Joshi Ruju Hiren

UR2009

The project begins with identifying the urban through experience design and the users (students, professors, residents of the surrounding areas) at the centre of a design concept. The premise of the project lies in creating an interactive edge within an education district/neighbourhood through design intervention. The project creates an active interface between the public and private, driven through the experience of the urban space as walkable, networked and a space of chance encounters. The strategy and elements re-imagine the spatial manifestation of an edge as an active interface creating a smooth transition between the street (public) and private institution, creating networks and suggesting programmatic elements to enable collaboration and interaction. The project also considers institution as a building typology to establish inside-outside relationship as a means to create/identify spaces within the campuses.