In the year 2016 Studio Wood was entitled with a unique brief to design a light weight temporary structure atop a roughly 1200sq.ft apartment. The construction needed to be limited to a certain weight and was constrained by a tight timeline. After a few days of brainstorming the team proposed using metal girders and trusses to form the exoskeleton and mild steel panels refurbished from used shipping containers wrapped around the envelope. 

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Architects: Studio Wood

Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Architects In Charge: Sahej Bhatia, Navya Aggarwal, Vrinda Mathur

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Rohan Dayal

Other Participants: ASAP Prefab Consultants, Hydrobaths for concrete skim coat
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From the architect. In the year 2016 Studio Wood was entitled with a unique brief to design a light weight temporary structure atop a roughly 1200sq.ft apartment. The construction needed to be limited to a certain weight and was constrained by a tight timeline. After a few days of brainstorming the team proposed using metal girders and trusses to form the exoskeleton and mild steel panels refurbished from used shipping containers wrapped around the envelope. 

© Rohan Dayal

To begin with a grid of 150mmx150mm vertical and horizontal I beams were laid on the existing terrace floor to raise the floor height. ...