National Institute of Technology
Residence
Student Activity Centre
Primary School
Bank
High
Kiosk Air Conditioning
Architectural Acoustics
Building Construction and Materials
Climate responsive Architecture
Energy Efficient Building
Estimation and Specification
Site: Trichy, Tamil
Built Up Area: 861.81 sqm
Floors: G + 1
Well lit exposed brick walls interiors pierced by green courtyards break the pensiveness of a bank. Concentric layers of kiosks and manager rooms safely secure the vault.
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Accessible beyond the kiosks
Separated from customer zone
brick jali
Columns of bricks twisted at different angles.
Allows for daylight and ventilation across the day.
openings kiosk
Body level opening for view and ventilation
Clerestory cut outs for stack ventilation and deep diffused light
Customer and employee comfort
Transparent with quick access
Site: Trichy, Tamil Nadu
Built Up Area: 7029.8 sqm
Floors: G + 3
Designed with the intention of making the students’ quest to knowledge memorable and fruitful. This school emphasizes on quality interaction spaces that instigate students to socialize and inspire from peers. The design is mindful of the significance of exposure to nature, for an enriched learning experience.
At the outer flank, with views, natural ventilation and daylight for all the rooms.
Across the courtyard
Separated to encourage students’ movement through open space
Equal access from all zones
Passive surveillance by virtue of central position
Courtyards between these zones bring in fresh air, day light and break the sense of enclosure in the school
Resultant spaces of staggered arrangement of the classrooms
Encourages peer interactions between classes.
Links the classrooms to the cocurricular and extra curricular spaces.
A unique experience between classes
Unique alignment of stairs connecting each level
Functions as circulation as well as interaction space
Framed glass that creates a vent for cold air to be sucked from the bottom while warm air escapes from the top, aiding stack effect.
Opens at body level, provides daylight and views.
Top level glazed opening
Deep penetration of diffused light Warm air exits through the opening
Site: Trichy, Tamil Nadu
Built Up Area: 7182.5 sqm
Floors: G +1
This museum is a carefully curated journey through displays, installations research and executions of energy. User comfort forms the crux of this building, enabling users to seamlessly navigate through the exhibits.
south region winners
national level top 6
National level design competition held by Asahi India Glass Limited
A mixed use building located in Delhi. The design accounts for user comfort, sustainability, alternative energy sources and innovative use of glass as a building material.
Full project available here
66th annual nasa design competition (andc)
Special mention II
The brief required a makeshift pavilion to be constructed in a public space, using discarded materials.
A shaded seating using discarded cycle parts was made and placed in the Thiruverambur Uzhavar Sandhai. All major parts of the cycle including the frame, tubes, tires and the fork were used in making the pavilion, canopy and furniture. This project is a step towards circular economy, shifting discarded materials from the cradle to grave to the cradle to cradle cycle. The cycle frame pavilion opens up a possibility of a new modular structure that can be made from discarded cycle parts. Beyond a functional space, this innovative construction piques the curiosity of the common man, and encourages him to take a step towards reusing and recycling.
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This paper discusses the biased impact of climate change on gender. Climate change and the hazards it brings disrupt all aspects of life, and its impact varies with different groups based on their social, economical, and political conditions. The varied impact of climate across genders is a byproduct of the intersection of gender and factors like education, political freedom, and health. This gap only widens during a calamity.
A one size fits all solution is not appropriate in this case, where the impact of the disaster is not the same across groups. Understanding the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of each group becomes important in proposing just and fair resilience solutions that can benefit the entire society.
Two communities in Chennai, of different economic backgrounds, that experienced the wrath of the 2023 floods were studied to determine whether the economical background influences the disproportionate impact of climate on gender during a disaster. Literature studies and questionnaires were used to understand the points of inequalities in both the groups and determine the depth of impact of the flood on the women.
The results of the study were used to arrive upon flood-resilient gender-specific strategies that would benefit both the communities. These solutions were validated by comparing with the RELi and SPHERE standards for disaster shelters.
