Ganga : Faith and Filth

Location

Context

Arti ritual along the Ganga ghats

Holy dips in Ganga river

Ganga Ghats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmogram : Site Analysis

Issues as researched through Cosmogram

Inference

Biodiversity

Why Floating islands??

System and Technologies

 

Aquaculture

Hydroponics

Combination of two systems: Aquaponics | Nitrogen cycle

Aquaponics | Deep water culture system

Strategy

Working of the device | Axonometric

Working of the device | Technologies used

Real Scenario

Propotype

 

 

 

Live feed from the device

Building design : Floating bridge at the Ganges

Objective : To design a floating bridge that has aquaponics as its basis as researched through our device. And us the same principles to incorporate in our building design.

Issues faced by the Ganga river

Key design considerations

Form Evolution

Joinery detail

Typology of blocks

 

Cycle diagram

 

Cycle diagram

Section

Zoning

Overall scheme

Model

Renders

GANGA: FAITH AND FILTH is a project developed at IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, developed at Master in Advanced Architecture 2018/19 by:
Students: Anmol Arora, Axel Van der Vegte, Lakshay Ghai, Tanvangi Asthana
Faculty: Enric Ruiz-Geli, Josep Perello, Mireia Luzarraga, Alejandro Muino
Assistants: Mohamad Rachid Jalloul, Francois Nour