DR. K. N. MODI UNIVERSITY
2019
CLIMATE RTESPONSIVE HOUSING
The expanded Aluminum mesh in the facade is used as a response to our local climate, for its intrinsic value to reduce heat gain and to dematerialise the facade by breaking it into a Myriad of different elements thus reinterpretating the traditional Indian Jali.
FIGURE 66: TERRACE FLOOR PLAN
The Mesh becomes an edgy design element which envelopes the entire building. Somewhere it's angular and cut in a linear pattern while elsewhere it's vertical, somewhere single and somewhere double height. The screen is required at the podium levels to reduce the view of cars, it appears in the staircase and amenity areas to filter the East Sun, and also screens the living spaces, the kitchen dry yards and other service areas. It brings to the building privacy, modulation and rhythm, security, shelter and shading to the interior. Yes, architecture is about creating something new, it's also about provocations and emotions, but most importantly It should be more about the complex issues of the composition, the connections between the various programs, the details, and most importantly the quality of space. They tried to work with space, light, materiality, and elements such as shadows and wind, to construct meaningful spaces that people have to spend their lives in, nothing could be more important than that.
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