Vagmi Shah

AR2013

Making Living Places

The village of Nikol is located at the outskirts of Ahmedabad. It has grown around an octagonal shaped lake. The project aims at creating life enhancing places through the making of new centers - a public court, hall, canteen and garden.


Report Content

Studying Christopher Alexander's 15 Properties of Wholeness

Identification of Life Enhancing Places

1000 Scale Plan, Poetic Vision and Sensory Phrases for the Site

Evolution of Plan at Site Level and Developing Poetic Visions

Evolution of Plan at 500 Scale

Site Plan and Sections at 250 Scale

Evolution of Hall

Hall at 100 Scale

Evolution of Canteen

Canteen at 100 Scale