DESIGN TODAY Feb 2011
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WRAP-6 is a project that aims to reclaim redundant urban spaces in Phoenix by inserting lattice-wrapped pavilions that function as public gathering spaces. The pavilions are designed to revitalize underused areas and stitch together the urban fabric. The lattice framework filters light and creates dynamic patterns while the flexible interior spaces can be configured for different programs. A research project for Mumbai's skyline proposes open-ended, twisting concrete structures with gardens that would act as catalysts for positive change without drastic alterations to the social landscape. Both projects explore inserting new designs into existing urban contexts to trigger regeneration in a replicable way.
DESIGN TODAY Feb 2011
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- 2. design focus free forms [ [ WRAP-6 is an attempt to reclaim redundant ‘urban premises’, with architectural coordinates which would C ollaborative arChiteCture takes a simple idea out of a Complex Context and turns it into a trigger public use and community interaction route for a new beginning. Their ideas for urban landscapes are insertions that become modes of change, replicable in a density-rich world, as also the bedrock of studio research for newer solutions Urban Pavilion, Phoenix spaces into the urban fabric. This project is developed as a part of the competition entry The wraps that populate the urban void could be titled ‘Gimme Shelter’ sponsored by the Arizona state. The configured in a variety of ways depending on the programme competition called for interventions in Phoenix to revitalise and locale. It could be a linear urban corridor, connecting the urban space. two points; a series of nodes located along the streets; or a WRAP-6, as the project is called, is an attempt to cluster creating a larger hub. reclaim redundant ‘urban premises’, with certain Material choices for construction could vary from architectural coordinates, which would trigger public use recycled wood, wooden derivatives, reinforced plastic, or and community interaction, ultimately transforming it into a even fully out of ferrous derivatives. But the proposal vibrant interface or meeting place. suggests recycled exterior grade wood and structural steel The interventions could act like an anchor in an connectors and mild steel pipe supports. existing urban locale to re-orient or even recast the existing The lattice framework of the construct filters the harsh fabric, which could trigger sporadic yet highly positive inputs sunlight during the day and creates an ever-changing into the urban setting and stitch the left-over, redundant dynamic pattern of its own. 00 designtoday February 2011
- 3. design focus Urban Skyline, reSearch ProjecT The firm anchored their research on Mumbai. As a competition entry, the brief was to transform the existing skyline of the city. The design team purposefully kept away from the utopian concept, believing that the built environment can enhance the skyline, not necessarily change the social fabric. Their design is an insert that would act as a catalyst to reinvent the landscape. The idea could be an economically sensible way to germinate and infuse changes in the city which could easily be replicated without resulting in a monotonous and ‘top down’ urban sight. The attempt thus was to trigger a better design than the hermetic glass and repetition box buildings that ubiquitously dot the city’s skyline. The design lies open-ended, with twists and turns in its form, to allow for rain, sun, air and light to filter through the spaces. The concrete building would be porous in its character, tropical-friendly, providing room for vegetable gardens. Photographs courtesy: collaboraTive archiTecTUre