Can you see what’s strange about this building?
I have no clue why this should have been built in this way…it’s fascinating! ⊕
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It was like a rare alignment of the planets: several factors come together to pull me out of my usual Ranga Shankara ambit for watching a play. I had not been to visit Bangalore International Centre, which opened a while ago in Domlur; Bangalore Little Theatre, as part of their "VP 80" festival, was staging "Credit Titles"; the play, written by Vijay Padaki, whose 80th birthday the festival marks, was based on a story by Vinod Vyasulu, an eminent economist whom I've known for a long time, as our daughters share a cose friendship dating from 1988. And last but…
Any theories about that sunshade and the light point?
Probably, the engineer might have planned to have another window in that place or a balcony or a stairway. At the time of construction, the idea would have changed and left the lintel in its place along with a light point!
Looking at the sewage outlet from that point, my friend Prem Kudva feels that this was probably a bathroom window which got blocked up at a later stage of construction….so I agree with you Mr Srinivasan!
That does not explain the Light Fitting on the lintel. Nobody provides a light point in such a place unless that is intended for a way to enter into or go out of the building. The sewage line indicates that a bath/toilet in the part could have been closed and shifted to the other side of the big window.