Shortlisted Entry, Annual Nasa Design Competition (ANDC), 61st Year 2018-2019
Issued by National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) · Jan 2019
Our team was shortlisted among the top 15 entries across India. The project has also been featured on the NASA India website.
The Annual NASA Design Competition(ANDC) is NASA India's own design competition, which touches upon issues ranging from current trends to theoretical approach of architectural design. It is a Group A Trophy. Annual NASA Design Competition is the qualifying trophy for the Annual NASA Convention of the respective year.
The Annual NASA Design Competition(ANDC) is NASA India's own design competition, which touches upon issues ranging from current trends to theoretical approach of architectural design. It is a Group A Trophy. Annual NASA Design Competition is the qualifying trophy for the Annual NASA Convention of the respective year.
Team: Aditi, Amit, Ibbani, Mekhala, Soundarya and Suresh
Design Concept and Section | Re-inventing the Barracks Corridor at Freedom Park, Bengaluru
Brief:
Architecture generate its presence when its creator does not really make a deliberate effort to do the same but modestly underlines the already present through it. Such is the power of such architecture that we do not even recognize their existence while using them.
Programme:
The design programme intends to explore, identify and re-interpret the liminal spaces in the respective context with a vision to inform a society. Liminal spaces are those thankless transitional, in-between spaces which remain in backdrop to highlight or connect with the primary functional boundaries. They are not here and not there, i.e. does not belong to any category or reference point. These are the spaces that are traversed the most but unfortunately have been the ones too neglected the most in present times. Their importance lies in the fact that they not only have the ability to inform the context for the unique/landmark architecture but also generates essence of movement within a situation/project. Their scale may vary from simply a passage within a dwelling to a street in a public realm.
Objectives:
1. To explore and familiarize with the philosophical and contextual notions of betwixt spaces.
2. To identify the presence and form of such spaces as understood in the local context.
3. To re-invent such space in the present scenario over a site of personal choice/selection.
Barracks Corridor, Freedom Park | Picture Credits: Edited from World Architecture Community
Site Location: Freedom Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Liminal Space: Corridors, Stairs and Doorways/Entranceways
Why do we only look at the destination, isn’t the journey important? I walk, I trust the ground, I feel every inch I cover. My journey is the story of the place. This corridor, why doesn’t man look at it the way I do, why doesn’t he feel it’s every inch and the story it has to tell. His narrow field of vision focusses only on the end, never to his sides. Why can’t a corridor be just that? He feels the need to add in an element and only then is this corridor of importance?
The cloth is important, but does the cloth serve its purpose if its fibre is missing? Man appreciates this cloth, the fabric of this country, the toil of his forefathers to make this simple piece of cloth, our Khadi, growing stronger with time, strengthening its fibre that is lost on end.
There would be no victory without the struggle. A prison; with this to the struggle of our leaders now stands tall as a park for the masses which once served as a testament to the progress. Freedom; a vast sense of responsibility, can that be achieved even with its gory past? Why is the prison ignorant about its past? Man sheds light only on this end.
Will man realise the importance of a simple place when it isn’t simple anymore? Respect is only generated when you lose something. The longing for something you take for granted, is something man experiences. It is almost as if this corridor is fighting for its rightful place.
The cloth is important, but does the cloth serve its purpose if its fibre is missing? Man appreciates this cloth, the fabric of this country, the toil of his forefathers to make this simple piece of cloth, our Khadi, growing stronger with time, strengthening its fibre that is lost on end.
There would be no victory without the struggle. A prison; with this to the struggle of our leaders now stands tall as a park for the masses which once served as a testament to the progress. Freedom; a vast sense of responsibility, can that be achieved even with its gory past? Why is the prison ignorant about its past? Man sheds light only on this end.
Will man realise the importance of a simple place when it isn’t simple anymore? Respect is only generated when you lose something. The longing for something you take for granted, is something man experiences. It is almost as if this corridor is fighting for its rightful place.
3D Model of the Design | Re-inventing the Barracks Corridor at Freedom Park, Bengaluru
