Assemblage of Volumes | Centre for Arts and Crafts

With the Spatial theme of Assembling the volumes through Solid and Void, the proposed project is a Centre for Arts and Crafts of Western Region Of India. The abandoned site is adjacent to the sabarmati river. The site has a very strong structural grid and has a sense of MODULARITY. Each square of the grid acts as a UNIT. These units when combined in X,Y and Z directions, creates a VOLUME. Each volume having different dimensions, is then overlapped or placed adjacent to each other in order to achieve programme needs. The site is interpreted as a wireframe in which the volumes are assembled. Each of the volumes will have a different purpose and experience, yet connected to one larger volume. Every Two volumes will be connected with a transition space. Here, the transition space becomes SOLID and the volume itself becomes a VOID. The larger volume, that is created by the assembly of other volumes, becomes a central space. Public zones are organised in the voids, while private zones and service areas are organised in the Solids.