A19_SEM1-5
New Modularity
Technology | Sem 04
Semester 4 technology module addresses the question of modularity in architecture. Modularity today, is understood today only through the lens of an industrially manufactured assembly system,where every component is expected to fit together with a highest degree of precision only. Instead,this technology module explored a more communitarian, artisanal, exploratory, temporal and at times playful dimension of the idea of modularity.
The project was to design a community centre for 300sqm approximately for an informal settlement in the Northern suburban region of Mumbai. The need for a large interaction space , space for celebrating festivals, having a facility of a community kitchen and so on were arrived at as informed decisions taken based on the site study. To these events the need for catering to the resource of water and its management on the site also became central to the spatial requirements and form of the structure.
Esquisse
This technology module focused on making us familiar with modular construction systems across materials and emphasizes on temporality and dismantlibility of the built-form. The module began with a small two week esquisse where we had to design a travelling food collective which should be able to travel to two different climatic contexts within India at any time of the year. The design should also respond to various qualitative aspects of modular construction systems like lightness, heaviness, porousness, softness, roughness, etc. Another critical consideration for the materiality and assembly of this travelling food collective was that, the whole set-up needs to travel in a standard size tempo.
These groups were further divided in smaller groups. The smaller groups then carried on these iterations of modular structures to design a Community Centre for 300sqm approximately for an informal settlement in the Northern suburban region of Mumbai.
