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Pearl Academy of Fashion - An Analysis of an

Environmentally Responsive Passive Habitat

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PEARL ACADEMY OF
FASHION

An environmentally responsive passive

habitat.
 Context
● Located in Jaipur, India.
● Surrounded by industrial fabric.
● Typology: Fashion institute with an aim
of optimising the building as a device
for environmental control.

Hence, the end product was an introverted building as

the context was very industrial.
Merger of the traditional building knowledge and contemporary architecture.
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Solar Optimisation
Baoli*
You’ve proba-baoli heard of this.

*Step wells or ponds in which the water can be reached by descending a set of steps.
Communal Space
 Exhibition Area

Canteen Spill Out

Library Spill Out

Ramp

Performance Area Pathways

Steps
Stack Ventilation
Building Envelope
Thermal Envelope
Jaali*

*Perforated screens on the facade.

M
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Jaisalmer stone, kota stone,
granite and slate quarried
from within Rajasthan. Stone, Glass and Concrete. Concrete Jaalis cast on site.

Rajasthan 300 Km Radius Jaipur

Aluminum and concrete come Matkas from local craftsmen.

from Jaipur city limits.
Matkas*

*Earthen pots.
Conclusion
 Sources

● https://www.archdaily.com/40716/pearl-academy-of-fashion-morphogenesis
● http://plea-arch.org/archive/2012/files/T11-20120127-0024.pdf
● https://www.cseindia.org/pearl-academy-of-fashion-3614
● http://www.designlabinternational.com/ABSPublication/thresholds-and-transitions/263-inter
active-spaces-of-fashion#page
● https://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/architect-uses-ancient-techniques-cool-mod
ern-building-india.html

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