SABARMATI ASHRAMAHMEDABAD, INDIA

ARCHITECT – CHARLES CORREA

DESIGN CONCEPT:- THE MAIN CONCEPT IS THAT EACH BUILDING GROUP IN CAUSAL MEANDERING PATTERN, CREATING A PATHWAY ALONG WHICH THE VISITORS PROGRESSES TOWARDS THE CENTRALITY OF THE WATER COURT.

PLAN OF SABARMATI ASHRAM

:- THE SITE ON THE SABARMATI RIVER BANK. IT IS THE PART OF THE LARGER ASHRAM COMPLEX AND IS INTEGRATED INTO ITS GARDEN.

:- CORREA TOOK THE WORDS OF MAHATMA GANDHI, “I DON’T WANT MY HOUSE TO BE WALLED ON ALL SIDES AND MY WINDOWS TO BE STUFFED. I WANT THE CULTURES OF ALL THE LANDS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT MY HOUSES AS FREELY AS POSSIBLE BUT I REFUSED TO BE BLOWN OFF MY FEET BY ANY OF THEM.”

1. LETTERS2. OFFICE3. MEETINGS4. BOOKS5. PHOTOS AND PAINTINGS

:- FIVE INTERIOR ROOMS CONTAIN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM.:- THE ROOMS ARE ENCLOSED BY BRICK WALLS AND WOODEN LOUVERED SCREENS:- ALL FIVE ROOMS ARE PART OF 6MT SQUARE MODULE. CORREA’S SUBTLE CHANGES OF THE ENCLOSURE ALLOW FOR VARIETY IN THE MODULE’S LIGHTING, TEMPERATURE’ AND VISUAL PERMEABILITY. :- A SQUARE, UNCOVERED SHALLOW POOL IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE FIVE ROOMS.

CONSTRUCTION:- THE MATERIALS USED IN THE THE CONSTRUCTION ARE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE ASHRAM: TILED ROOF, BRICK WALLS, STONE FLOORS AND WOODEN DOORS.:- THE ONLY ADDITIONS ARE THE RCC CHENNELS WHICH ACT AS BEEMS AND AS RAINFALL CONDUITS AND WHICH PERMIT ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION TO BE ADDED IN FUTURE.:- NO GLASS WINDOWS ARE USED ANYWHERE IN THE BUILDING; LIGHT AND VENTILATION BEING PROVIDED BY OPERABLE WOODEN LOUVERS.

:- THE MUSEUM USES A SIMPLE BUT DELICATELY DETAILED POST AND BEAM STRUCTURE.:- LOAD BEARING BRICK COLUMNS SUPPORT CONCRETE CHANNELS, WHICH ARE BOTH SUPPORT THE WOODEN ROOF AND DIRECT RAINWATER.:- BOARDS ARE NAILED UNDERNEATH THE JOIST AND TILES ARE PLACED ATOP THE JOINTS.:- THE FOUNDATION IS CONCRETE AND IS RAISED ABOUT FOOT FROM THEGROUND.:- WOODEN DOORS, STONE FLOORS, BRICK COLUMNS AND CERAMIC TILE ROOFS ARE THE PALETTE OF THE BUILDING.

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