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VA R A N A S I S I L K W E AV I N G AT E L I E R WEAVING
K O T WA , VA R A N A S I
AND HOUSING IN VARANASI U T TA R P R A D E S H
AIM AND INTENT “Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old
To provide the platform for the town to revive its heritage and culture as all of them put together” -MARK TWAIN
of silk weaving by establishing the concept of community weaving
among the distributed existing weavers in the village. SITE JUSTIFICATION
Located along the banks of the Ganges River, Varanasi represents a melting pot of cultural and
OBJECTIVES spiritual convergence, uniting Indian people of Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim faiths. Varanasi is also
#betterlivelyhood #weavingcommunity #weavinglifestyle PLAIN home to the 500 year-old banarasi handloom silk weaving tradition, whose luxurious fabrics were
#homebased enterprise #workshed cum housing once widely sought after; however, since the rise of the power loom and the outsourcing of cheap
PROCESS labor to factories, the number of handloom silk weavers in Varanasi has nearly halved in the past
ROLE OF DIFF. ACTORS
PATTERN ten years.Kotwa ,Sarai Mohana and Lohta are the major handloom pockets of the Varanasi with
REELING DYEING MAKING MASTER
their major occupation as weaving.
WEAVER
•RELATED TO •RELATED TO
WEAVING •RELATED TO TRADING
PRODUCTION
UNIT
FINAL Site Connectivity
PRODUCT FINISHING WEAVING WEAVER GADDIDAR
TWILL
16 km 5.8 km 7.3 km
TOURIST
AND
VISTORS
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
The site is exclusively marked along river Varuna
and lies in the residential zone but the development
near the Varuna river intends to support all tourist
facilities and handloom village according to Varuna
VARUNA RIVER CORRIDOR LOHTA BAZAAR Corridor Project.
DEVELOPMENT
S I T E A N A LY S I S The Site lies along the river Varuna which will be
developed under the corridor project providing cultural
BENARASI LOCATION- KOTWA, VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH influence across the nearby weavers community and
SAREES exposure to the ancient art.
SITE AREA- 7.50 ACRES
LATITUDE- 25°21'03.3"N LONGITUDE- 82°55'16.3"E
VARANASI The Site is sandwiched between the River Varuna and the 18 m
S L O P E A N A LY S I S & S O I L
proposed road facing one side of the site coming from the 24 m road TYPE
connecting the Kotwa Weaving Community with Weavers Service
Centre,Chowkaghat.
Kotwa Weaving
Community
Ayodhyapur
Proposed Park
SITE
24 M ROAD
ELECTRICITY HEALTH
18 M ROAD
PROPOSED 24 M ROAD
The Average Rainfall at Kotwa is predominant winds usually
635.4 MM comes from West South-West
Max Rainfall-43.8
ADJACENT RIVER
in dry season and blows
Min Rainfall-3.44 TREES DEMARCATED towards North-West in
A’
Monsoon.
TEMPERATURE
May and June are the hottest
months with temperature
rising more than 44 C. “Loo”
blows during these months. EXISTING APPROACH.
ROAD
SUN ALTITUDE ANGLE
DEMOGRAPFHICS
VARANASI MAP PIE CHART: Land use in various sectors PIE CHART: Number of Households by
type of Structure
S PA C E D I V I S I O N 6%
4% 1% 1% Permanent
WORK
9% Semi-Permanent
Net space per person within the room is 2.3 sqm .50%
of total built-up area is used for home based enterprise 43%
Residential Total Temporary
.At night same area is used for sleeping purpose of the
males of the family. 57% Serviceable
DOMESTIC Mixed Use
Net space per person within the room is1.6 sqm for Non Serviceable
three female and three children. 24% of the total built
79% Unclassified
up area is used for residential purpose.
ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT
S E RV I C E S
• Both open and closed drainage
• No. of Latrines
-Pit System 720 Flush/Pour system-288
Waste from the domestic uses get
mixed with the waste from weaving
process
WATER SUPPLY
-Uncovered Well
-Covered Well
-Service Reservoirs
ELECTRIFICATION
Total no. of Connections for domestic purpose
is 1607 G+1 STRUCTURE G+3 STRUCTURE
LT comes from Kotwa substation. PERMANENT HOUSES