Typology: Residential, Futuristic, Indigenous systems
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka India
Key Focuses: Narrative, Indigenous Practices
January - May 2023
Worked on with Instructor & Coordinator Jackie McFarland
In this studio, we looked at indigenous cultures and how to reimagine life without looking through a Western / Eurocentric lens. As a studio, each of us developed a multigenerational family that would be living in the home that we design. This family would be imagined as existing at a time period far in the future to the point where technology has collapsed. For my project, I looked at Bangalore as my site and studied the Indus River Valley people and the passive systems that they used in their homes to mitigate the heat and accentuate the natural state of their environments. The family that I created lived in Cubbon Park where they practice various forms of craft through carving.
Their home is organized to give many covered open spaces that allow cross and stack ventilation while the facaade primarily consists of Jaali screens to catch the cool lake breeze. Each of them has a bedroom and can easily access one of the many open courtyards on the grounds. This studio was primarily a study of the narrative that could be created with these characters and the parts of their lives that shape their home. In the case of my family, their carving practice means needing access to trees and stone, as well as needing a large workshop and space for storage. Analyzing the interconnectedness of spaces specifically in relation to family, we were brought to question what defines familial bonds and community as well as what shapes this in our built environment.
Thank you!
