Ganga : Faith and Filth
Location

Context

Arti ritual along the Ganga ghats

Holy dips in Ganga river

Ganga Ghats
Cosmogram : Site Analysis





Issues as researched through Cosmogram
Inference

Biodiversity



Why Floating islands??

System and Technologies
Aquaculture

Hydroponics

Combination of two systems: Aquaponics | Nitrogen cycle

Aquaponics | Deep water culture system


Strategy

Working of the device | Axonometric

Working of the device | Technologies used

Real Scenario



Propotype




Live feed from the device
Building design : Floating bridge at the Ganges
Objective : To design a floating bridge that has aquaponics as its basis as researched through our device. And us the same principles to incorporate in our building design.
Issues faced by the Ganga river


Key design considerations

Form Evolution

Joinery detail

Typology of blocks

Cycle diagram
Cycle diagram

Section

Zoning

Overall scheme

Model


Renders


GANGA: FAITH AND FILTH is a project developed at IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, developed at Master in Advanced Architecture 2018/19 by:
Students: Anmol Arora, Axel Van der Vegte, Lakshay Ghai, Tanvangi Asthana
Faculty: Enric Ruiz-Geli, Josep Perello, Mireia Luzarraga, Alejandro Muino
Assistants: Mohamad Rachid Jalloul, Francois Nour

