Kush Hitesh Jariwala

AR2004

Enlivening the Unbuilt Vision of Smithsons

The Coventry Cathedral proposal, created by Alison and Peter Smithson for a competition in 1950, is reimagined in this project in Ahmedabad. The design has an anti-clastic curved roof that appears to float in the air with little contact to the ground. It also has vertical skin, which lets sunlight in and gives the room a feeling of openness and lightness. The modernist cathedral design, which lost the competition because it was too contemporary for a house of worship, is now blending into Ahmedabad’s urban landscape by taking inspiration from Smithson philosophy.

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Matter of Material (1:1 scale Steel Joineries)

Reading the Architectonics (Documentation)

Architect, Project and Site Study

Process models and Final Rendered Model

Site Plan (1:200) and All Level Plans (1:100)

Site Section (1:200), Section AA and BB, East and South Elevations (1:100)

Wall sections (1:20) and Details (1:5)

Wall Sectional Axonometric (1:20)

Sectional Perspective (1:50), Model (1:100) and Rendered Views