Of Zest and Rest: A melange of staircases

Fig 4 Conceptualization—Story Board , Dynamism & Interconnectivity

Faculty of Architecture AR3017 Monsoon 2020

An interactive workstation

Patel Driti Hiren

Realizing Nolli’s Dream: Embedding Architecture in the City Sachin Soni

Jury Citation

A highly sophisticated design exploration of a complex urban and infrastructural proposal drawn with great conviction and skill. The energy and work rate of this student is very commendable. The overall proposal is a great achievement.

Design Description

Metro System connects people to places. Can we design a metro station to connect people to people? The project grapples with the idea to stitch the interaction gap that the city life has created. With the raising of the boundary walls, people have disconnected themselves from social life. Public infrastructure such as a metro station can be a way to revive this lost communication through an environment of co-working.

Situated along a busy road of Nava Wadaj, Ahmedabad, the metro station becomes a hub for the empowerment of homemakers and entrepreneurs. Reimagining the role of a metro station not just as a transit facility but as an identity of Wadaj, which can shift and change as the community grows and can be deeply associated with, by all.

The metro system not only provides facility to commute but it also provides the opportunity to and learn. How can architecture become a catalyst for such interaction in the city?

Fig 1 Design process