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BUILDING MAKING

BIMBISAR NAGAR, GOREGAON EAST

COURSE BRIEF :

The focus of this studio is three-fold - first to develop an ability in system- thinking and the ability to detailing (detailing here is the act of putting together different materials and their assemblies in a manner that is conceptually coherent with the overall idea of the building); second to develop an ability to make construction documentation drawings (working drawings) that could be used for the construction of buildings; and third, to develop ability to write specifications, generate bill of quantities and cost estimation for the project. The course intends to craft built forms where the logics of spatiality are based on systems and details along with orienting them to the practices around construction documentation and management. Successful completion of this course shall ensure that the student is ready to participate in a building-making project.

The course walked us through the entire building process, the agencies involved in making a building, different documents required on site to start building on-site. The need to structurally resolve a building while making negotiations with layouts.

Site Demarcation

The site of intervention is located in Bimbisar Nagar in Goregaon East. The existing site is an open ground (3000 sq.m) which consists of a Shakha (community space), pump room, public toilet, vachnalay, stage, and a playground. The site shares a compound wall with a primary school.

Bimbisar Nagar is a colony consisting of transit camps, residential colonies, market lanes, school, playgrounds etc.

DESIGN ARGUEMENT :

How can facade design be reimagined to transform the hard site boundaries into porous, multi-access points that support diverse gatherings, and incorporate smaller pockets of space to maintain and enhance existing site activities?

DESIGN INTENT:

POCKETS AS GATHERING SPACES

The idea of pockets gets interesting as these semi- enclosed spaces which are open to public throughout can be inhabited by people in their own ways, without defining even the function of these spaces. By creating smaller pockets on the facades of the building, it opens up the site to the public and softens the edge inviting the community to inhabit these spaces. This idea of smaller pockets continues inside the entire community center and other programs and creates gatherings spaces / waiting areas, sitting spaces etc.