paper to concrete - Building Detail

Core Course

Building Detail

13th February to 31st March 2023

SITE:

Toilet, Balwadi & Path Lab

OBSERVATION DRAWINGS:

Different sizes of plinths affords different activites, portraying the plinth as a public space. Some plinths host services, while the others might be used as a gathering space, a waiting area, a learning space, garbage dump, etc. The staircases also tend to emerge from the plinth providing a narrow yet comfortable space for the residents to sit and chat. Plinths are also used as a storage space for water drums, footwear, motocycles, etc.

DESIGN QUESTION:

The structures on the site have been using diffrerent sizes of plinths which affords different activities. The plinth has been weaved into holding the services, different activities such as playing, parking, gathering, learning, etc. The plinth thickens - thins, becomes narrow or broad moulding itself to provide for the acitvities. How can the ‘plinth’ or this new 'topography' help in providing a better public space?

DESIGN INTENT:

Plinth/Topography as a detail. Working on a grid and creating a new ground line with the help of undulating flat surfaces acting as a community space on the top, while introducing toilet, path lab and balwadi below the surface and maintaining a sense of materiality with respect to the site.

PROGRAMS:

The program consists of rethinking the Public Toilet, Balwadi & Pathology Lab while crafting open space for community acitivies, parking, etc.