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“25 FEET Off Higgins” is a truly student organized zine publication that aims to showcase student work on an accessible and personal scale. We are un-official, unpolished, non-bureaucratic, and off Higgins.
“ “Q: What is “ निवास(Niwas)” and what is it different from “Residence” in English.
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A: Literal translations often loses the essence. In this context of a new birthplace of the carbon economy, “ निवास(Niwas)” in Hindi means housing the possibilities of carbon-led sustainable development. It is not a stagnant residency, rather a constant breathing project that fuels the carbon age.
Q: Is this purely scientific driven? How do you balance experiential and pragmatic approaches.
A: To talk about carbon and its potential, we also dive deep into visualizing how carbon would look, feel and react. We are visual people and the aesthetic of carbon excites us to imagine spaces that hold associative value with people.
Q: Is this project a critique?
A: We believe that to replenish the planetary changes that have already occurred, the architectural discourse needs to extensively adopt an altered approach to the carbon form. Hence, this project is a critique on how we could achieve a new carbon economy.
Carbon निवास aims to domesticate the idea of carbon capture. It’s a climate literacyled installation that wraps people around an installation that sequesters atmospheric carbon by sensing human movement. The prototype addresses interaction, revelation, a form that combines organic and rectilinear architectonics.
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“25 FEET Off Higgins” is a truly student organized zine publication that aims to showcase student work own an accessible and personal scale. We are un-official, unpolished, non-bureaucratic, and off Higgins.
