Akanksha S and Shreyash

Argumentative Question

Tatawadi is an agricultural school for the blind which is a secluded place that cradles a diverse form of vegetation such as wetlands, orchids, coconut and mango plantations, flora, and fauna. On our investigation, we realized that the built forms do not respond to or complement the micro-environments and the vast ecology this place offers. How can one think through all these human and non-human accords? How can one introduce new recreational spaces and activities across these microclimatic conditions to make them more fluid and experiential sensorially?  How can we change and alter the form and orientation of the structure according to the diverse micro-environments How can the blind inhabit these spaces?

Overall view of the site showing the built and unbuilt

Site Plan with contours

Individual Drawing 1

Transition in soil conditions

Sound Map

Smell Map

Water Map

Shade and Light Map

Layering of Flows

Sensorial understanding of the site.

Individual drawing 2

Heat Absorption

Heat zones

Site Analysis 

Wind Map

Water Map with contours

Site Sections

Textures, Transition, Interdependences

Wind Flow, Shadow at 12pm

Program 


Site Model

Area of intervention

Possibile sites to intervene

Area of intervention

Conceptual diagrams

Iteration 1

Iteration 2

Iteration 2

Iteration 2

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

2. Multipurpose Hall

Iteration 1

Iteration 2

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

3. Administration Office

Iteration 1

Iteration 2


Construction Details