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LIBRARY FOR GANDHI FOUNDATION, RIVERFRONT, AHMEDABAD
CONCEPTUAL POSITION
In todays time, when information is all around, this library tries to become a place of contemplation, as what our generation lacks is the afterthought to be done after encountering with information. This library attempts to create an environment of contemplation where a person can be with one’s own thought and become a haven of rest for the energetic mind in the urbanist lifestyle. And as the Mahatma’s ideology goes “Simple Living and High Thinking”.....
OUTSET: Even an encounter with a great drawing or any good post on social media is flicked up within seconds without a second thought.
LARGER DECISIONS FOR CREATING A CONTEMPLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
- segregating the public and silent individualist functions
- spreading the activities and user density across the site
- divert the attention of the user to natural features by relooking at the notion of inside and outside
- exploring silence and light and an atmosphere of awe
- using expanse to create a sense of looseness/relaxation