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Building : The Lightbox, Mumbai
Architects : Rohan Chavan
Year : 2016
The Lightbox ‘Restroom’ at Agasti, is a social enterprise working in urban sanitation in Mumbai. Here a Restroom is a public toilet that is unique in terms of both form and function. Beyond the toilet, the Restrooms aim to provide an exclusive social space, in the urban landscape.
The design of the restroom has been conceptualized around a tree. It express the idea of integrating nature and context in the built form and using its characteristics to protect from climate. Secondly the shade of the tree protects the garden below from the sun allowing filtered light, and then it only needs a transparent cover to protect from rain. This helped to maintain the light quality. As a result of this during the day the natural light lits up the space filtering through the trees and at night the space lights the surroundings.
The Restroom for women measure 10’ x 30’ is built around an existing tree. It has four blocks at two ends. At one end there are two toilets with a common washbasin and at the other end there is a nursing room and a toilet for handicapped and senior citizens. The center of the restroom is a garden measuring 15’ x 10’ that is used for various activities like a place to rest, a free gallery to display art for amateur artists, a place for lectures and awareness campaigns, celebrating festivals, seasonal activities and events. The central garden is a metaphor to spaces where people can sit and relax under a tree in shade and socialize.
The Restroom with toilet blocks is fitted with a bio digester to reduce use of fresh water and improved waste management. It also includes a nursing room and has amenities like sanitary pads vending machine and incinerator, CCTV cameras, Mobile charging points and a panic alarm system in place.
References : Arch Daily (Context, Project Images and Drawings)
Case Study :
Building : The Bookworm Pavilion, Mumbai
Architects : Nubes
Year : 2020
The BookWorm Pavilion aims to foster a sense of learning through the creation of an interactive learning space. The aim was to create a landscape of books that invite children to explore and learn simultaneously. For children to engage in “reading” as a fun activity, encourage children to pick books and read, irrespective of language.
The “BookWorm” is a pavilion measuring 120’0” L x 40’0” W constructed out of approx 3600 modular pre-fabricated components to house books and spaces for reading. The pavilion promotes sustainable building technologies to house “reading”, storytelling activities for society at large. The pavilion was fabricated off-shore and deployed on-site within a week.
Located in CSMVS Mumbai, India the pavilion designed by Nubes is worked out in recycled plywood material and erected in 2020 within a week on site.
References : Arch Daily (Context, Project Images and Drawings)
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