Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai by Boney Keriwala and Alak Parmar

Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai by Boney Keriwala and Alak Parmar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.

KalaHoʻolālā Hale· 2020

Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai

by Boney Keriwala and Alak Parmar

Client: The BAD Studio

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai

ʻO Wrapped Volumes he keʻena kūʻai manawaleʻa aia ma nā palena o kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻoihana. ʻAʻohe pōʻaiapili ikaika a pili koke o ka wahi, no laila lawe ka hoʻolālā i kona mau ʻōlelo aʻo mai ke alanui e hoʻokokoke ana. Ua unuhi ʻia ka neʻe ʻana o ke alanui i alo hale ʻōwili mau e hāpai ana i ka hale mai ka lepo aku. Hoʻokumu kekahi mau ʻāpana o ka ʻōwili i papa ʻāina, akā, hana kekahi mau ʻāpana ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he ʻili palekana e hōʻemi ana i ka loaʻa wela mai ka hema mai. He puna kaʻakaʻa ka alo hale, i hana ʻia e nā mea hana lima kūloko. Ua holoi ʻia nā wahi kūloko paʻa i ka mālamalama maoli.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Wrapped Volumes Keʻena Kūʻai e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Being a temporary structure, the idea was to reduce the cost and at the same time giving a visitor a sumptuous feel. Translating the movement of road and WRAPPING VOLUMES gives excellent vibrant spaces, where light and shadow play equally important roles in intensifying the geometry. The office weaves the landscape and structure by engaging visitor to transcend from exterior to interior spaces to experience a sumptuous character of compact interior spaces washed in natural light..
Dimensions & Packaging: 15550mm x 10250mm x 4475 mm
Tags: Architecture, Commercial, Wrapped Volumnes, Design, Commercial Architecture,
Production Technology: The building is composite structure with partial metal columns and insulated corrugated sheet roofing along with partial R.C.C frame structure to support roof. Tinted Glass glazing enhances the floating mass levitated through metal columns. The facade is ribbed plaster manually crafted by local craftsman. The flooring is cement texture finished vitrified tiles, while landscape zone comprises of Kota Stone, along with paving blocks in the outdoor pathways and parking zone.
Design Challenge: It was difficult for local masons to understand and construct the structure with a complex geometrical form. To overcome this, we mapped the points on-site by erecting poles and tying a string to achieve the form. Secondly, the facade poses a ribbed plaster. Generally, plaster tends to fall off if hit hard. We tried to re-create the ratio of cement to sand until the plaster firmly adhered to the wall. A series of samples with different size and proportions were created as a part of the research.
Research: We stared our initial research by understanding the immediate context and approach to the site to understand the flow of users . It was also important to keep in mind the typology of people visiting the building to retain hierarchy of public to private places. Analyzing the climatic factors to device the allocation of spaces to achieve diffused natural light into the interior spaces. It was very important to achieve a striking material aspects, responding to climate and local availability.
Inspiration: The site lacks specific context, at the same time the connecting approach road chops the site into a trapezoidal shape. We tried to transform this progressive movement of the road along the site into geometry by wrapping up the spaces into a continuous facade, With an intent where the structure lifts itself up from the ground and transforms itself into a dynamic geometry. Some parts of this wrap form a landscape layer, while others a protective skin, reducing the heat gain from the south.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2018 and got completed in February 2019, The Project is located in Bharuch, Gujarat, India
Operation Flow: As one enters, tones of grey on wall and floors are complemented by the outdoor greens of landscape, drawing an individual to a reception foyer. The sales area along the south side receives filtered light through the wrapped facade with minimal heating. Being a compact space, the passage along the north side with glass pane brings ample natural light giving a larger feel. The movement terminates at the director’s cabin, a lavish space with an outdoor deck and connecting green space.
Team Members: Boney Keriwala, Alak Parmar, Taikhum Shaikh, Aadil Amla
Image Credits: Image courtesy : Panchkon Stills, Mr. Yash Parekh
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