The Brick Wrap by UA Lab (Urban Architectural Collaborative)

The project is a Corporate office for a developer in Ahmedabad. It is surrounded by dense urban fabric. The site is located in an upcoming Residential area of Ahmedabad. It has on-going construction sites all around. Presently, the site area experiences lots of unwanted noise with the movement of heavy vehicles all around the day. 

Conceptually, the project intended to create layers of spaces enveloping the main built- mass.  These layers are envisioned as buffers to create climatically comfortable inner spaces. We have designed a grand Entrance with free standing walls. A double height volume open to sky is created at the entrance. The double height volume contrasts with single height internal spaces. This creates an interesting spatial disparity within the space at the entrance level. 

For the external Facades, the layers are modified to envelopes of Brick walls open to sky. The Brick wall act as a Light edge externally. Internally, the built mass opens up into a centric courtyard. The courtyard is also enveloped or wrapped by a Brick wall around. There are openings designed on the South and West sides to escape the harsh sunlight. The openings are designed as upright and inverted arches. The composition of these arches creates an interesting edge condition. Interesting patterns of light and shadow is created on the internal solid wall and on the floor of the corridor, all around the day. The play of light and shadow creates a dynamic effect in the internal spaces.