Within The Greens
ARGUMENTATIVE QUESTION:
In the daman fort complex area and the surrounding zones people accessed the areas where shade was created by canopy of trees. Now it is seen as an administrative block , but it has spatial artefacts and the concern is to preserve the aspect of how they find a way to coexist with natural vegetation. How can we reorchestrate the ground conditions in order to make complex intertwining of the landscape and the built form for the entanglement of life growing in that system? Presence of this ecology all around helps stabilize the climatic conditions and hence creating a difference between inside and outside the complex.
INTEND:
Convincing a building as a dialogue between ‘built and unbuilt' that envisages the past, present and the future which responds to all seasonal changes accordingly through exploring the idea of temporality and modularity.
ARGUMENTATIVE DRAWING:
SITE:
Many places in the fort complex have vegetation taking over the builtform which serves as an evidence that, ecology is very powerful in this space.
SITE 1 PLAN:
SITE SECTION :
The street near the hospital area is shaded with old trees inside the fort complex. The hospital complex has a different shade of GI sheets, people visiting the hospital area occupy the shade of the trees by sitting on the vehicle. On the opposite side of the the concrete shops are built but are not in any use. the surrounding area has a ruin, a warehouse and private farmlands.
SITE 2 :
SITE SECTION:
The main street connects all the office buildings and few houses inside. The street has old church on one side and the next side is connected to the ruin.
conceptual sketches:
site plan and section:
PROGRAM: Observatory Garden
which enables one to observe the growth of vegetation parallely experiencing it in another dimension within the pause spaces.
lack of green cover in fort and absence of shade and shadow which serves as a scope for the above.
an ecological infrastructure that will provide holistic ecosystems services and be able to address the issue of climate change within the fort complex.
rethinking of the ruin to make it habitable.
minimum intervention and maximum output in the design.
PHYSICAL PROGRAM :
Observing and experimenting the foliage of the trees around at various levels.
Getting the overall view of the fort through the watchtower.
Previous design iterations and sketches:
Design plans:
DESIGN SECTIONS:
