The White taj

Brief of the architecture competition 

The aim of the contest is to garner images, details and frames of Mughal narratives in the world, In Agra and The Taj. By this endeavour, we want to reveal those unsaid/unspoken narratives that are captured by people like us, and can be appreciated by many.

This will also spark multiple creative thought processes of watching the same detail/view in different ways. We want you to share your interaction with the Taj Mahal, the epitome of Mughal architecture, the art and shape of Agra and your experience with an image (can be more than one in number) along with a caption in a maximum of 360 characters.

The choice of the top 5 best pictures + descriptions will be awarded by UNFUSE.

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Picturing the memory of black taj 

The Project White Taj is open for all contests, which acts as a premise to our flagship architecture competition The Black Taj: An incomplete memory of Shah Jahan. Check more about The Black Taj: 

Winner of this competition

The Black Taj - Presence in Absence - GPPB50

The intervention attempts to celebrate the Taj Mahal as an epitome of architectural poetry and the physical manifestation of a soulful proposition of the mighty builder Shah Jahan. The obsessive insistence in refining the space that is bold yet calm, as a force that is able to penetrate and reveal the mystery of the human condition.

Runner Ups

1. Time Capsule

If Tajmahal represents the past then the complementary mass contained between the 4 minarets represent the present, which is the form of the proposed pavilion "Time Capsule". Both the Taj Mahal & the complementary mass form a solid box representing history & Time. The outer shell a pixilated box made of glass as if it's sending a future image of Tajmahal.

2. The Black Taj - The exemplar of Mughal architecture - GACB87

By responding to the Taj, we intend to enhance its beauty of it. This metaphoric approach is envisaged to make people think repeatedly, eventually unfolding different layers of history each time; which will give this built space its timeless quality.

3. The Black Taj - XBST88

The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time. - Rabindranath Thakur Architecture should speak of its time and place but yearn for timelessness. - Frank Gehry