 from each village respectively. A distinct and engaging characteristic of these houses is the elongated and narrow nature which serves as both a visual and physical connection between the streets, leaving negotiations between the private and the public- a question to ponder upon.
These row houses stretch over 20-50 meters long, either
Long narrow stretches of houses run perpendicular to these streets, where the plots of some houses extend up to the edge of the Chilka Lake. Behrampur is a comparatively older village and thus is more dense in terms of the ratio of the built spaces to the open spaces.
Houses in Behrampur seem to have been rebuilt and consolidated due to the damage caused by cyclones, while a few in Maensa have retained the traditional mud walls. Both the villages show a growing need for more built
connecting the streets or having streets on one end and the coast or the backyard on the other. They also reflect the changes that have taken place in the form and the proportions owing to the adaptions due to changing weather conditions and futuristic needs.
The environment is viewed as an external entity outside of the human realm, consisting of non-human phenomena such as air, water and light. The focus in this study was to understand the environment as an invisible infrastructure that alters human livelihood, just as human activity impacts these natural forces. This research was conducted as a part of a two week study, and focuses on the question of the overlapping of different intensities of life, living conditions, and non-human forces in the setting of a brackish water lagoon. We dwelled into reading the human- non human life forms that emerge in Berhampur district, an island in the Chilika Lake.
Chilika lake, located towards the east of India in Odisha, forms the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, with a span of about 1164 sq km. The geomorphology, water quality and biological productivity of the lake has undergone significant changes over the years under the influence of natural events such as the cyclones and anthropogenic interventions of widening the lake mouth.The ecological changes of the lake system and its fisheries were influenced mainly by the water
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The environment is viewed as an external entity outside of the human realm, consisting of non-human phenomena such as air, water and light. The focus in this study was to understand the environment as an invisible infrastructure that alters human livelihood, just as human activity impacts these natural forces. This research was conducted as a part of a two week study, and focuses on the question of the overlapping of different intensities of life, living conditions, and non-human forces in the setting of a brackish water lagoon. We dwelled into reading the human- non human life forms that emerge in Berhampur district, an island in the Chilika Lake.
Chilika lake, located towards the east of India in Odisha, forms the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, with a span of about 1164 sq km. The geomorphology, water quality and biological productivity of the lake has undergone significant changes over the years under the influence of natural events such as the cyclones and anthropogenic interventions of widening the lake mouth.The ecological changes of the lake system and its fisheries were influenced mainly by the water
Behrampur Village
Jena Household, 96yrs old
Jena Household, 75yrs old
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The environment is viewed as an external entity outside of the human realm, consisting of non-human phenomena such as air, water and light. The focus in this study was to understand the environment as an invisible infrastructure that alters human livelihood, just as human activity impacts these natural forces. This research was conducted as a part of a two week study, and focuses on the question of the overlapping of different intensities of life, living conditions, and non-human forces in the setting of a brackish water lagoon. We dwelled into reading the human- non human life forms that emerge in Berhampur district, an island in the Chilika Lake.
Chilika lake, located towards the east of India in Odisha, forms the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, with a span of about 1164 sq km. The geomorphology, water quality and biological productivity of the lake has undergone significant changes over the years under the influence of natural events such as the cyclones and anthropogenic interventions of widening the lake mouth.The ecological changes of the lake system and its fisheries were influenced mainly by the water
The environment is viewed as an external entity outside of the human realm, consisting of non-human phenomena such as air, water and light. The focus in this study was to understand the environment as an invisible infrastructure that alters human livelihood, just as human activity impacts these natural forces. This research was conducted as a part of a two week study, and focuses on the question of the overlapping of different intensities of life, living conditions, and non-human forces in the setting of a brackish water lagoon. We dwelled into reading the human- non human life forms that emerge in Berhampur district, an island in the Chilika Lake.
Chilika lake, located towards the east of India in Odisha, forms the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, with a span of about 1164 sq km. The geomorphology, water quality and biological productivity of the lake has undergone significant changes over the years under the influence of natural events such as the cyclones and anthropogenic interventions of widening the lake mouth.The ecological changes of the lake system and its fisheries were influenced mainly by the water
