Largest Naval Academy in Asia Opens - Namita Sigh Designs an Aesthetic Marvel
The largest Naval Academy in Asia, The Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala, Kerala covering an area of 2,452 acres along the North Malabar Coast, opens today. Namita Singh, a leading architect, has designed the project after winning a two stage design competition conducted by the Indian Ministry of Defence in 1987 and 1989.
Tweet-- The largest Naval Academy in Asia, The Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala, Kerala covering an area of 2,452 acres along the North Malabar Coast, opens today. Namita Singh, a leading architect, has designed the project after winning a two stage design competition conducted by the Indian Ministry of Defence in 1987 and 1989.
The sanction for the construction of the Indian Naval Academy came in 2000 and it has taken close to a decade to build this aesthetic marvel. The Naval Academy retains the beauty of the 2, 00,000 square meters site, including 7 kilometers of beach land and 7 peaks. Namita’s designs are highly inspired by the site location and traditional styles of architecture. Namita’s ideology as an architect has been to preserve the natural habitat and ensure minimal disturbance to the topography and flora of the environment.
Namita has created an orderly and compact environment for the naval academy without marring the unique beauty of the site and having both mountains and sea as the dominant features. The planning and the architecture of the academy exploit the spectacular views of the mountains and the sea from every building.