Project by Tamzid Jaigirdar
Amara Nanu Ranna reinterprets the spacial qualities of Curry Row to form an architecture that fosters a diasporic community through offering them a space to practice their daily lives uninhibited from western spatial assumptions The former facade and carriage house that once existed on the site before demolition in the 1950s are recomposed and around them fragments of Curry Row are reinterpreted to provide new spatial and programmatic meaning. The secret garden dining of the past restaurants becomes the “Charbagh” or heaven on earth. Playing into the urban rumors that the restaurants of Curry Row all shared one kitchen. A zone where lot lines dissolve and communal sharing is encouraged through garden follys that allow for meaning to be put upon them. Amara Nanu Ranna is an anomaly within the Manhattan grid that offers an alternative to our current relationship to property, capital, and living.
