Inhabiting the Ornament
This module deals with the ways of reading and deploying elements of architecture towards synthesising functionality with meaning in the act of producing built form. We learned how small infrastructures go through their own challenges and constraints, yet allow us to read multifarious possibilities that people charge their everyday spaces with.
While choosing the site for observation, I found this site interesting because of the rare boundary condition it holds. The laundry moves inside the building that is the private space of the building and its entrance adheres to the boundary wall outside. The footpath ahead acts as a place to wait for the bus, as there is a bus stand ahead and also a magazine/Newspaper store. Due to this there is a lot of movement of people. Not only people but also vehicles as the site is near a junction. There is a fish stall on the footpath that opens in the evening but stays in the same place during the day as well.
Existing boundry condition
Observation Drawings
Syntax
The rare condition of the laundry moving inside the existing boundary wall was itself very interesting and that language was expressed further to free the movement along the pathway. The boundary wall moving in the form of curves, the laundry continuing the language of the security cabin. The forms along the boundary and the boundary itself take the language of curves. Also the trees are the triggers for the design as the sittings are placed such that the foliage provides shade during the day.
Process Drawings
Process Models
In my final design, I have followed the language of curves. The boundary wall becomes more public as it houses functions. This creates opportunities for varied programmes to come together, and establish unique dialogues between their respective forms. These dialogues hold conditions for new ways of imagining form and demand for a new language of inhabitation.
Final Drawings
Plan
Roof Plan
Section AA'
Section CC'
Section BB'
Elevation
Final Model
