Hunnarshala Foundation Bhuj(Kutch Dist.) Gujarat .
Hunnarshala Foundation for Building Technology and Innovations is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the research, development and promotion of eco-friendly, cost effective, and low energy building designs, materials and techniques; inclusive urban planning; artisan entrepreneurship and post disaster reconstruction.
2010 - 2013
Role - Architect
Hunnarshala New Campus
Bhuj (Kutch), Gujarat
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2010 - 2012
Built up area - 678 sq.m (7295 sq.ft)
Site area - 2150 sq.m (0.53 acre)
The planning was done in a way to create a street through series of open and semi-open spaces. All the built structures serve as an example of various applications of environmentally sensitive, locally and culturally appropriate building materials and techniques.
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During the design and construction process, an intimate and creative relationship formed between the architects and the artisans, eliciting exciting new ideas. This has ensured that in its completed form, the new campus continues to be a home for constant experimentation and learning.
Gaushala Masterplan
near Mundra (Kutch)
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2011
Site area - 13 Acres
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Sustainable ways of coming together of people and animals creating a harmonious relationship with nature and the society; through the essence of traditional Vathaans (congregation spaces) located usually in the outskirts of villages of Kutch region. They have banyan trees with seating platforms and water troughs for cattle.
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Through this project, CGPL (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited, a subsidiary of Tata power ) hopes to bring about education and development of the community of the Tunda-Vandh village in their main livelihood which is animal husbandry and enhance participation and interaction within the community through this project.
B.P.U.M.S Training Center
Hodka village, Banni region (Kutch)
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2010 - 2012
Built up area - 283 sq.m (3045 sq.ft)
Site area - 5576 sq.m (1.37 acres)
The Banni grasslands are extremely hot and dusty in the summer, yet offer cooler nights so the building use needed to be flexible to accommodate both conditions. Using stone masonry to decrease compulsory maintenance, a series of stone fin columns were incorporated allowing for large spaces in the walls.
The masonry is shaded, keeping walls cool and seating platforms have been placed to facilitate congregation. Terracotta design elements crafted by a local artisan have been incorporated, adding aesthetic softness to a building outwardly hardened by its masonry construction.
Farmhouse at Sanosara (Kutch)
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Built up area - 226 sq. m (2432 sq. ft)
Site area - 13 acres
2012 - 2013
The house is imagined as an extended roof incorporating all the activities under it, blending with the site levels and the existing ecology.
Waste wood floor panels have been used as a structural slab for the mezzanine floor and recycled wood has been used in doors and verandah posts. The wall which faces the west is a composite masonry wall, using sun dried mud bricks (adobe) and stone, which insulates the interiors from heat of the harsh west sun.