Abin Design Studio

Bandhan Residential School of Business

Bandhan Residential School of Business

Abin Design Studio

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

PROGRAM / USE / BUILDING FUNCTION
Educational

HORTICULTURIST
Supermode

FURNITURE DESIGNER
Abin Design Studio

GLAZING CONSULTANT
Glastal

DESIGN TEAM
Abin Chaudhuri, Jui Mallik, Tilak Ajmera, Arpita Banerjee, Angshujit Mazumdar, Sancheeyta Das, Sonia Guha, Poorvi Duggar Ajmera, Samya Ghatak

STRUCTURAL CONSULTAN
Poseidon Engineering Services

PHOTOGRAPHS
Niveditaa Gupta

AREA
10000 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Kankalitala, India

CATEGORY
Higher Education, Dorms

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

Text description provided by architect.

Micro initiatives are turned into enduring assets by an unconventional take on traditional practices in the Bandhan School of Business.

Weaving a romance of the connection between the site and the architect, it represents that between the sky and the water, there is “material”, which is Earth, and the architecture borrows from the contextual landscape of this earth to showcase the context it sits in, rather than standing out from it – it rather creates a frame to emphasize the natural views.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

The form is conceived as masses and voids carved out of the mounds.

The campus design is motivated by Tagore’s Bishwa Bharati University, with individual blocks interspersed among existing trees, instead of a continuous structure.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

This emulates a meandering walk through the forest but also ensures natural cross-ventilation.

Shaded by trees and the South-West facades being opaque, reduce the heat gain and eliminate the need for mechanical air conditioning.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

Varying heights of green roofs shape the campus by creating assorted levels and hierarchies in its physical form.

The structure showcases local burnt-brick construction with façade patterns integrated into the brickwork itself.

Vast faces created with clean lines and sleek forms provide a canvas to showcase a myriad of rustic textures and locally crafted techniques of treating building facades with “handmade” finishes.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

We believe that Architecture becomes meaningful when it expands its sphere of influence beyond its physical entity and transforms not only the surroundings but also the lives of its users, becoming an emblem of generosity.

We want to encourage dialogues with local authorities to actively contribute to the shaping of the community’s environment and everyday life.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

ADS demonstrates how practices can successfully embed social concern, remain fluid, generously reciprocate and enrich small projects with steadfast commitment, resolute persuasiveness, and sharp negotiating and technical skills.

The style respects the heritage, culture and tradition of the physical and social local community and the craftsmen lend their skills to create a versatile space.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

Empowering and encouraging the local industry in this way allows for a transparent and inclusive process, where the scale of human hands is felt throughout and the building acquires a human ‘skin’. Promoting craft anchors a project in place and context.

Transforming a space via the human context, namely, a co-beneficial system consisting of the inclusion of stakeholders, not only achieves flexibility in functionality and interaction but also establishes a tectonic relationship with the physical context.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

I wanted to encourage the rethinking of the forms and processes at stake in the construction of community infrastructures.

There are many intangible elements that we must understand and acknowledge:

ephemeral activations and gatherings, dynamic and changing realities, and the mixing of formal and informal processes.

Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta

As a core ideology, we incorporate contextual solutions to make each of our projects as sustainable as possible.

Taking cues from historic buildings and imbibing their indigenous methods towards sustainability in a modern way is the soul of our design philosophy.


Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta


Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta


Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta
Bandhan Residential School of Business
© Niveditaa Gupta


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