AR3028 Architecture of Nuances

AR3028

Architecture of Nuances

Unit Assistant

Jay P Shah

Faculty of Architecture AR3028 Spring 2021

5th Year

Aishwarya Mahadevan Bansari Gandhi Drashti Nakrani Ipsa Pancholi Ripalbala Pargi Rutvij Saini Maulik Prajapati Ruchitkumar Patel Khushi Makwana Samira Rathod

Our entire journey that is life is made up of a zillion moments, instances, accrued. Every instance, a byte stored somewhere in the nuclei of our mind. When these instances and their experience are combined with an emotion, they become a memory. When we recall these memories of our experiences, we call it nostalgia. Our lives are all interconnected one to another; animate to inanimate; into one large universe of everyone’s memories; making all of our histories into one, in a manner of speaking.We build subconsciously, on this palimpsest of historicity, architecture upon architecture, building upon a building, where instances are borne as we experience them in some environment; in a place, in a space. Moreover, to make these instances pleasurable, we must build beautiful places and spaces.

But our lives, whilst an accrual of instances are defined by nuances; unspoken words, body language, a closed fist , a flutter, a gesture, a breadth, a tone, a glint in the eye; an indication— a nuance. Architecture of nuances: Monumentality represents power. However, what of the power of fragility? The studio intended to look at the architecture of nuances, of the subtle tectonics that make the spatial experience beautiful, resilient, and powerful.

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Fig 1 Collage of Student Works Memory Narrative Post Cards and Objects made from Dismantled parts of other objects Fig 2 Aishwarya Mahadevan Larger Startegy Diagram for Site Fig 3 Aishwarya Mahadevan Vignettes of Program within the building Fig 4 Aishwarya Mahadevan Site Nuances Fig 5 Aishwarya Mahadevan Desin Drawings of the Final Project Fig 6 Drashti Nakarani Design Drawings for a Dairy in Ambapur, Ahemdabad Fig 7 Bansari Gandhi Design Drawings for a textile museum on Calico Mill Lands on the Banks of Sabarmati River Front Fig 8 Khushi Makwana Design Drawings for a Community Centre and Museum in Kaligam, near Kaligam Fort on the outskirts of Ahmdabad

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