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AGRICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER
•Designer: Studio Advaita
•Structure engineer: Dipak Mutha
•Construction Team: Jaykumar Munot, Sanjay Gugale
•Area: 250.83 m²
•Year: 2017
•Project Estimate: 35 lakhs
•Material: Fly ash bricks
•Location: Nimblak, Maharashtra, India
This simplistic, square building is an agriculture training centre in the rural area of Nimblak, Maharashtra, India. Built for the marginal farmers’
children, its purpose is to enable rural youth, the next generation of farmers, to learn various new agricultural techniques through short duration
courses. The building, designed by the Indian architectural firm Studio Advaita is the brainchild of the NGOs the Syngenta foundation and the
Snehalaya Organization.
The training centre is a place for getting information about soil, climate and crops for the nearby villagers. The centre arranges exhibitions of
students’ research which can be accessed and viewed by the local farmers. The basic square plan and central open space are derived from
traditional local structures called wada, found in nearby cities like Ahmednagar. A wada is typically a large building of two or more storeys with
groups of rooms arranged around open courtyards.

The internal rooms of this building are striking, most notably for their stark cuboid shape and the walls which are stained a deep, ochre red. A
daring hand has spliced through the roof space to cut out a corner of the room allowing daylight to penetrate the space. It’s a clever idea, having
indirect light to reduce the consumption of electricity. The vista of blue skies and clouds that the cut-out affords, viewed as they are against the
blank, red canvas of the internal walls, reads like a surreal painting.
What is most notable about this building is the simplicity in its design statement. It uses color, geometric shapes and thoughtful application of
materials to make it more than just a box to fill up with people. But more than that, it addresses affordability and financial sustainability. And it
does all of the above so well that it completes its task admirably in providing what good architecture should always hope to achieve, a working
aesthetic space for the community it represents,
FLOOR PLAN OF THE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER
ELEVATION AND SECTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC AND MODEL
The building material is carefully chosen which will reduce the cost and it will go with adjacent surrounding structures. Gray and coloured fly
ash bricks are used with cavity for heat insulation for the construction of external walls. All internal spaces are having natural indirect light to
reduce consumption of electricity.

Advantages of using fly ash bricks in the structure are:

1. High fire Insulation
2. Due to high strength, practically no breakage during transport and use.
3. Due to uniform size of bricks mortar required for joints and plaster reduces almost by 50%.
4. Due to lower water penetration seepage of water through bricks is considerably reduced.
5. Gypsum plaster can be directly applied on these bricks without a backing coat of lime plaster.
6.These bricks do not require soaking in water for 24 hours. Sprinkling of water before use is enough

Disadvantages of fly ash bricks:

1. Large size can have more breakages depending on the mix of materials
2. It has high thermal conductivity. Extra insulation is required in colder regions.

Source: https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/studio-advaita-agricultural-training-centre-india/
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