Volumes and Proximities
Avi Mendpara
The volume of the buildings create thin, narrow and long alleys. The width of these alleys is further shortened by garbage and parking space. These alleys are occupied mostly by children and women. Children use these alleys for intimate conversations whereas they play physical games in the playground nearby where the openess of the space permits it. The volumes and proximities created by the structures in the vicinity and various other objects afford certain activities, thus affording certain behaviours and eventually creating the experience of the space.
From all the observations it was noted that volume of structures can create intimidating, intimate, or banal spaces. By creating different volumes in and around the structure, various levels of experiences can be afforded. Placing these volumes of structures besides each other in a strategic manner in turn create interstitial spaces with varying proximities which afford many activities. These interstitial spaces become spaces for public interaction facilitating liveliness in the building. Varying proximities in public spaces is necessary in an urban context, where there is variation in the user group and the activities associated with them.
The process started off with placing the masses and volumes together so as to understand and get the overall base form of the intervension.
Placing these masses strategically and based on the nature of the program. Clubbing or Mixing the programs wherever needed as per the requirements of the intervension.
Making it cohesive and rationalising the form by reducing the area of the builtform and keeping it within the boundaries of the given site of intervension.
Cutting sections from the previous model of the massing to get a crude understanding of the spaces getting formed.
Making quick sketches of the programs in isolation keeping the concept of volumes in mind.
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