Aanal Patel

IR2042

'GAAMTHI' Textiles

A textile designer came up with the concept for the facility with the intention of bringing Ahmedabad's historic textile industry back to life. and creating a recreational space where block printing as an activity will happen. The prints from Indian villages, known as "gaam" locally, are known as "Gaamthi" prints; its distinguishing qualities include vibrant colors, contrasting tones, and various designs. Block printing describes the process of manually using wooden blocks to decorate fabrics. Gujarat is a widely printable region where generations of printers and dyers have used the Sabarmati River to wash fabrics and its banks have served as a location for sun-bleaching and drying cloth. The method of printing involves painting certain sections of fabric with color. For every color, however, a design is drawn and then transferred to the ready-made wooden blocks. Separate blocks are created for each of the design's various hues, and the colors are applied in a clearly defined manner. 

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These graphics were created for the Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition Center (VSSEC) site study in order to better understand the spatial characteristics of a recreational space.

The diagrams here are to understand the concept of revel and conceal in planar and linear forms.

This are the sequential diagrams to understand the process behind making of this recreational space space.

This is the plan of mezzanine floor as the entrance is from mezzanine level.

the circulation of the space follows from mezzanine level to ground level to workshop and material library.

Sections cutting from the space to mainly show the core activities exhibition space, workspace, material library.

renders to experience the liveliness of the space.

renders to show the materiality of the space.

Exploded Isometric to highlight the enclosures at different levels.

The Activities seen in the sectional perspective.