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Sangamam Cost Efficient Habitat, Auroville, India (2001-2003), 1:50 scale model
Title:
15th Venice Architecture Biennale (2016): Arsenale Exhibit (Kundoo)
Alternate Title:
Building Knowledge: An Inventory of Strategies
View:
Sangamam Cost Efficient Habitat, Auroville, India (2001-2003), 1:50 scale model
Date:
2016 (creation)
Style/Period:
Twenty-first century
Location:
exhibition: Venice, Veneto, Italy
Location Note:
Giardini della Biennale; Arsenale
GPS:
+45.429167+12.356944
Culture:
Indian (South Asian)
Work Types:
Description:
The 2016 display installed in the Arsenale building which included a full-scale house (the Full Fill Home) by Kundoo which showcased the potential uses of ferrocement (ferro-cement, also called thin-shell concrete). The prototype showed the house could be built in 6 days using Lego like blocks made of modular (and hollow) ferrocement blocks, which are stacked up to form walls and built-in furniture. Also on display in full-scale was the EASY WC, a toilet and shelter made from 6 prefabricated ferrocement elements that can be assembled in one day. The rest of the models (key projects from Kundoo’s 25 years in practice) highlight similar solutions for small homes that are affordable for even the most deprived regions, using locally available materials (and significantly less materials) and which are low-tech to build. Part of the exhibit was also a materials display, based on Kundoo's materials research. (Source: Anupama Kundoo [architect's website]; https://www.anupamakundoo.com/)
View Description:
The age-old rammed earth building technique is introduced in a more sophisticated form with cement stabilization. Roofs are constructed using terracotta filler slabs, bricks as jack arches, and conical hollow vault elements.
Classification:
Technique:
construction (assembling); prefabrication
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A2-I-VE-VB16-AKA-B01
MDID Identifier:
94808
Archivision Set:
Archivision Addition Module Twelve
Collection:
Archivision Module 12
Record created:
June 6, 2018
Last modified:
Sept. 23, 2018
Collection Memberships
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