Nirja Ketan Gajjar

IR3023

The site is Woxen University situated in Hyderabad, India. The program aims to establish a place of knowledge that fosters collaboration among local paper-making artisans, providing a platform to showcase their finest creations. Additionally, this space facilitates communication and knowledge-sharing through workshops, demonstrating various technologies that can be employed in the paper-making process. The statement of ornamentation is "Ornamentation can create NEW VOLUMES and generate an experience of a space." This is accomplished by employing the spatial concept of In-Between Planes, wherein the site is dissected to generate new volumes that determine the levels of privacy and transparency.