Joshi Ruju Hiren

UR2009

Urban Porosity

The project begins with identifying the urban through experience design and the users (students, professors, residents of the surrounding areas) at the centre of a design concept. The premise of the project lies in creating an interactive edge within an education district/neighbourhood through design intervention. The project creates an active interface between the public and private, driven through the experience of the urban space as walkable, networked and a space of chance encounters. The strategy and elements re-imagine the spatial manifestation of an edge as an active interface creating a smooth transition between the street (public) and private institution, creating networks and suggesting programmatic elements to enable collaboration and interaction. The project also considers institution as a building typology to establish inside-outside relationship as a means to create/identify spaces within the campuses.


Report Content

Parti diagrams for democratic space

First impression of site

Existing Site sections

Design iterations

Design Strategy

open spaces and experience

Design views

design plan

Design sections 1

Design sections 2