Waterfront Clubhouse, Abin Chaudhuri, Bansberia, West Bengal

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The first sight of the building is an elevated framed pavilion.

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This elevated space is accessed by a grand stairway that doubles up as an amphitheatre.

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An open cage holds a rather free space within the frame.

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The outline of the cage is recessed into the open frame, creating access to a balcony behind, that overlooks the court below.

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One side of the open frame sees the football ground.

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The other side of the cage gives a view of the pond at the back side.

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A small community auditorium is hidden behind the landscape on the lower level.

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As one turn around, the simiple composition of two rotated rectangular volumes placed over each other is revealed.

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The services are tucked behind neatly out of direct sight of the viewer.

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The projecting triangular corner of the lower rectangle becomes the balcony above...

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...whereas that of the upper rectangle shades the space as a chhaja below.

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The two volumes talk to each other through their transparency.

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and the hidden and revealed spaces.

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