Shah Preet Viral

AR2021

Terra

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, "Architecture is liquid music". This project is inspired by the song "terra" by the artist wood. Terra is a plaza containing a cafe, a design gallery, and an exhibit shop in the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. The calm and peaceful essence of the song is reflected in the project by the underground level, away from the chaos of the world. The heart of the project is the kinetic skylight present in the center of the plaza that controls the light and shadow experience of the underground design gallery.

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Movement diagrams and kit of parts of the kinetic wall's mechanism

1:1 scale kinetic wall

Model of the song 'terra' that holds the essence of element earth

Site model of National Institute of Design

Sketches for the development of plan

Ground level plan

Underground level plan

Section cut through the kinetic element

1:20 model to understand the mechanism of the kinetic element

Mechanism and movement diagram of the kinetic skylight