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Jaipur Nagar Nigam: Anushka Deora

The idea of the design was to develop a public-private relationship between the Jaipur Nagar Nigam building and the people of the city, a space that could be used for municipal as well as recreational purposes. The design has provided a public space within a municipal building while also maintaining hierarchy and functioning of the offices.

Jaipur Nagar Nigam: Pratik Malpure

‘समावेशक’ – The Nagar Nigam of Jaipur

Enthralling, historical Jaipur, Rajasthan’s capital, is the gateway to India’s most flamboyant state. The city’s colourful, chaotic streets ebb and flow with a heady brew of old and new. This intervention celebrates the everlasting character and soul of the Pink city by
re-imagining the elements that form its image. The entrance is an ode to the exquisite medieval vavs (stepwells). The waiting areas are strung together, facing the age-old traditional aangan (central courtyard). Along with these metaphorical spaces, it is the interesting play of diffused light that brings the project to life.

Jaipur Nagar Nigam: Roshini V

The aim was to design a municipal Corporation building that is user friendly. This structure is easy for a common man to navigate his way through and is a comfortable space for the employees to work in. There is ample visual connection with the outside which not only gives a point of reference but also helps one to locate their position inside and allows a lot of natural light to enter into the circulation spaces. There are several courtyards in the structure that act as light wells. Courtyards are also vegetated in order to bring the feeling of outside into the inside of the structure. This, along with the jalis on the external walls of the rooms of the employees, helps in keeping the structure cool and comfortable for the people working throughout the day. The facade has a flat archway that is inspired by old buildings of Jaipur, and this helps it blend with the context.

Jaipur Nagar Nigam: Vihaan Shah

“The site for the Jaipur Nagar Nigam was adjacent to the Jorawar Singh Gate, one of the main entry points into the city. Taking inspiration from the square grid of the mandala which the city was based upon I used a 12 by 12-meter grid to stack up cuboid volumes that step down towards the gate intending to integrate a Public Space with the fabric of the built form. The idea was the transparency of the process of government which unfolds through the seamless connection of the plaza, exhibition area and viewing gallery into the assembly hall. This is almost like an exhibit within itself which visitors can enjoy while walking around the building.”

Jaipur Nagar Nigam: Vaibhavi Shirsat

“The design concept for the Jaipur Nagar Nigam focuses on the exercise of democracy as a transparent activity. In addition to being a place of authority, it also needs to make its citizens feel like their own and hence the transition of spaces vertically, resembles the hierarchy of spaces that one sees in one of the oldest models of civic structure, the forts. The Assembly hall bridges the concepts of Diwaan-e-aam and Diwaan-e-khaas. By placing the assembly hall island in the centre and the offices on the periphery, the design allows the formation of spaces where democracy is visible in action.”

Jaipur Nagar Nigam: Smit Vaviya

“The idea was to study the proportion of the present heritage of JAIPUR in terms of the height of the city gates, the scale of open courtyards and the terraces and use them in creating a future heritage. One that blends with the current cityscape of Jaipur and uses passive techniques for cooling the way it was used in historical times like in Hawamahal and also using a distinct language of circular openings and forms to create its own identity in this heritage city of Jaipur.”

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