Ahmedabad Local Economies

Creating spaces for local economies in Ahmedabad, India: Guitar Comunity Centre

Intro + Morphology Project aims to create economical and industrial alternatives to existing situation: smaller workshops inside city instead of big factories on periphery.

The idea is to create visually attractive center that will be home for such a community. For each building is given its own function.

Ahmedabad

Navrangpura

Concept Workshop + dwelling part

Workshop proposal diagram

Guitar Shop part concept A typical combination of the workshop located on the ground oor and the dwelling on the upper oors of the house unit. Stairs are internal, workshop can be used as a dining room.

Function Diagram

Guitar Workshop; Dwelling; Instrument Shop; Educational part;

Building Axonometry

Guitar Workshop 1. Customer Zone 17,9m² 2. Design Room 19,6m² 3. Wood & Assembly Workshop 55,7m² 4. Plastic Workshop 28,8m² 5 Recycled parts Workshop 28,8m² 6. WC 5,4m² 7. WC 5,4m² 8. Staff Room 10,8m²

9. Storage 31m² 10. Kitchen 7,3m² 11. Bathroom 6,2m² 12. Living Room 22,5m² Instrument Workshop 13. Shopping Area 264,8m² 14. Cafeteria 60,5m² 15. Kitchen 19m²

16. Staff Room 7,8m² 17. Storage 18. Waste Room 5,2m² Educational Part 19. Foyer 90m² 20. Performance Room 123,3m² 21. Practice Room 21,2m² 22. Storage 10,9m²

East Elevation

Section 2-2

North Elevation

Section 1-1