OASIS- Research and Resource centre for the Agariyas

Vaghani Dhwani Devshi Sangeeta

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The project catering to the nomadic, marginalized community of salt farmers in LRK is envisaged as having two components- a base facility for research and resource management, serving as a pilot project, in the nearby village of Kharaghoda and temporary, mobile pods extending from this facility into the desert. The base facility is understood and designed as modular infrastructure rather than a container of specific activities to allow for change overtime. The construction technique of tile vaulting aids in giving agency for making infrastructure to the community and thereby reduces their dependence on external funding, external materials and external skills.

Report Content

THE PROJECT AND THE CONTEXT

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

THE SITE PLAN- The research and resource facility as an extension to the adjacent public school.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN- Open plan and interstitial spaces allowing for free movement and modulation of spaces.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN: Learning spaces overlooking the Mahila Griha udyog, workshops and research labs as a means to encourage indirect learning.

SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS- Encouraging indirect learning and participation.

DESIGN AND KEY CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

SPATIAL INHABITATION

THE FACILITY AS AN EXTENSION TO THE ADJACENT PUBLIC SCHOOL- View from the school

THE DESERT POD