Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4

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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4

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  • Gross Built up Area: 87 sqm
  • Project Location: Ahmedabad
  • Country: India
  • Lead Architects/Designer: Palak Jhaveri
  • Clients: Agrimint Trading Pvt. Ltd
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Excerpt: Kitaab Khana, designed by Compartment S4, is an office interior attempting to find the role of the architectural elements and principles to create a more straightforward yet meaningful space. The project is a beginning of an iterative process to understand how the role of pragmatic architectural principles for directionality, axis and orientation could guide the design requirements in an ‘Interior Design’ project. The exposed brick fins creates a sense of repetition and the concrete flat beams break the volume to a more humane scale.

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[Text as submitted by architect] The project is a beginning of an iterative process to understand how the role of pragmatic architectural principles for directionality, axis and orientation could guide the design requirements in an ‘Interior Design’ project. The requirements provided by the client are realistically and literally transformed into the most basic architectural elements – walls & slabs.

Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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The space is designed for two brothers dealing in books as a commodity and is situated in a large office complex. One of the major requirements being storage and display of books, a design revolves around a large corridor of books.

Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Here, two walls are used to house books instead of humans and a slab over it is used as a shelf or a shelter for books. These basic forms are not only repeated to meet the requirements but also provide and cut necessary scales in the space. A rhythm is formed. Kota stone forms the unifying ground and the Indian Patent Stone guides the eye. The exposed brick fins creates a sense of repetition and the concrete flat beams break the volume to a more humane scale.

Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana is one of the many interior projects where the architect attempts to find the role of the basic architectural elements and principles to create a more straightforward yet meaningful space.

Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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Kitaab Khana | Compartment S4
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