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Breathing Skin | ਸਾਹ ਲੈਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਚਮੜੀ

Nanded, India \ ਨਾਂਦੇੜ, ਭਾਰਤ

2021

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Client: the Joshis
Partners in Charge/ Lead: Sarvesh Singh
Collaborators/ Team: Ravi Jangid, Studio Seek
Location: Nanded, India
Status: Built

Tags: poetic computation, sculpture, building facade, structural innovation

How is the motion of a holy river translated to steel?

This is a story from Nanded, a quaint township on the banks of River Godavari. Historically significant for its 12 Sikh Gurudwaras, the gentle streams of the river inspired the design of this Jaali.

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Made exclusively for the Joshi House, Breathing Skin is a deconstructive installation / object. Responding to the brief's requirement of a dynamic facade, it blends humbly into the neighbourhood's fabric while doubling down as a spectacular backdrop up-close and inside.
Expressed in neat lines, it behaves as a flowing landscape transposed vertically, leading our collective vision to an open sky.