Meinhardt bags design & tech contract for Vadnagar heritage museum
New Delhi: Meinhardt further expands Heritage Portfolio in India by bagging the consultancy for the project of Archaeological Experiential Heritage Museum at Vadnagar. The tender evaluation took place during a pandemic situation that required physical submission and Meinhardt was successfully appointed as the Design and Technical Agency for preparation of Detailed Design, Technical Inputs, and construction supervision for the project. The Ministry of Culture via government of Gujarat is planning to develop an experimental museum in the ancient town of Vadnagar, Gujarat.
The Directorate of Archaeology & Museums has been entrusted with setting up the Museum at the Archaeological Excavation Site of Vadnagar to showcase and create an awareness of the unique history of Vadnagar dating back to the 3rd Century BC. The Museum is expected to display an uninterrupted continuum of human habitation for over 2,500 years. The Project is envisioned to comprise of two major components, viz., a) A state-of-the-Art Experiential museum to showcase recovered antiquarian material as well as audio-visual galleries to recreate history and display the wealth of ancient wisdom of Vadnagar; b) An Experiential Walkway Gallery and Museum showcasing excavated remains conceptualized as an underground glass museum which shows the narrative of Vadnagar's growth and uninterrupted history of human settlement.
This treasure of ancient wisdom shall be an interesting combination of a site showing excavated archaeological remains on one side and an empirical museum built with advanced technology on the other. The development of the project would take place at the Amba Ghat area spread over around 4 acres of land.
Initial architectural and concept design activities, for the Museum at Vadnagar, are underway in Gandhinagar; project completion is expected in 2022. The estimated cost of this project as on the date is approximately Rs 200 crore.
Singapore's premier engineering and project management consultancy, Meinhardt, has a wide range of capabilities and extensive experience covering aviation, roads and highways, water and wastewater, environmental and building sectors. With our patrons counting on the 5,000-strong global team in 51 offices, we specialize in delivering projects to the highest quality. We have successfully completed several dozen projects in India, providing specialist facade design services to a variety of international and domestic clients and architects. Meinhardt also established MGI Capital in 2016 to expand its integrated offering to clients and provide investment and technical advisory services across the entire project life cycle. Meinhardt Singapore's India Office and MGI Capital India led by its Managing Director, Dr Tanmoy Bhattacharya, is located at the heart of NCR in New Delhi.
In Gujarat, Meinhardt's name has been associated with the iconic Statue of Unity – standing tall and proud, as currently the world's tallest statue at 182m. It is a colossal statue of the Indian statesman and independence activist Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Other marquee projects include the recently completed DIAL Aero city Masterplan, Infrastructure or Utility Masterplan for Delhi International Airport, Pragati Maidan Convention Centre in New Delhi, and International Tech Park in Pune in addition to airports in Bengaluru, Vishakhapatnam, and Hyderabad. With this Museum project in Vadnagar, Meinhardt has embarked upon a journey to create a new landmark transforming the Heritage Architectural chapter of India.
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