SITE
THE SITE OF INTERVENTION IS THE MANDAPESHWAR CAVES GARDEN, IC COLONY, BORIVALI, MUMBAI
OBSERVATION
I WAS OBSERVING THE AREAS SHADED DURING AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS, WHERE PEOPLE OFTEN TOOK REST AND PAUSED.
SITE PLAN
THE PRE-EXISTING RUINS
PROCESS
SYNTAX DIAGRAM TO ATTAIN THE GRID FOR PLACING THE RUINS FORM WALLS
EXPERIMENTATION OF PLACING THE FORMS
REPLACING THE FORM ON THE CONTOUR TERRAIN (SLOPE)
THE SHADOW COMPLEX
BY PLACIMG THESE RUINS DERIVED WALLS AT DIFFERENT AXES AND PLANES, STACKING ONE OVER ANOTHER CREATING CLOSED, SEMI CLOSED AND OPEN SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK OCVER DIFFERENT LEVELS. THE COVERING ROOFS BECOME THE TERRACES TO WALK THROUGH THE LOWER CONTOURS TO THE PRE-EXISTING RUINS. THIS SHADOW COMPLEX ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REST, GATHER, WALK AND ENJOY MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES.