Community Center
Institution of Everyday Life2017
KRVIA
Individual Project
Narratives
Under the moonlight an old woman dressed in silver pleases the deity.’
‘I wore my new t-shirt and jeans, jelled my hair in a mohawk and leaned
against the wall hoping that they would notice.’
‘In the silence of the valley you hear the whispers of the women,as they
wash the clothes down the stream.
Under the moonlight an old woman dressed in silver pleases the deity.’
‘I wore my new t-shirt and jeans, jelled my hair in a mohawk and leaned
against the wall hoping that they would notice.’
‘In the silence of the valley you hear the whispers of the women,as they
wash the clothes down the stream.
The moment when body, time and space collapse is the ‘Event’. These events can be important or inconsequential. They can be celebrations, meetings, love affairs. Architecture is within these. It is created by these and in turn allows them to exist. What is the relationship between the idea of the institution and that of the everyday life? While one is steeped in creating value systems that transcend the everyday, the other is steeped in the rhythms of eating, sleeping, and working. This is the space explored in the Studio through the creation of an ‘Institution of Everyday Life’ in the Hamlets of Uttarakhand. The aim shall be the place to create spaces for these events to occur. Events that range from the intimate to the public.
Process
The program was derived from the given narratives by drawing connections and interpretations.
The Community center sits on the extreme edge of the Hamlet- Sawra amidst the Upper class houses, secluding it from rest of the village. The design aims to create spaces which can be used by people of all sections of society, to train them in performing arts and for public gatherings. Its location is an attempt to draw people in and blur societal boundaries.
It tries to do so by pulling lines from the contoured site, which turn into walls of different materials which rise and fall, wrapping around, making spaces within them that seamlessly flow into one other. The ground plane like cascading terraces merges into the landscape. It contains what is within , at the same time blends into the site effortlessly, overlooking the scenic valley.
Front Elevation
Back Elevation
Section CC’
Section DD’