Indian Architectural Projects

Jetavan - Sameep Padora

Jetavan – A Buddhist Learning Centre at Kopargaon, Maharashtra by Sameep Padora

In Buddhist mythology Jetavana is the name of one of the Buddha’s most important spatial edifices which – when literally translated – means: the grove of Jeta, land donated to the sangha for founding a monastery. It was of semiotic significance that the site offered by Samir Somaiya – owner of the neighboring sugar factory in rural Maharashtra – for the Buddhist Learning Center was thickly forested, an idyllic grove of sorts. – Sameep Padora

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The Atelier School - Bangalore, Biome

The Atelier-School, Bangalore, Biome Environmental Solutions

The school sits in a neighborhood with constant construction activity and a godown is in its immediate vicinity. Creating a learning space for a young age group on such a site required that the school be an enclosed and protective space. The site factor played a key role in the design, along with the Reggio-Emilia education approach itself, on which the school is based. – Biome Environmental Solutions

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