Soundarya S Madhav

AT4011

The Void | Char Rasta

The Void and Char Rasta serve as urban-scale interventions that engage meaningfully with their immediate context, aiming to reimagine and enhance the urban fabric through architecture. At the core of both projects is the principle of “giving the ground back to the city.” The existing landscape is carefully preserved and enriched by integrating highly porous structures, thoughtfully dispersed around trees to minimize disruption. A multi-level public realm emerges from this approach, encouraging diverse and layered social interactions across the site. The architecture is conceived with adaptability in mind—composed of modular, reconfigurable components that allow for future growth, transformation, and replication.


Report Content

Design Development of the Watson's into the Void

The structural system of the void

Program Derivation through site study leading the evolution of structural intent

Process of design and program development on site

Architectural Intent of the project - Decoding the ramps through plans

Architectural Intent of the project - Decoding the ramps through Sections & Instances

Details of the structural system that defines the building

Architectural detailing of the structural system defining the building form

Structural System governing the activities on the ramp - Modular stores, Movable walls

Design Development through modelling at various stages