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Folds : of people , objects , space.
Folds as a metaphor is taken to understand the relationship between the physicality of the space and its experience. The metaphor thus , helps to put together various ways in which objects / people congregate , configure and act in the public realm. The set of observations looks at these patterns, which emerge from the dense spatiality of a neighborhood in Cheetha camp.
The space beneath the staircase is used as storage;
sometimes enclosed with jalli.
This allows them to have a watchful gaze to the passerby
Men occupy the narrow openings to the large central space ;
wall besides the pan shop becomes a blind spot , as it blocks the field of vision
The space between the back wall of pathology lab and the entrance of toilet becomes dead space , thus used as place to smoke .
folds of play :
This also allows women to watch over their kids
The threshold spaces of the houses become gathering spaces for women .
sections :
ground floor plan :
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first floor plan :
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