Omya Sharma

AR3030

The covid19 pandemic had significant psychological and social effects on all. The prolonged isolation from our daily routine, the restrictions from meeting other people and of our connect with the nature, heightened the stress experienced. The gradual lifting of restrictions had us slowly re-connecting and re-building our connection with the outside world. These sequential events of the pandemic and the observation of the gradual transition remain etched in my memory and is attempted to express through the proposed intervention. 
The sudden lockdown and corresponding restrictions, forced everyone into confinement and isolation. Unable to go out, meet with people or even connect with the outdoor nature, cast a dull and gloomy atmosphere everywhere. 
Viewing the green from the confines of the house, though refreshing, made me even more nostalgic for the nature outside and amplified my craving to be amidst the nature. Gradually, as the pandemic started getting better and restrictions started to ease, I started connecting with the outside once again. 
The experiences were reimagined and translated to abstract diagrams, which were further translated to form the concept and evolve the built form for the proposed intervention on the site. 
Deriving from the experience of the lockdown during the pandemic and the restrictions placed then, the concept of changing degrees of transparency and degrees of enclosure is used. The slow lifting of restrictions is denoted by the disintegrating structure, as we journey from a space of less transparency to a space of more transparency. The simultaneous takeover of the green reinforces my connect with the nature, as the lockdown lifts.