Louvers - controlled air flow

This diagram displays the traditional louver mechanism pivoted with a vertical plane. the plane remains vertical at all possible positions of the louver. the air flow and dust can be controlled with simple mechanism. Jaalis work best for the vertical plane (personnel choice),  though plastic or glass can get a modern touch to the facade. Jaali can set diffused light patterns inside. The rhythmic play of light and shadows can set various moods.

RS - Initial stages

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West block

 

Bachi's House

SHIFTboston - 'moon capital 2010' competition entry

Design Portfolio

Architecture in Motion + Mechanized Parking = Efficiency

Parking!... I enjoy fighting everyday for the 'Little Space' my bullet occupies in front of my rented apartment. Same is the case with most of the householders trying to save their parking space from intruders invading that 'Little Space'. we have moved on from the luxurious house front parking to multistoried parking.. and then to mechanized parking systems to increase efficiency in per car space occupied... what is Next?

Mechanized parking systems increased the efficiency from 30 - 35 sqm per car area in conventional parking buildings to 20- 25 sqm. Though the area occupied per car (parking bay) is only 12.5 - 15 sqm (by general standards). The rest of the area goes in to the circulation of the car with in the building. 

In discussions with Mr. Akshat Bisht, an idea is being worked on to study the future of parking structures. Mechanized Parking systems follow the principle of keeping the bays in static position and letting the circulation and lifts in motion. What can happen if the inverse is tested. Parking bays in motion and circulation in static postion. there are chances of saving on the area dedicated to circulation. Setting the building components in motion (floor plate) makes this possible... 

Also efficient planning can help remove congestion at the entry points... strategic location of parking structures can avoid traffic problems and allow flow of parking moving inside and outside.

A better parking system

I kept the title small, to allow me to write more in detail here. But yes, we are working on building a better parking system. Oh by the way it's a car-parking system and in that a mechanical car parking system.

Most of you have seen or at least heard of such a system. The basic idea is that cars are given to mechanical/robotic systems at the entry of such multi-level car parkings, and from there on, the mechanical system takes them inside and parks them in some place. When the car owner returns, the system fetches the car and puts it at the gate.

The main problems faced by today's car parks are time, power and space. Time is the time taken to get the car to the gate, once the owner requests for it.  Power is the electricity such massive systems consume. Space is the land space taken by the parking and the cost and risks for elevating it to large number of floors.

We hope to address all these problems in our solution, at the same time using not only fresh ideas, but cutting edge technology.

We are hoping to build the first prototype by the end of this month.

Akshat