I believe architecture gives ease to daily life and brings peace in choas.
CONTENTS THE BOOK OF LIFE Children’s Center Semester 5
TALKING HOUSES Community houses Semester 4
ABSTRACTION TO DESIGN Library and Café Semester 3
SPACE MAKING
Space making with three elements Semester 1
BRUDER KLAUS FIELD CHAPEL Church - Semester 1
RELATED STUDY PROGRAM Sikkim Semester - 2
MODEL MAKING Adalaj stepwell, Gujarat Clay model Thermocol model
THE BOOK OF LIFE The book of life is based on A Mexican mythology and life after death. The story is about the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. The story was a base to the program. The function of the program is to make a children’s center. This site is located in Paris. In this program the activities were chosen in relevance to the story. Things to learn from the story is remembering their ancestors, rituals and saving the environment. That’s why activities - Farming, food distribution, storytelling, painting and material arts were incorporated in the building which relates to the French culture and art. The masses are very individual as they tell their own story yet they are interlinked with each other with the help of bridges. The building circulation goes from underground to the highest point of the building gradually. The pathways are interconnected, curvilinear and above the ground.
Admin area - each unit under each dome
Each space has a different f u n c t i o n therefore each space has been given a different form according to the activities that are happening inside that particular form.
Introductory building - different activity at different level
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Material art – visually connected functions
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Bridges entwining – café in between bridges
A Admin B Introductory building C Theatre D Material art Building E Kitchen / Cafe F Knowledge treasure G Farming aera H Parking
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Tree covered entrance
Tree covered entrance
Section of entrance for knowledge treasure - Dark to light transition
Section for knowledge treasure - walking library
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CIRCULATION
Pathways These diagrams show the confusing circulation happening because of the curvilinear pathways.
VIEWS
TALKING HOUSES
This was a slum redevelopment program. The site was located in Ahmedabad and FSI was taken 4. The idea behind the program was to understand the culture of the community and build houses according to that. This community relies on making the Idols of the lord. The space inside the house was only used for sleeping and cooking purposes. For that reason a huge working space has been given on the ground floor and as well as the space outside the houses. The circulation of the houses are not only from the staircase but also from different type of pathways that leads to different unit of the building which makes the circulation more fluid and makes this program called TALKING HOUSES.
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UNIT SECTION The unit is designed in such a way that it can change according to the function and divide into different spaces. Wooden jail and partition wall are used to archive the division of space.
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Kitchen has given a small washing area in the small balcony. Partition wall
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE BB’
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AA’
The space in between the houses on the ground has been given few levels so that sculptures can have their space to keep equipment. There are four waterboies have been given for cattle or to make clay sculptures. WATERBODY
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INDIVIDUAL WORK SPACE
COLUMN SHEAR WALL
CIRCULATION
BRIDGES This bridges interconnect different clusters, So the circulation can happen without Disturbing activity of Idol making on The ground.
ABSTRACTION TO DESIGN
The idea behind the project was to understand flora and fauna of the region to understand the climate. Initial form of the building came from the flora of the site. This site is located in Garli, Himachal Pradesh. The key word for the project was “ENTWINE”. So in design the form is emerging with the landscape of the site. The contemporary structure is entwining with surrounding landscape. Aspects like two floors talking and two very different functions like café and empty theatre having visual connection. Free plans are justifying the concept of design though it can be used as multifunctional area.
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SOUTH WEST PLAN 02
Summer solstice altitude angle: 69.06 Winter Equinox altitude angle: 31.3
SOUTH EAST
The concept of fenestration detail has been taken from the abstraction of spruce tree. The shape of plan is adjacent to the trees. SECTION
NORTH WEST
SPACE MAKING
Idea behind this exercise was to understand the space using planes and cuboids.
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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel Architect : Project Year: Location :
Peter Zumthor 2007 Mechernich, Germany
Bruder klaus chapel is a unique catholic chapel with a very different construction method. Idea behind making the scale model of the church was to understand construction method, light and the concept of design. SECTION
The most interesting aspects of the church are in construction method from a wigwam made of 112 tree trunks premises. Once finished formwork, the concrete layers were tamped over existing surface. That is exactly how the scale model was also build. It creates solid-void contrast as well as the form of inside and outside is really very different.
VIEW FROM INSIDE
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RELATED STUDY PROGRAM- SIKKIM
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ELEVATION
MODEL MAKING Scale model of Adalaj Step well
CLAY MODEL
For understanding substraction and solid void of spaces
Scale 1:50
THERMOCOL MODEL
addition and subtraction exercises to understand the volume