This document summarizes Simran Chawla's work redesigning and innovating various spaces. It describes redesigning an existing gym space to incorporate elements of light, color, and designated workout areas. It also details redesigning a classroom, bus stop, and washroom to make them more accessible for wheelchair users by ensuring proper circulation, standardized furniture sizes, and easy access to amenities. The document reflects on how this process of redesigning for accessibility made the author more observant of spaces and their inclusiveness for those with disabilities. It also showcases experiments with different light sources and the creation of light fixtures using materials like cloth, wire, and lamps.
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Simran ?Chawla ?
"We ?often ?get ?attached ?
to ?some spaces. ?
Spaces ?that ?light ?our ?
souls, ?adds ?a piece ?of ?
furniture ?to ?our ?life ?and
that,which ?creates ?an ?
experience!"
? ? ? ? ?" ?Some ?
experiences ?start from ?a ?
thread ?that ?forms ?a ?
cloth, ?a ?stitch ?that ?
creates ?a ?product, a ?
print ?that ?takes ?a ?
pattern, ?and ?a ?dye ?that ?
is ?dyeing ?to ?dye!"
1.SPEAKING SPACES
1.1BARRIER FREE BUILT SPACES
1.2LIGHT AND SPACE
2. INTERLACES
2.1SHIBORI
2.2PRINT AND PATTERNS
CONTENT
Re-innovating space for exhibition #photography
#Light fixture using
incandescent lamp and
cloth
#Beading and stiching a
cloth jewelery
#weaving fibers with
shafts
prototyping #model making for
better understanding of a space
Work in progress
3.1PAINTINGS AND COMPOSITIONS
3. PLACES
3. RE-DESIGNING
FITNESS
The idea was to re-design the existing
gym.
I incorporated the elements of light ?and ?
color, ?in ?reference with ?the ?existing ?body ?
color chakras, ?
I ?have ?divided ?the ?space ?with areas ?of ?
workout. ?Every ?space is ?partitioned ?with ?
different color ?and ?exercises.
Concept note
5. T
A design which helps you
cross all the barriers , a design
that lets you access, utilise
and survive!a design which
should be anywhere but
everywhere
for
passage of wheel chair
Re-Designed
Bus stop for
passage of
wheel chair
Design for the people with
Disability
6. Re-?Designed ?Classroom for of wheel chair
Re-?Designed ?Washroom for passage of wheel-chair
?Proper ?circulation ?and ?
space ?for ?the speacially ?
abled ?people ?to ?move
around.
Lockers ?are ?close ?to ?their ?
seating,for accessibilty. ?
CONCEPT NOTE
The ?existing ?
washroom ?
in Garuda ?Mall
was ?re-?designed ?to
make ?it
?good
Retro ?fitting ?washroom
1. Automatic hand dryer
and ?sensor ?used ?wash ?
basin
2. Space ?beneath
the basin ?to keep ?
the ?wheel ?chair ?
3. Mirror ?accesibility
4. Ventialltion
5. Switch board at the
height of 4'
6. Toilet paper dispenser
*Plenty of space
between the faucet
with a lever handle
for ease of use. -low
threshold and
smooth flooring
* Extender for the seniors
who have difficulty
raising.
Toilet raises height or
lowering/transferring to
wheel chairs
Standard size
furniture
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WHAT I LEARNT
I think learning and re-designing spaces for the people with disability made me more and
more aware about spaces around me, I started to think in terms of people with disability at
every space i walked in, which most of the people fail to understand.
It made me more observant and gave me a new skill to work with.
8. LIGHT AND SPACE
Natural ?light ?at
6:30am, ?
Natural ?light ?at ?8am
White ?CFL, ? ? ? ?
6500k(philips),
Natural ?Light ?at ?12pm
CFL ?yellw ?2700k,
Fluorescent ?white
Using ?light sources ?to
visually show the ?color ?
temperatures
Product Lighting
9. light
fixtures
using ?LED's
and
incadescent
lamps
materials : dyed
cloth,
aluminium wire,
incandescent lamp materials : mirror, translucent glass , 2 strip of LED's
materials: paper,Cellophane paper, balloon, sequence,
WHAT I LEARNT
Lighting is something which has always fascinated me, I learned a
lot about different light fixtures, types of lighting, and
experimented in tons to make one of my own light fixtures.
From how to measure light to how much output light gives, to
getting awared about which lamp is more efficient.
It was one of the best learnings.