Tanha Dwarkesh Patel

HR4000

Topography to Tactility

The essay Topography to Tactility discusses understanding the EPCO offices and Bharat Bhavan through the lens of Kenneth Frampton. This research explores how Sankalia's architectural and  Charles Correa's landscape strategies define spatial transitions using drawing, site documentation, and photography. Working with the six theory points of critical regionalism, it uncovers how contextual adaptation and ecological sensitivity manifest through site-responsive planning, courtyard integration, and layered circulation. The EPCO offices and Bharat Bhavan show us a different path that balances modern needs and traditional ideologies.

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Introduction to the EPCO office

Form and Structure of the EPCO offices

Kenneth Frampton’s Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points of an Architectural Resistance

Responding to Topography: Building with the Land

Climate and Courtyards: Passive Design as Regional Expression

Light: Illuminating through Shadow

Tectonic Form: Expressing Structure

Tactility and Visual: Sensory Experience

Sectional perspective of EPCO offices