The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay by Thomas Abraham

The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay by Thomas Abraham is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Qolalka Gudaha iyo Bandhigyada Competition Category.

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The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay

by Thomas Abraham

Client: Thomas Abraham

Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Gudaha Category

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The Design

About The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay

Crystal Hall, oo ku taal Bangalore, India waxaa loo qaabeeyey sidii guri gaar ah oo lagu daro fikradaha qaab dhismeedka afka ah oo leh qalab casri ah iyo tignoolajiyada. Iyada oo ay ku hareeraysan yihiin geedo-geedo, waxay doonaysaa inay abuurto xidhiidhka ka dhexeeya aadanaha iyo dabeecadda. Darbiyada cad cad iyo gudaha muraayadaha, diirada ayaa ilaalinaysay meel aan la isku dhejin oo yar. Dhammaan agabka la isticmaalay ayaa kor loo qaaday xad-dhaafka intii lagu jiray dhismaha, iyadoo la hubinayo khasaaraha eber ku dhow. Loogu talagalay in lagu baraarugo deegaanka, waxa ay bixisa kulaylka, aragga, iyo dahaarka maqalka, iyada oo daacad u ah falsafadeeda bilicsanaanta.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award

The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf sare leh oo la siiyo naqshado aan caadi ahayn oo lagu garto hal-abuur, hal-abuur cusub iyo caqli. Guuleystayaasha Naxaasta waa shaqooyin xirfad buuxda leh iyo hal-abuur yaab leh oo xaqiijiya khibrad weyn, male-awaal iyo kartida naqshadeeyayaashooda. The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay waa walax la filayo inay noqoto mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, xirfad cad leh oo hal-abuur cusub leh. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu ku darsadaa hab-dhaqanno ugu wanaagsan farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada wuxuuna ku fiican yahay dhawrista tafaasiisha. The Crystal Hall Gudaha La Deggan Yahay si fiican ayay u buuxisaa baahiyaha, taabataa rabitaannada, soo jiidataa dareenka kicinayaanna xiisaha aqoonta.

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