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Bar raising in #Khammam!

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DesignAware had the opportunity to present our work and ideas, as well as the model of WeaveX 4.0: HyPArray to Municipal Commissioner Abhishek Augustya, IAS of the Khammam Municipal Corporation, alongside Asst Engr Shaik Yakub Vali. Looking forward to seeing this prototypical vernacular bus shelter come up in Khammam this summer! Special thanks to @layerlabz_3d and @hason_machine_2_precision for their timely support in creating this model.

WeaveX 4.0: HyPArray // Summers in #Telangana are harsh: hot and dry with intense heat waves (only redeemed by unexpected occasional showers and the world’s best mangoes!) These bus shelters have been designed as a respite from the scorching sun while people go about their day and wait for public transport or rest. With fast-moving projects, AI tools can help laypersons quickly visualize what’s in the designer’s mind. While these images may not be fully resolved and technically correct, they go beyond the form and structure, and allow viewers to imagine, feel, and experience the space before it’s even designed. The vernacular bus shelters are shaded with natural material and local flowering vines, incorporating a misting cooling system. Reimagined elements from Kakatiyan architecture bring a distinct contextual character. GenAI tool used: NanoBanana.

The Digital Vernacular is back with WeaveX 4.0: HyPArray! Coming soon to a town near you, #Telangana! The use of GenAI tools does not necessarily mean a disconnect from reality or tangible, material, experiential space. In this project for a prototypical vernacular bus shelter design for cities across Telangana, our process integrated computational design and physical formfinding: creating a dialog between the gestural and the vernacular, the speculative and the contextual. Design doesn’t have to be all digital or all analog: many kinds of tools, methods and approaches can come together to make the designer’s vision a reality. Special thanks to @layerlabz_3d and @hason_machine_2_precision for their timely support in creating this model.

White ribbons of folded steel over the origami-inspired façade and wrap around the side of the house, casting fractured shadows and letting in strips of light that snake over the walls and floor, shifting with the seasons and time of day. The screen allows residents to view the lane while restricting visual access to the interior. On the upper levels, balconies from the front bedroom overlook the internal front garden and the lane. Hydraulic-operated shutters on each levels give residents the option to open up the balconies to the lane or keep them closed, creating a dynamic façade. The house is slightly set back from its neighbors, keeping within the legal boundaries of its site: as neighboring houses created overhangs projecting onto the lane, Ribbon House has access to private gardens within its footprint, and the greenery is visible from every space in the house. DesignAware practice repetition of motifs in a prototypical manner throughout the project. At every level, the front bedroom headboards have been customized to reflect the 2D drawing of the folds of the façade at that level. Photography by @turtlearts_photography .

White ribbons of folded steel over the origami-inspired façade and wrap around the side of the house, casting fractured shadows and letting in strips of light that snake over the walls and floor, shifting with the seasons and time of day. The screen allows residents to view the lane while restricting visual access to the interior. On the upper levels, balconies from the front bedroom overlook the internal front garden and the lane. Hydraulic-operated shutters on each levels give residents the option to open up the balconies to the lane or keep them closed, creating a dynamic façade. The house is slightly set back from its neighbors, keeping within the legal boundaries of its site: as neighboring houses created overhangs projecting onto the lane, Ribbon House has access to private gardens within its footprint, and the greenery is visible from every space in the house. DesignAware practice repetition of motifs in a prototypical manner throughout the project. At every level, the front bedroom headboards have been customized to reflect the 2D drawing of the folds of the façade at that level. Photography by @turtlearts_photography

White ribbons of folded steel over the origami-inspired façade and wrap around the side of the house, casting fractured shadows and letting in strips of light that snake over the walls and floor, shifting with the seasons and time of day. The screen allows residents to view the lane while restricting visual access to the interior. On the upper levels, balconies from the front bedroom overlook the internal front garden and the lane. Hydraulic-operated shutters on each levels give residents the option to open up the balconies to the lane or keep them closed, creating a dynamic façade. The house is slightly set back from its neighbors, keeping within the legal boundaries of its site: as neighboring houses created overhangs projecting onto the lane, Ribbon House has access to private gardens within its footprint, and the greenery is visible from every space in the house. DesignAware practice repetition of motifs in a prototypical manner throughout the project. At every level, the front bedroom headboards have been customized to reflect the 2D drawing of the folds of the façade at that level. Photography by @turtlearts_photography .

Ribbonesque // The façade of #RibbonHouse has been designed through various iterations of paper folding and cutting, creating an interrupted and intersecting folded/broken surface. The steel bands explore folding as a means of fabrication. The screen allows residents to view the lane while restricting visual access to the interior. On the upper levels, balconies from the front bedroom overlook the internal front garden and the lane. Hydraulic-operated shutters on each levels give residents the option to open up the balconies to the lane of keep them closed, creating a dynamic façade. The house is slightly set back from its neighbors, keeping within the legal boundaries of its site: as neighboring houses created overhangs projecting onto the lane, Ribbon House has access to private gardens within its footprint, and the greenery is visible from every space in the house. Ribbon House stands in stark contrast in the dense residential neighborhood and is recognized as “patton wala ghar” (house with ribbons) by visitors. Photography by @turtlearts_photography .

Folding as Fabrication // “I don’t believe in specialization. Rather than narrowing my focus, the act of broadening my horizons has been an active source of inspiration in my work.” ~@takbirfatima Unpacking ways of making that we’ve applied in our projects at (some finished, some yet to be revisited, some stalled or abandoned). Beyond method or means, physical study models can become art pieces in their own right. We see these pieces as frozen moments in the design process, captured en route to becoming architecture.

Ribbonesque // The façade of #RibbonHouse has been designed through various iterations of paper folding and cutting, creating an interrupted and intersecting folded/broken surface. The steel bands explore folding as a means of fabrication. The screen allows residents to view the lane while restricting visual access to the interior. On the upper levels, balconies from the front bedroom overlook the internal front garden and the lane. Hydraulic-operated shutters on each levels give residents the option to open up the balconies to the lane of keep them closed, creating a dynamic façade. The house is slightly set back from its neighbors, keeping within the legal boundaries of its site: as neighboring houses created overhangs projecting onto the lane, Ribbon House has access to private gardens within its footprint, and the greenery is visible from every space in the house. Ribbon House stands in stark contrast in the dense residential neighborhood and is recognized as “patton wala ghar” (house with ribbons) by visitors. Photography by @turtlearts_photography .

Ribbonesque // The façade of #RibbonHouse has been designed through various iterations of paper folding and cutting, creating an interrupted and intersecting folded/broken surface. The steel bands explore folding as a means of fabrication. The screen allows residents to view the lane while restricting visual access to the interior. On the upper levels, balconies from the front bedroom overlook the internal front garden and the lane. Hydraulic-operated shutters on each levels give residents the option to open up the balconies to the lane of keep them closed, creating a dynamic façade. The house is slightly set back from its neighbors, keeping within the legal boundaries of its site: as neighboring houses created overhangs projecting onto the lane, Ribbon House has access to private gardens within its footprint, and the greenery is visible from every space in the house. Ribbon House stands in stark contrast in the dense residential neighborhood and is recognized as “patton wala ghar” (house with ribbons) by visitors.