Riya Sanjay Pai

AR2020

AFTER HAVING OBSERVED THE ON SITE ELEMENTS WHICH RESPOND TO WATER AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, THE KEY FACTOR INFLUENCING THE DESIGN WAS BASED ON HOW THE USER WOULD EXPERIENCE WATER AS MORE THAN JUST A VISUAL ELEMENT. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, I TRIED TO INSERT WATER INTO THE TRANSITION SPACES, ELONGATE THE PATH AND BUILD THE SPACES ALONG THE CANAL. SO THAT IT WOULD GIVE THE USER AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE AND EXPERIENCE WATER AT VARIOUS JUNCTIONS. THE PROJECT WAS LOCATED AT AN INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE CANAL AND THE EXISTING PATH. TO RECREATE THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, A CHANNEL ON THE TOP PASSES THROUGH THE BUILDING, COLLECTING WATER FROM THE MOUNTAIN AND BRINGS WATER BACK TO THE CANAL. THE SPACES ALONG THIS CHANNEL ARE SEMI-OPEN AND THE EDGE IS ARTICULATED IN A WAY THAT IT RESPONDS TO THE SCALE OF THE CHANNEL. THE BRIDGE OVER THE CANAL ACTS AS A TRANSITION SPACE AS WELL AS A PUBLIC SEMI-OPEN SPACE WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE TWO PARTS OF THE BUILDING WHILE THE COURTYARDS ALONG THE PAVILIONS ACT AS INTERACTION SPACES. THUS THE DESIGN TRIES BLEND THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS BY KEEPING WATER AS THE MAIN TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT.