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    Architectural Photography and Journalism

    ARC4013 – B1
    Digital Assignment 1

    Urban Contemporary Adit


    15BAR0002 Kavvya S
    15BAR0013 Jagadeesh
    15BAR0018 David Dennis

    Would you like to feel small because of a man made structure? Not all buildings can elicit that kind
    of feeling from you. But that’s exactly what the new building of VIT would do. Mahatma Gandhi
    Block(MGB) on the far end of the University’s campus houses three major departments -
    Architecture School, Business school and Design school. When you stand in front of the building
    designed by Architect Sanjay Mohe and gaze upwards, the only 3 storey high structure would seem
    like it would engulf you with its wide span. You would find a conglomeration of different modules of
    concrete and porous frames interplaying with one another in the façade.
    The architect has played with porotherm
    bricks on the facade mixed with greys and
    whites being either painted or exposed
    concrete itself. It’s a play with texture, visually
    and physically. The more you walk towards the
    building the more you pay heed to the number
    of protrusions and cavities within the façade.
    You would realise that the interiors would
    definitely be naturally ventilated, given its
    porous nature, allowing ample amount of
    fresh air inside.

    The entry of MGB would seem like a


    rectangular outline made out of raw concrete
    and act as a frame to the front. Half the frame
    is a path leading immediately to the core of
    the building and the other half that leads
    upstairs to the corridors on its periphery. One
    would immediately feel the difference in
    temperature from the outside the further you
    walk in. It’s a well shaded and airy cavity in the
    centre of the structure. The shorter sides of
    the entire building are left open forming a
    tunnel from which light and air from the
    exterior enters.

    What makes it not a tunnel would be the various bridges


    that interconnect the various parts of the floors and sides
    of the interiors. It would kindle your curiosity wondering
    which bridge leads who to where and how you would
    even find the stairs that lead to that bridge. As you try
    and find those stairs, you would stumble upon other
    dimensions inside its depths and start pondering where
    those paths lead instead. If you are in a hurry to find your
    classroom at 8am in the morning you would not
    appreciate the complexity and the thought put in to
    design this building of interest. But if you are curious, and
    if you like your mind to be tricked and surprised, there is
    fun written all over MGB.

    Even the fenestrations are not just windows with 90cm


    sill height. They vary in heights, even shapes like squares,
    rectangles and circles and also if they are open or clad in
    glass. Visually, you are able to perceive every space in the
    building if stood in the right angle and position as there
    are no closed walls that define a space. Most of the doors are clad in glass from top to bottom and
    are slide if auditory privacy is needed. This means that you could literally peak out of your classroom
    to look inside another classroom’s lecture!

    Though there might be argument of privacy, spaces that do need to stay secluded are tucked into a
    corner such as the staffrooms, whether through access or visual aspects. They are not out in a place
    that can readily be seen by the public. Doors and
    windows are definitely not the only means of
    creating or marking a closed boundary. The very act
    of venturing through the building searching for your
    actual destination becomes a distraction to actually
    invading privacy.

    In conclusion, the complexity of MGB may be


    questioned as whether it is practical being an
    institution building or not, but as a structure that
    breaks all monotony, proves functional and
    conserves energy, it is definitely an ingenious
    creation.

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