Project Description

Inspired by the instrumental composition “Jantar Mantar” from Hirak Rajar Deshe, Recursive Rhythm explores the transformation of sound into spatial experience through rhythm, repetition, and movement. The project investigates how architecture can embody the cadence of music by translating recurring sonic patterns, shifting intensities, and moments of pause into form, circulation, light, and atmosphere.

Rather than illustrating the music literally, the project interprets its mechanical rhythm and layered tension into an immersive architectural sequence. Repetition becomes the primary spatial language, generating a continuous progression of structure and perception. A series of repetitive frames and modular elements guide movement through spaces that gradually evolve from order to distortion. Equal spacing and rigid geometry create an initial sense of control and predictability, reflecting the repetitive cadence of the instrumental composition.

As the spatial journey progresses, the rhythm intensifies. Structural intervals begin to compress and expand, circulation becomes unstable, and repeated forms gradually distort, producing tension between familiarity and disorientation. Inspired by recursive spatial perception and cinematic dream logic, the project explores how repetition can manipulate bodily movement and emotional awareness. Light and shadow move rhythmically through the structure, while moments of openness interrupt the dense sequence, creating spatial pauses analogous to silence within music.

The project does not operate as a conventional building with a fixed function or site. Instead, it functions as a conceptual spatial machine where architecture is experienced through movement, rhythm, and sensory progression. The absence of boundaries allows the project to focus entirely on atmosphere, sequence, and emotional intensity.

Recursive Rhythm ultimately proposes architecture as a form of “frozen music,” where sound is transformed into structure, repetition becomes movement, and space unfolds like a musical composition experienced through the body.