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P R O F E S S I O N A L   S K I L L S   T R A I N I N G   I N ST I T U T E ,  A K O L A ,   I N D I A .
A       V   I   S   I   O   N
B R I  E F :

A design response to Vishal Himalaya Foundation's desire to exhort the skilled people in India by facilitating the vocational training with latest technology and efficient infrastructure to serve better.

The work begins with visualisation of an 'image' for Professional Skills Training Institute which will be a unique approach at Akola; a growing urban centre in Maharashtra state, India.

T H O U G H  T   P R O C E S  S :

As an Architect and Urban Designer, we are thinking about the proposed educational campus that tackles the climatic extremities of the region, creates an institutional character, handles effective spatial organisation and tries to acheive its own architectural vocabulary with the use of local material in a modern design approach.

C O  N C E P T U A L I S A T I O N : 

The concept emerges with an idea to create a successful campus plan which not only will link all the activities such as academic clusters, administration and ancillary areas, but also segregates them according to their functional needs.

Various activities in the campus could be grouped together in the form of courtyard clusters which will be a conscious response to hot dry climate. These clusters will cast shadows on each other and also in the intermediate un-built areas which will ultimately reduce the radiation; while the courtyards will act as light and ventilation shafts.

To allow easy service and maintainance access, the noisy workshops are located on ground floor and the classroom areas are placed on quiet upper floor oriented towards North so as to receive diffused light throughout the day.

The surrounding thick plantation will give a soothing effect and will protect the campus from harsh sunrays and glare, especially from the Southwest. The internal green pockets will act as interaction spaces within the campus.

Our 'vision' is that, this campus will be an energy efficient and cost effective project with a bold aesthetical statement which leads to the quality project in Akola's Urban Environment.





 
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