Diya Shah

AR2048

NEERVAANA

Sea levels are rising and people are scrambling to find new shelter. NEERVAANA is a project of a dwelling designed by a group of traders from a fishing village in Mandvi, Gujarat. During their search of a new home on their fishing boats, they came across a ruined fort. An almost submerged colonnade seemed to serve as the perfect foundation to build a deck on. Docking spaces were made in between to incorporate their boats and a dwelling was made. These traders spend several days on their boats, travelling to higher altitude areas in India for trade and in search of resources. The most unique aspect of their design is the dynamic nature of their home, which switch between living in the boat in isolation and on the decks with the boats docked. 

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Initial exercises to explore creativity and imagination of spaces

Studying different aspects of Sarkhej Roza and looking into details

Using the help of Artificial Intelligence to imagine the initial scenario followed by creating a situation and users for the project.

Finalizing the narrative and imagining it on the Sarkhej Roza campus

Concept sketches of parasitic interventions in Sarkhej Roza with context to narrative

Diagrams to understand the form and strategy of design

Modifications were made to the fishing boats that the traders had travelled in to adapt to new circumstances of travelling and making long trips to higher altitude areas of India. Spaces for the to sleep and eat, among other necessities were incorporated, while trying to maintain a streamlined shape. Space was also increased to incorporate as much storage as possible to store their crates for trade

Section AA' - understanding the activities taking place on the deck, the relationship between the boats and the decks Section BB'- understanding the relationship between the intervention and the spaces (port and Jaliyagarh campus) around it.

Plan render showing activity on deck intervention