Chauhan Vipasha Vijay

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Gandhi Foundation Library

Designing a future Library for Gandhi Foundation near Gandhi ashram beside the riverfront in Ahmedabad. Using sections and sectional models as a tool for designing , The design was developed with the idea of modulating the ground  to create different pockets of interaction and using the existing trees to develop the form of the building.The library like a network of trees becomes a system with multiple branches providing customizable spaces all around providinng open outward spaces encouraging social and collaborative learning and at the same time provides close inward spaces such that everyone finds a space for themselves. 


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Reading Pavillion on the beach of Nargol,Gujarat responding to the nature by following the design concept of a matchbox such that it sits on the ground but also reaches out towards the ocean and the trees.

Understanding the site through collages and site sections

Site and Programme Analysis

Sectional models 3-D Models used to develop the design further.

Programmatic Explorations

Site Sections

Section BB'

Ground floor plan

Programmatic Division of spaces

Final Model