Akshya Pratisthan (Delhi)

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The Akshay Pratishthan School Annex in Delhi by Kamath Design Studio has been designed to respond to the evolving educational and technical needs of the area’s disadvantaged children, to enable them to learn and live together. The structure was designed and built-in two months to accommodate five classrooms during the construction of the main school building. Later, it hosted extra-curricular activities such as a craft center, a gymnasium, a play area, and an amphitheater. The usual rectilinear construction module was abandoned in order to create a structure much more suited to the children’s imagination. The corrugated sheet roof was covered with thatch and creepers to improve thermal performance and blend in with the terracotta brick walls. The building was nominated for the Aga Khan Award in 1995.