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HUNNARSHALA OFFICE

Architect: Sandeep Virmani The office building of Hunnarshala is a harmony of natural material and hands of building craftsmen working on this platform to build spaces that are safe, consuming less energy and have an essence of local culture and craft. The design of the workspaces was visualized...

SHAAM E SARHD TOURISM CENTRE

Architect: Sandeep Virmani Sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and implemented by the District Collector of Kutch, in collaboration with an NGO, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan, this project was an attempt to have the people of Hodka show case their traditions, culture, region and history directly to the...

BANNI PACCHAM REHABILITATION PROJECT

Architetect: Sandeep Virmani This project helped 1456 nomadic and Meghwal families build their homes. The traditional Bhungas (circular rooms) on extended plinths was adapted to incorporate stabilized earth blocks and rammed earth walls and tiled roofs with the involvement of master artisans of their community. The design evolved...

SARDAR NAGAR HOUSING

Architect: Sandeep Virmani Sardar Nagar is a relocation site developed for the earthquake affected poor families of Bhuj city. Hunnarshala developed the master plan for the 21 acre site and has built 280 homes and a waste water treatment system. The master plan to house 1200 homes is...

JUNAWADA HOUSING SETTLEMENT

Architect: Sandeep Virmani Junawada was the village around which the town of Bhachau developed. The 750 families of Kolis and Rabaris had integrated with urbanizing Bhachau and continued to work as farmers, animal husbandry and labor. Consequently their living followed the Wada pattern in which a family occupies...

AUROVILLE KINDERGARTEN

Architect: Suhasini Iyer The Kindergarten is for 60-65 children of 3-7 years of age belonging to different nationalities. This is an International township in making in south India with residents from about 30 countries of the world. The main design guidelines that emerged was: the spaces of the...

AUROVILLE LIBRARY

Architect: Suhasini Iyer BUILDING FUNCTIONS Total project layout with 2 phases is designed for a population of 5000 persons or for Auroville 2025 with the Phase 1 comprising of 630 m2 is to house the main library with office for cataloguing / book repairs, including a reference section...

AUROVILLE SOLAR KITCHEN

Architect: Suhasini Iyer The aim of the project “ Auroville Solar Kitchen” was to build a demonstration project In the use of SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY in steam generation, this in the case of this steam will be used for cooking meals 3 times a day for about 1000...

NO. 9 IYPE RESIDENCE, KENGERI

Architect: Jeeth Iype Prior to the design of our home, was the design of the community, “Good Earth”. An attempt to create an environment, which enhanced social interaction while retaining the privacy of its inhabitants. Conceived by a group of friends, the community is an outcome of aspiring...

BHARATI BHAWAN, NOIDA

Architect: Vinod Gupta Bharati Bhawan’s office is an energy efficient and resource conserving building for a book publishing house. The long building walls face the unfavourable east and west directions. The building uses verandahs on these faces and skylights for day lighting. The external walls are insulated and...

GOOD EARTH HAMLET, KOCHI

Architect: Jeeth Iype An attempt at community housing which bridged the existing gap between independent houses and the urban stereotype block of flats. The emphasis has been on community spaces to encourage interaction while at the same time providing for individual privacy. The half-acre plot is on the...

CENTRE FOR LEARNING, BANGALORE

Architect: Centre for Learning, started by a group of educators, is an attempt to explore the nature of learning and its relationship to the challenges we face today. Living creatively and meaningfully demands from each of us a serious inner enquiry free from dogma and ideology. Without this,...

ATREE, BANGLAORE

Architect: “An ideal work environment would be one that the user relates to, that stimulates required interaction between users and creates highly motivated individuals.” The design has been evolved after a series of discussions and interaction with all concerned with ATREE. After initial Soil investigation and Contour survey...

POUSADA TAUMA, GOA

Architect: POUSADA TAUMA which in Portuguese means “The resting place”, is a 13 room theme resort built around a central pool. The site, originally is an odd shaped coconut grove of approximately 7,750 sq.m. bounded by a dense village on all sides. It has a proper road access...

NILAYA, GOA

Architect: Built on top of the hill overlooking the wide stretch of beach, Nilaya spreads its arms towards the panoramic view below. It is an earthy structure built from stone excavated from the hill behind and uses a renewable timber (coconut rafters) for its roofing. Incorporated into the...

CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION, KARWAR

Architect: The Cathedral in Karwar in its design brief strongly mentioned the need to be an impressive building from the outside as it represented the mother of churches for that area. But there was another realization dawning and that was one of an interior architecture – the need...