“Preservation, and furthering of knowledge is not just a matter of what material has been presented but also how”
Location
Mumbai
Typology
Institutional
Site Area
1.64 Hectares
Built Area
70.76 m2
The Nature Interpretation Centre - N.I.C - was not a programmatic need for the city. It was designed to articulate the various environmental endeavors in the designing of the city.
Keeping true to the ethos of the building, its execution uses recyclable material - cast earth, and bamboo.
The structure of the building itself is a large pavilion with earth walls and bamboo roofs.
Reconstituted bricks used for the execution of the building become a symbol of the enviromental concerns that it represents.
Once finished, it will become an outpost office for the highly revered Bombay Natural History Society in the North of Bombay.
