Gajjar Akshar Shaileshkumar

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Bath-House : butterfly sitting on a rock

In order to do justice to the program’s cultural and technical requirements, a radical departure is made from the existing built form. The existing building is acknowledged by creating a similar expression of the heavy base with a lighter superstructure. As this program uniquely brings the human body and surface finishes in direct contact a wide plethora of finishes are used to generate a sensorial experience. The existing blocks at Shrisiti hostel were chosen as the site for extensions. The extension in my case being a bath-house not much of the existing built form was touched, rather it was used to harbour all the ancillary functions like changing rooms and bathrooms.  



Report Content

Major part of the design evolution has been through sections and parallel models.

main level plan showing how the extension grows out of the existing building.

The long section of the proposed bath-house emerging out of the existing built from.

Long section of the proposed bath-house showing how bath spaces converse with the circulation space

Flooring plan showing all the finishes used. A wide palette has been used as it governs language of the entire project.

Detail of the shower space.

Flooring details at changing material and threshold.

The wall section with inner and outer elevation to show how finishes merge with one another

Door detail.

Exploded axonometry of the proposed bath-house showing different stages of construction. The adjoining wall sections show the layers of materials used.