Distinctly identifiable by its stepped terraces and red striated facade, the Crescent School of Architecture occupies a relatively small lot of the 60-acre university campus, in Vandalur, Chennai. The project brief envisioned studio spaces along with lecture halls and administration areas ? which we chose to augment with necessary ?de-programmed? spaces for collective working and gathering. This allowed for the exploration of redefining not only the nature of spaces found in an architecture school but also offering us the possibility to inform the future pedagogic program that it could accommodate. Typically, a school would house endless corridors with rooms on either side. Spaces offering opportunity for discussions and chance encounter is severely limited, which in turn confines its users to following a dreary routine.
© Fazal Hussain, Lakshiminaraayanan, Smrithi M Kulkarni

architects: architectureREDLocation: Vandalur, Tamil Nadu 600048, IndiaArea: 125000.0 ft2Project Year: 2019Photographs: Fazal Hussain, Lakshiminaraayanan, Smrithi M Kulkarni
Read more »

...