Abin Design Studio creates terracotta-brick community centre in Bansberia
Architecture studio Abin Design Studio has built a small, multifunctional community centre in the city of Bansberia in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Informed by terracotta temples found in West Bengal, the two-storey centre is designed to provide a variety of flexible spaces for the local community in Bansberia along with a dormitory for staff.
Abin Design Studio built a community centre in Bansberia
Abin Design Studio designed the community centre for the owner of the nearby Wall House, who also commissioned the studio to create a latticed concrete and glass temple.
The owner wanted to build a garage but was convinced by Abin Design Studio founder Abin Chaudhuri, who is local to the area, to initially make a facility for the community on the upper floor. As work progressed he agreed to give the majority of the building over to community functions. The two-storey building was originally planned as a garage
"My client was looking for a garage and dormitory for staff, and after he procured this piece of land he asked me to design it," Chaudhuri told Dezeen.
"Being a son of Bansberia I understood that there was a need for a community centre, so I tried to convince him to make a community centre, which he partially agreed too," he continued. "There was much discussion and he finally agreed to make this community centre for the local people."
Brick masonry walls are inlaid with ceramic blocks
The concrete-framed building is clad with expos...
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