Reducing the urban footprint
Noidas studio Archohm resurrects a derelict and defunct Kattha (catechu) factory and repurposes it to house an interdisciplinary institute -The Design Village.
After closing its operations of 27 years in 2014, the factory lay abandoned till the institute decided to move in. In this classic example of adaptive reuse, the designers preserve the intrinsic traces of the buildings first life while its transformed architectural expression makes for an unconventional educational environment that i...
After closing its operations of 27 years in 2014, the factory lay abandoned till the institute decided to move in. In this classic example of adaptive reuse, the designers preserve the intrinsic traces of the buildings first life while its transformed architectural expression makes for an unconventional educational environment that i...