Trombay Public Primary School & Community Ground
at Trombay, Cheetah Camp
Building Making
Vivek Khuthiya | Semester 6 | 2022-23
The site is located in Trombay, Mumbai. Precisely located in cheetah camp a transit camp established in 1976 . The gradual incrementation of the school which took place over the years had it growing as and when different NGO's, gvt policies and political forces contributed to several facilities and programs which led to the present day school. Starting from what was a single block , The school expanded incrementally over the years with the addition of new classrooms.
OBSERVATIONS
these drawings tries to see how intimate spaces in terms of scale , proportion and shadow have been formed by proximity of two build forms, extension to a build form and interconnections of their openings.
When a cluster of built forms comes together, they form interstitial spaces like niches, narrow alleys and various kinds of in-betweens. These spaces are very intimate and cosy because of their shade and scale when compared to the heights and widths of two or more vertical and oblique elements coming together. This experience of inhabitation is very calming. Sadly in our surroundings, such spaces lose their potential and are often dead and idle.
The design will focus on crafting the built form of such spaces in interfaces of open-open, open-closed, closed-closed and a blur. As Charles Correa quotes in his essay a place in the sun, "architecture of warm climate should be a transition between shade to shaded."
DESIGN CONCEPT
The process started with analyzing shade conditions on site throughout the day and diagramming how various vertical and oblique elements could form shade to shaded transitions in sectional plane.
DESIGN DETAILING
Initial thinking drawing to study and understand material assemblies, materiality and structural logics.
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION
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