Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 03 2022:
Huidrom Design Studio's project 'Mount Manipur - A Tribute to the Forgotten Patriots' has won gold medal in the MUSE Design Award 2022, which is an international competition for designers whose craftsmanship shift paradigms.
Over 6000 designs of different designers from across 38 countries were submitted for the award.
The design prepared by Huidrom Design Studio has breath taking views of the Mount Manipur Park in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which includes different structures such as museum, royal sword monument, gallery, outdoor auditorium, cafeteria and garden.
The royal sword monument is a tribute to the patriots, who sacrificed their lives to protect the sovereignty of Manipur.
The museum showcases different aspects of the Anglo-Manipuri war while the galley is dedicated to king Kulachandra Dhaja and 22 other patriots, who were exiled to Kalapani (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) According to Suresh Huidrom, the principal designer of Huidrom Design Studio, the memorial structure was designed under the guidance of chief minister N Biren as a tribute to the forefathers, who sacrificed their lives for the cause of protecting the sovereignty of Manipur.
He hoped that the design will enhance profile of the Mount Manipur, formerly known as Mount Harriet National Park, generate tourist interest and also help in showcasing the history of Manipur.
The project design team includes Suresh Huidrom, Nevia Laishram (lead architect), Ribash Akoijam (visual architect), Galaxy Pungyambam (civil engineering) and Danny Ahongsangbam (assistant architect) .
The MUSE Design Awards is a part of MUSE Awards Program created by the International Awards Associate (IAA) in 2015 .
IAA's inception was based on a mission to honour, promote and encourage creativity by providing a new standard of excellence for evaluating media design production and distribution.