Preet Bhalodia

AR3057

Echoes of Impermanence: A Temporal Weave

The design uses nature as both inspiration and co-creator, exploring the idea of architecture that thrives, decays, and eventually returns to the earth, leaving no lasting imprint. This philosophy challenges conventional permanence, creating a built form that is as dynamic and transient as the environment it inhabits. Here, the programmatic spaces are not fixed, but some of the probable spaces are cafes, meditation zones, observation decks, an eco-library, and art installations, each designed to evolve and dissolve over time. Together, the site, program, and architecture craft an immersive, sensory experience - encouraging visitors to connect with nature, contemplate its impermanence, and participate in a harmonious dialogue between human intervention and ecological balance. Ultimately, this project becomes a living testament to the philosophy of taking from nature and giving back—a cycle of creation, experience, and return. It invites visitors not only to witness but to participate in the organic, ever-changing dialogue between architecture and the environment.

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Understanding the natural phenomenon

Physical Experiment of Different Samples

Exploration of Digital Simulations for Studying the Growth and Behavioural Patterns

Another Set of 2D and 3D Simulation Explorations to understand more about the behavioural patterns and its growth

Behavioural Material: Exploring Mycelium as a Composite Building Material alongside making Physical and Digital Prototypes

Controlling the 3D growth in different volumes and exploration with primitives

Process Stages for Individual Design: Exploring different ways to generate the growth pattern in a 3D volume with various parameters

Introduction to the Site and few more iterations to further enhance the understanding of the simulation engine

Final Design Renders

Final Renders, a Cross-Section, and the physical prototype model

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