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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

Creators:

Anupama Kundoo (Indian (South Asian) architect, born 1967)

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)

Materials:

ferrocement; models made with wood, poster board

Work Types:

buildings; dwellings; houses; built works; outbuildings; outhouses; models (representations)

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:

Architecture and City Planning

Technique:

construction (assembling); prefabrication

Image Rights:

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

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