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folowing components; housing, markets, spaces for social interaction, livelihood opportunites, hydrophonic farms, water conservation, livestock
assets, skill creation, balwadis and clean technology development.
Structurally the “Baori” is realised through the creation of pre-fabricated RCC components with brick or local material infill to complete a single
cell / brick. These pre-fabricated “bricks” are laid layer by layer to create the cylindrical “Baori” volume. The system differentiation is driven by a
helical attractor curve to create varied tangential vectors along which the “bricks” are laid.
The programmatic components are stiched across a vertical helical ramp that doubles as circulation and market/exhibition space exploring the
vertical distribution of these assets to create self sustaining communties.
#Baori
This aims to explore an alternate model that integrates housing,
institutions and infrastructure woven together as compared to current models where each component is been developed at a varied pace that
ends up clogging our cities and related infrastructure. In addition, India’s road map towards development and urbanisation needs to recognise
the impediments of climate change, global warming and the threat that they pose. The “Baori” is a work in progress that aims to perhaps ask the
right questions rather than pose a definitive solution towards building resilience where drought affected communities are concerned through the
creation of self-sustaining ecologies.
Building resilience towards drought affected communities
with Nuru Karim
Competition
Jan 2017 to May 2018
Location: Pune, India
Markets
The world is currently facing a water management crisis. 1/3rd of the global population
has no access to water and women/girls in India spendan average of 6 hours a day collecting
water. Farmer related suicides in India have been deemed by experts as man-made
droughts. The “Baori” is a Ru-Urban housing concept that aims to build resilience towards
drought affected settlements Baori’s are one of the oldest forms of water management.
They are excavated deep into the ground seeking water tables and in addition because of
their depth, water evaporation is minimal. They also served as democratic institutions and
spaces for communities to socially interact.During summer, these structures served as
relief from harsh temperatures.
The “Baori” Housing design concept explores this very principle of waste water management
and conservation that serves to build resilience towards drought affected settlements
across the the country. The project romanticies about the quality of life that rural
areas offer and how a balance perhaps needs to be maintained while developing both urban
and rural landscapes, where personal growth and life long learning oppurtunities are
concerned. The hybrid program includes thevfolowing components; housing, markets,
spaces for social interaction, livelihood opportunites, hydrophonic farms, water conservation,
livestock assets, skill creation, balwadis and clean technology development.
Democratic Space
Structurally the “Baori” is realised through the creation of pre-fabricated RCC components
with brick or local material infll to complete a single cell / brick. These pre-fabricated
“bricks” are laid layer by layer to create the cylindrical “Baori” volume. The system differentiation
is driven by a helical attractor curve to create varied tangential vectors along which
the “bricks” are laid. The programmatic components are stiched across a vertical helical
ramp that doubles as circulation and market/exhibition space exploring the vertical distribution
of these assets to create self sustaining communties. This aims to explore an alternate
model that integrates housing, institutions and infrastructure woven together as
compared to current models where each component is been developed at a varied pace
that ends up clogging our cities and related infrastructure. In addition, India’s road map
towards development and urbanisation needs to recognise the impediments of climate
change, global warming and the threat that they pose.
Left:Diagram representing form
generation logic
Right(Next Page):The building as
resilience towards drought affected
communities