Generated from a graphical diagram of lines – first multiplied, then spatialized and transformed through a series of actions – the Hostel is a collage of spaces, volumes, and materials. The design involves assembling the rooms into simple rectangular blocks comprising five rooms each, allowing for the control of volumes and scale. The spatial vocabulary and generative components evolve out of the dynamic action of these modular blocks; the resultant architecture is an assembled kit-of-parts where each block ‘swivels’, ‘hollows’, ‘slides’, or ‘stacks’ and plugs-in to a central public spine. These actions lend dynamism to the structure, juxtaposing it against the weighted forms of Indian Modernism.