Precarious Waters, 2023
241 pages, 200x270mm
2 years ago, I completed my M.Phil dissertation at @aaschool@projectivecities — an investigation into subaltern identities, water and space. It received a distinction and a commendation from @thesahgb
This body of work was a culmination of thoughts and explorations beyond the official year of thesis writing, and the process still continues in new forms.
I’m excited to finally share excerpts from this book and other research obsessions I continue to develop. Stay tuned. 💧🪼📨
Cover Image: NASA [Chilika and Nalabana Bird Sanctuary. March 19, 2014]
11 Traditional Fishing Villages in Lake Chilika’s Coastal Mudflats
This is the first time these 11 villages have been documented and presented in this collective manner; thanks to primary evidence documented through oral histories and the ORSAC 4K Geospatial Portal
@hudd_odisha
Extracted from “Precarious Waters: Spatializing Agency among Fisherwomen of Lake Chilika” — an mPhil dissertation completed in 2023, @aaschool@projectivecities
Link in bio for more info.
#architechture #socialrelations #rurality #architectureresearch #waterinfrastructure #archidaily #precariouswaters #architecturaldrawing #indianarchitecture #mapping #odisha #odisharuraldevelopment #fishingcommunity #odishafisheries
Note from 18 May 2022 —
A psychological fissure in humans relating to water + it’s infrastructure
My notebooks are full of these 1-page bursts of thoughts, not always in an academically coherent fashion + full of typos. Looking back, it’s interesting to see certain ideas forming.
#architecturetheory #waterpolitics #journal #architecturewriting #precariouswaters
Axo Assembly of a Wash Pavilion for Lake Chilika’s Fisherwomen 🧼 🧺 🛁 💦 + Logic Diagrams on Water[s].
Can unpacking the types of waters and their relational flow help us reconsider their spatiality?
Extracts from “Precarious Waters: Spatializing Agency Among Fisherwomen of Lake Chilika”. MPhil. Dissertation completed in 2023 at @projectivecities@aaschool
Link in bio for more info.
#architecture #philosophy #research #water-infrastructure #subalternstudies #anthropology #southasianwomen #feministtheory #ecology #waterpolitics #fisherwoman #axo #archdesign
Future Temporal Water Rituals//Khatisahi Village, Odisha💧🗺️
270x400mm drawing extracted from “Precarious Waters: Spatializing Agency Among Fisherwomen of Lake Chilika”. Dissertation completed in 2023 at @projectivecities@aaschool
A case for building with local knowledge and rituals - inspired by patterns and behaviors of the existing inhabitants of Lake Chilika.
Link in bio for more info.
#architechture #socialrelations #rurality #architectureresearch #waterinfrastructure #archidaily #precariouswaters #architecturaldrawing #indianarchitecture
💧💧💧WATER PROTOTYPE 003 - WATER PLAZA 💧💧💧
[Collage-Render-Photo-Sketch Hybrid]
What if architects embrace precarity through their architectonics? By intentionally resisting male-centric construction methods and materials of rigidity, stability and permanence && rejecting Western typological evolution of Modern Water — the home grown decentralized water creates across the village are born from situated knowledge of fisherwomen.
Border artwork inspired by Folk Art from Odisha, India.
#PRECARIOUSWATERS - 2023 MPHIL DISSERTATION @aaschool@projectivecities
#architecture #digitalcollage philosophy #research #water-infrastructure #subalternstudies #anthropology #southasianwomen #feministtheory #ecology #waterpolitics #fisherwoman
💧💧💧WATER PROTOTYPE 002 - PERIPHERAL WASHCLOSET 💧💧💧
[Collage-Render-Photo-Sketch Hybrid]
What if architects embrace precarity through their architectonics? By intentionally resisting male-centric construction methods and materials of rigidity, stability and permanence && rejecting Western typological evolution of Modern Water — the home grown decentralized water creates across the village are born from situated knowledge of fisherwomen.
Border artwork inspired by Folk Art from Odisha, India.
#PRECARIOUSWATERS - 2023 MPHIL DISSERTATION @aaschool@projectivecities
#architecture #digitalcollage philosophy #research #water-infrastructure #subalternstudies #anthropology #southasianwomen #feministtheory #ecology #waterpolitics #fisherwoman
💧💧💧WATER PROTOTYPE 001 - WASH PAVILION 💧💧💧
[Collage-Render-Photo-Sketch Hybrid]
What if architects embrace precarity through their architectonics? By intentionally resisting male-centric construction methods and materials of rigidity, stability and permanence && rejecting Western typological evolution of Modern Water — the home grown decentralized water creates across the village are born from situated knowledge of fisherwomen.
Border artwork inspired by Folk Art from Odisha, India.
#PRECARIOUSWATERS - 2023 MPHIL DISSERTATION @aaschool@projectivecities
#architecture #philosophy #research #water-infrastructure #subalternstudies #anthropology #southasianwomen #feministtheory #ecology #waterpolitics #fisherwoman
Study drawings for a pavilion in Jardins de Métis
The arches, instead of creating singular openings, become the courtyard enclosure; they perform not as portals themselves, but collectively frame the ecological universe within. The standardised arches of the courtyard begin to deform in proximity to the punctuated vegetation nested in-between, transforming the rigidity of spatial archetypes towards an interdependent dialectic of ecologies. Visitors are encouraged to meander over a bed of mulch, navigating through the different types of plants, personalising their path and way of experiencing the garden. Following the punctuated and individualised journey, three seats are placed at distinct corners, allowing for observation and contemplation.
#pavilion #architecture #ecology #courtyards
Plan for a pavilion in Jardins de Métis
Courtyard gardens represent the possibility of ecology as an enclosed, yet complex, universe of living matter. Often understood as discrete from natural landscapes, like forests, the pavilion presents the courtyard as an extension of the Jardins de Métis, blurring the wild and manicured. It proposes that the space a courtyard commonly delimits can become part of naturally occurring landscapes - enabling a boundless possibility of ecology.
#pavilion #architecture #ecology #courtyards
🌱🍃🌼 Proposal for a pavilion in Jardins de Métis
The built environment has historically established a binary between nature and culture, through the division between inorganic and organic matter. The pavilion aims to disintegrate or erode these hard lines between built architecture and nature, by reading ecology through the archetypes of the courtyard and its fundamental element; the arch. The arch performs as a translucent portal, holding a garden together while mediating it with its surrounding natural environment.
#pavilion #architecture #ecology #courtyards
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