This pavilion was designed as a house which could grow slowly. The main design challenge was to make a structural system that allowed vertical growth. The parameters for the incremental growth of the building are not clear at the outset and only become apparent over its future life. A matrix of possible permutations of growth were imagined in the design of the structure. We hypothesize one such possible permutation in the ‘afterlife’ of the building as it stands now.
ANTHILL DESIGN
Team: Riyaz Tayyibji, Sarosh Anklesaria, Krishna Malu, Niket Dalal, Christian Manuel Martinez, Praveen Zapadia
Based in Ahmedabad, Anthill design is a team based architectural studio that has been involved in building design, research and academics since 2005. They have built in diverse geographical and cultural contexts across the country, developing a design process that allows for the ‘character’ of each project to emerge in response to the particular qualities of place. Rooted primarily in the use of local natural materials, their practice believes that architecture involves the modification of the earth’s crust for human inhabitation and so should be done carefully.
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- When is Space? In An Exhibition on Contemporary Architecture Commissioned by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Edited by Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty. Jaipur: Jawahar Kala Kendra, 2018.