The Patio

I am going through a reading centre which is actually of no use, people didn't prefer to go there because its like a dead space.  One temple besides it, people only go there but their movements never come towards this centre. So I am looking to remodel it to allow public to endulge, to spend time there by changing its design making it playful for them in day time as well as night time. 

Also I feel in India we people didn't use our public spaces much so that's why it should be comes in consideration of people and use the resources.

So in the initial stage of my design process in which I make some iterative designs which not actually giving the sense of petit infrastructure because its getting a large scale project which shouldn't be applicable here as a lack of space. Then I started being petit, working on my scale and make some small designs. In my every conceptual design, it is giving me the larger idea of having courtyards. Firstly, I did not decided to deal with courtyards but in my process it develops my interest in it and I carry on with that.

My design is accessible for every age group at anytime, it doesn't have any doors and also doesn't have any time in which you can come. Its open for 24 hours for people. I have designed in such a way my shear walls are taking the load of the slab and at times when the wall is going low it itself can act as a seating place. In this project you can sight at every place which you wanted to see from any point around it. I didn't make too much seats because it makes the space suffocating and didn't remain open spaces. Also I left some spaces to allow people to sit on ground as many people prefers that. 

So yes, its all about my observation, thinking, visualising process through which I gone through and as a result this structure is built.