The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv by Thomas Abraham

The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv by Thomas Abraham is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Chav Sab Hauv thiab Kev Nthuav Qhia Competition Category.

ToojSab Hauv· 2022

The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv

by Thomas Abraham

Client: Thomas Abraham

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Sab Hauv Category

20,458

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #129709

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv

Crystal Hall, nyob ntawm Bangalore, Is Nrias teb tau tsim los ua ib qho chaw nyob ntiag tug uas suav nrog cov ntsiab lus ntawm vernacular architecture nrog cov ntaub ntawv niaj hnub thiab thev naus laus zis. Surrounded los ntawm orchards, nws nrhiav kev sib txuas ntawm tib neeg thiab xwm. Nrog cov phab ntsa dawb thiab cov iav sab hauv, qhov ua kom pom tseeb tau ua kom qhov chaw tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam thiab minimalistic. Tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv siv tau upcycled los ntawm ntau tshaj thaum lub sij hawm tsim kho, xyuas kom ze-zero wastage. Tsim kom muaj kev paub txog ib puag ncig, nws muab thermal, pom, thiab aural rwb thaiv tsev, thaum ua ncaj ncees rau nws lub tswv yim zoo nkauj.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. The Crystal Hall Nyob Sab Hauv ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Crystal Hall integrates sustainability, reuses material, and uses disadvantaged local talent. Glass is a modern material that can be recycled endlessly without loss of quality or clarity, recreating bioclimatic conditions that tackle climate change. It follows a minimalistic modern approach while taking inspiration from classicism and yet being culturally, emotionally and ecologically conscious. The building follows a zero-waste policy and is an example of socially responsible design
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area - 2322 meter square
Building area - 835 square meter
Gross - 418 sqm
Tags: Sustainable design, Sustainable Interior, Residential Interior, Ecofriendly Design, Innovative Design, Green Design, Interior design, White Interior, Modern Interiors, Minimalistic Interiors
Production Technology: The structure consists an eclectic mix of glass, MS columns and cast in situ concrete. Contrary to general opinion, glass is among the most eco-friendly materials, more than compared to mud or stone, as it can be recycled endlessly without loss of quality or clarity and is made of sand, which is among the most plentiful resources available. Glass recreates bioclimatic conditions that tackle climate change while using modern materials that are culturally, emotionally, and ecologically conscious.
Design Challenge: Glass is often considered inappropriate for a tropical climate. But the architect used a double-layered glass - one layer reflecting the longwave radiation and the other reflecting the sun's shortwave radiation, providing thermal insulation to the building. As the project is in the outskirts where the power situation is erratic, the architect used wind power generating towers to provide backup power during windy days. The power is stored in batteries, and the excess is fed back to the city grid.
Research: The Crystal Hall a big but small home is an essay on light nature and history. Apart from integrating sustainability along reusing materials and using disadvantaged local talent the architect ensured every space of the project was curated to reflect what has been religiously culturally and geographically experienced by the client. It has the worlds first residential windmill towers proprietary use of two layers of high performance recycled glass with noninvasive vegetation species within thermal insulation technology and rainwater utilization thus creating a glocal (global and local) building.
Inspiration: Inspired by the state of the Earths climate and the status of its poorest this is design as an instrument for social and environmental change. It is not just an aesthetic adventure but a tool to recycle and reuse modern materials in sustainable and affordable ways. He made it his mission to hire the so called unemployable from Indias oppressed people of color. This is a building of universal human values that is yet culturally specific being inspired by vernacular Indian design.
Project Duration: Located in Bangalore, India, The Crystal Hall was constructed over a span of five years, from 2014 to 2019.
Operation Flow: The Crystal Hall is an example of paleomodern design, paleo meaning first. This is to take design beyond form follows function to form follows feeling, to reintroduce beauty and pleasure in art, things which were once universal but now is seen as sentimental and commercial. Things like Square proportions, Golden mean proportions, rhythm, scale, harmony and the accommodation of local and climatological aspects makes this a traditional design with a modern outlook using Avant Grande technology and materials.
Patents: Thomas Abraham
Team Members: Thomas Abraham
Diana Jacil Prakash
Saad Pasha
Image Credits: Image #1: Sandeep
Image #2: Rashmi Srinivasan
Image #3: Dullu
Image #4: Rashmi Srinivasan
Image #5: Sandeep