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Topic
City Scripts | A Living Archive: Introducing the Urbs Indis Library
Date & Time
Selected Sessions:
Dec 19, 2024 06:30 PM
Description
In the quiet bylanes of Krishnappa Garden, Bengaluru, stands a space that defies conventional categorisation. At once a home, an architectural studio, and a precious repository of urban India's written history, the Urbs Indis Library is a unique publicly accessible collection of rare books in India, carefully curated by architect and writer Robert Stephens. In this City Scripts session, we invite you to hear Robert share the story of this library, completed in October 2024, where traditional elements like dry masonry wells and century-old reclaimed teak wood harmonise with contemporary solar energy systems and natural water treatment plants. The library embodies a dialogue between historical documentation and living space, and between personal and public memory.