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Architects: 42mm Architecture
- Area: 4500 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Suved Encon, DCCE, Mistubishi Electric
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Pool House / 42mm Architecture
How Morphogenesis Plans to Revitalize Delhi by Rejuvenating its Polluted Waterways
The city of Delhi has a transportation problem. The streets are crowded and dangerous, and with 1,100 new vehicles being added to the roads each day the city is suffering from the consequences. Last year, New Delhi was rated the most polluted city in the world by the World Health Organization, with nearly 3 times the particulate matter of Beijing. Noise levels throughout the city consistently exceed regulations set by the Indian Central Pollution Control Board, and heavy traffic means increased travel times and perilous pedestrian conditions. Even walking the last mile from a bus stop to a destination has become a game of chance.
At the same time, the river upon which the city was founded, the Yamuna (a main tributary of the Ganges), has been polluted to the point where it has become little more than a glorified sewer drain. Illegal settlements without sewage systems pollute the river directly, and even within the regulated systems, 17 sewage drains empty directly into the Yamuna. For a city already struggling with water shortages, polluting a main water source is akin to throwing salt into a wound. However, a proposal by Dehli-based Morphogenesis Architects attempts to tackle all of these issues through the revitalization of the river and its canals, known as nullahs.
Dilli Haat / Archohm
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Architects: Archohm
- Area: 16000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Swadeshi Civil Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
House B123 / M:OFA Studios
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Architects: M:OFA Studios
- Area: 8353 ft²
- Year: 2014
WEISS/MANFREDI to Re-envision India's US Embassy
The United States Department of State has commissioned WEISS/MANFREDI to re-envision the Edward Durell Stone-designed embassy compound in New Delhi, India. Fifty years after its opening, the masterplan hopes to "restore the early modernist Chancery Building and recast the Embassy Compound as a multi-functional 28-acre campus setting." The masterplan's first phase will see the addition of a new office annex and restore the complex's landscape.
Three Trees House / DADA & Partners
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Architects: DADA & Partners
- Area: 17000 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: P Arora & Associates Pvt Ltd, IDUS Furniture Store, DADA & Partners, Design Process
Sachdeva Farmhouse / Spaces Architects@ka
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Architects: Spaces Architects@ka
- Area: 20000 ft²
Architect’s Office / Spaces Architects@ka
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Architects: Spaces Architects@ka
- Area: 150 m²
- Year: 2013
Group DCA Office / DCA Architects
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Architects: DCA Architects
- Area: 413 m²
- Year: 2012
The Digit / Anagram Architects
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Architects: Anagram Architects
- Area: 1400 m²
- Year: 2014
Vana: A Nature-Inspired Structure that Grows Like a Tree
Orproject, a London-based architecture practice, completed a room-sized, nature-inspired canopy titled, 'Vana,' for the India Design Forum exhibited in The Brick House in New Delhi.
Read what the architects' had to say after the break...
Saxena Apartments / Vir.Mueller Architects
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Architects: Vir.Mueller Architects
Vasant Vihar Residence / Vir.Mueller architects
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Architects: Vir.Mueller Architects
- Area: 4100 m²
- Year: 2010
The Overhang House / DADA & Partners
F3 Farmhouse / DADA & Partners
HOf - Horizontal Farm International Ideas Competition Entry / ETT Architecture
As the winner of ‘Environmental Quality Mention’, the proposed scheme for the HOf – Horizontal Farm International Ideas Competition is conceived of an intricate weave of the ‘farm’ and the ‘dwelling’. Drawing from the traditional Indian courtyard typology, the project, designed by ETT Architecture, enables community living (and farming) through a modular, scalable model that offers residents the benefits of low purchase cost, flexibility to expand as per means, and the potential of skill development and employment through self-build. More images and architects’ description after the break.
'Chandigarh: Portrait of a City' Exhibition
In continuation of their exhibition program on architectural photography taking place in New Delhi, Photoink is currently presenting Chandigarh: Portrait of a City by French photographer, Manuel Bougot until October 27th. Bougot’s interest in Le Corbusier’s architecture began in the 1980s when he worked on Caroline Maniaque’s thesis in architecture–on the Jaoul Houses built in 1954 in Neuilly, France. Since 2006, Bougot renewed his interest in Le Corbusier, attending talks on Chandigarh and photographed the only building the architect ever built for himself – a cabanon (a summer cabin) in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Photographing Chandigarh was therefore necessary to further any understanding of Le Corbusier, the urban designer and his philosophy about architecture and modernism. More images and information on the exhibition after the break.