{"id":3698,"date":"2017-02-27T16:11:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anagramarchitects.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3698"},"modified":"2017-02-28T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T05:14:26","slug":"south-asian-human-rights-documentation-centre-new-delhi","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/anagramarchitects.com\/?portfolio=south-asian-human-rights-documentation-centre-new-delhi","title":{"rendered":"South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Completed:<\/span> July 2005<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Location:<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">New Delhi, India<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Site area:<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">50 sqm ;\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Covered area<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">172 sqm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">SAHRDC&#8217;s office is located in a tight plotted site in south Delhi. With only 50 sqm. plot area, the brief was to generate maximum usable area within a limited budget. T<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">he<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">porous and playful<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">external facade is designed to provide a degree of acoustic and visual privacy from the street activity while intimately<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">engaging the street corner<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. Simultaneously it ensures that the bugger bay is<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">well ventilated and yet shaded<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">so as to reduce the amount of heat transmitted to the workspace. A<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">6-brick module<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">laid in staggered courses created twirling vertical stacks and an undulating surface. The construction of the screen wall was a result of a<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5-week process<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">of innovating masonry techniques on site. From verification of plumbness to the structural bonding of the brick courses, methods of brick laying were devised through a deep<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">on-site collaboration between the masons and the architects<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completed: July 2005 Location:\u00a0New Delhi, India Site area:\u00a050 sqm ;\u00a0Covered area: 172 sqm. SAHRDC&#8217;s office is located in a tight plotted site in south Delhi. With only 50 sqm. plot area, the brief was to generate maximum usable area within a limited budget. 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