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建筑师提供的文字说明。基督教女青年会校园通过形态建成设计，在印度德里的一个迅速发展的子城，建立了一个社会教育锚。它有两个不同的，但相互关联的功能项目：为妇女和学术机构提供用于职业培训的居住设施。设计过程是通过对建筑的直接城市和社会背景的批判性调查来驱动的。它解决了形态发生“可持续的核心设计哲学，可通过社区、文化、环境和经济学的镜头来看待。他们一起建立了一个安全和充满活力的学习生活人居中心，重点是加强协作和优化共享空间和资源的管理和使用。

Text description provided by the architects. Designed by Morphogenesis, the campus of YWCA establishes a socio-educational anchor in the rapidly burgeoning sub-city of Dwarka, Delhi, India. It houses two distinct, but interrelated functional programs: residential facilities for working women and academic facilities for their vocational training. The design process was driven by a critical investigation of the building’s immediate urban and social context. It addresses Morphogenesis’ core design philosophy of sustainability that is viewed through the lens of community, culture, environment, and economics. Together, they craft a secure and vibrant learning-living habitat, that is focused on enhancing collaboration and optimizing the management and use of shared spaces and resources.

Text description provided by the architects. Designed by Morphogenesis, the campus of YWCA establishes a socio-educational anchor in the rapidly burgeoning sub-city of Dwarka, Delhi, India. It houses two distinct, but interrelated functional programs: residential facilities for working women and academic facilities for their vocational training. The design process was driven by a critical investigation of the building’s immediate urban and social context. It addresses Morphogenesis’ core design philosophy of sustainability that is viewed through the lens of community, culture, environment, and economics. Together, they craft a secure and vibrant learning-living habitat, that is focused on enhancing collaboration and optimizing the management and use of shared spaces and resources.

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设计从丰富的传统建筑知识银行与当代建筑意图的融合中脱颖而出。因此，该区域被多个建筑场地包围，因此，所采用的设计方法在本质上是内向的，提供了隐私感。面向东北的站点的两侧是位于两侧的集团住房协会和位于东南边缘的一个狭窄的绿色地带。建筑物的形态已被缓和，以产生具有双重功能的Barcoded肋，该双重功能提供阴影并充当内部的存储装置。修建的体量布置在庭院和房屋办公室、教室、学习空间、图书馆和宿舍周围。在南侧放置了更大的体积，以切断太阳，并为内部庭院提供阴影。多个阳台、庭院和露台，允许视觉渗透，为建筑体积提供孔隙度，同时用作室外学习和社交空间。

The design emerges from a fusion of a rich traditional building knowledge-bank with contemporary architectural intent. The area is surrounded by multiple construction sites hence, the design approach adopted, as a result, is introverted in nature, providing a sense of privacy. The North-East-facing site is flanked with group housing societies on either side and a narrow green belt on the far South-Eastern edge. The morphology of the building has been moderated to create a barcoded rib that serves a dual function of providing shade and acting as storage devices on the inside. The built mass is arranged around a courtyard and houses offices, classrooms, learning spaces, a library, and dormitories. Larger volumes are placed on the South side to cut off the sun and to provide shade to internal courtyards. Multiple verandahs, courtyards, and terraces, allow visual permeability, providing porosity to the built volume, whilst serving as outdoor learning and social spaces. 

The design emerges from a fusion of a rich traditional building knowledge-bank with contemporary architectural intent. The area is surrounded by multiple construction sites hence, the design approach adopted, as a result, is introverted in nature, providing a sense of privacy. The North-East-facing site is flanked with group housing societies on either side and a narrow green belt on the far South-Eastern edge. The morphology of the building has been moderated to create a barcoded rib that serves a dual function of providing shade and acting as storage devices on the inside. The built mass is arranged around a courtyard and houses offices, classrooms, learning spaces, a library, and dormitories. Larger volumes are placed on the South side to cut off the sun and to provide shade to internal courtyards. Multiple verandahs, courtyards, and terraces, allow visual permeability, providing porosity to the built volume, whilst serving as outdoor learning and social spaces. 

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该地区炎热干燥的气候使室外设施全年可用成为一项挑战。因此，通过结合传统的、本土的、被动的气候控制工具，已经建立了一个小气候。该设计减少了对机械冷却方法的依赖。已设置开口，使建筑物内有自然气流。中央空隙允许热空气上升，降低建筑底部的压力；这有利于叠加效应，有助于创造一种小气候。一系列多层次的绿地和露台起到热缓冲的作用，为不同的社会和学术活动提供服务，并促进户外学习。传统的地下室(较低层)被认为是一个“下腹部”，灵感来自于传统的印度保利(一口台阶井)。由于是地下的，这个地区自然更凉爽；它使用地球遮蔽，热储存和蒸发冷却，以调节高温。这创造了一个有益的小气候，不使用空调，培养学生的大量活动，并提高其公共性质。校园主要供女性使用。下腹，作为一种反应，旨在成为一个安全和亲密的地方，可以改变，以适应不同的社会和娱乐活动。

The hot-dry climate of the region made it a challenge to make outdoor facilities usable throughout the year. A microclimate has therefore been set up, by incorporating traditional, vernacular, passive climate-control tools. The design reduces dependency on mechanical methods of cooling. Openings have been provided to allow for natural air flow through the building. The central void allows the hot air to rise, reducing the pressure at the base of the building; this facilitates the stack effect, helping create a microclimate. A series of green spaces and terraces at multiple levels act as thermal buffers, serving different social and academic activities and promoting outdoor learning. The conventional basement (lower level) has been conceived as an ‘underbelly,’ inspired by the traditional Indian baoli (a step-well). Being sub-terranean, this area is naturally cooler; it employs earth sheltering, thermal banking, and evaporative cooling, to modulate the high temperatures. This creates a conducive microclimate without the use of air-conditioning, fostering a multitude of student activities and enhancing its public character. The campus is largely intended to be used by women. The underbelly, as a response, is designed to be a secure and intimate place, that can be transformed to accommodate diverse social and recreational activities. 

The hot-dry climate of the region made it a challenge to make outdoor facilities usable throughout the year. A microclimate has therefore been set up, by incorporating traditional, vernacular, passive climate-control tools. The design reduces dependency on mechanical methods of cooling. Openings have been provided to allow for natural air flow through the building. The central void allows the hot air to rise, reducing the pressure at the base of the building; this facilitates the stack effect, helping create a microclimate. A series of green spaces and terraces at multiple levels act as thermal buffers, serving different social and academic activities and promoting outdoor learning. The conventional basement (lower level) has been conceived as an ‘underbelly,’ inspired by the traditional Indian baoli (a step-well). Being sub-terranean, this area is naturally cooler; it employs earth sheltering, thermal banking, and evaporative cooling, to modulate the high temperatures. This creates a conducive microclimate without the use of air-conditioning, fostering a multitude of student activities and enhancing its public character. The campus is largely intended to be used by women. The underbelly, as a response, is designed to be a secure and intimate place, that can be transformed to accommodate diverse social and recreational activities. 

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基督教女青年会是一个慈善机构，为了保持这一精神，建筑反应具有成本效益和影响力，足以使设计支持功能，并培养一种在校园内的感觉。虽然采用的施工方法很简单，但建筑物理被用来减少操作和维护费用。装饰的建筑表现形式源于传统工艺和使用简单的橙色、黄色和白色调色板，这进一步加强了制度的特性。

The YWCA is a charitable institute and in keeping the ethos, the architectural response has been cost-effective and impactful, sufficient for the design to support the functionality and fostering a sense of being within the campus. While the construction methodology adopted was simple, the building physics was exploited to reduce operational and maintenance costs. The architectural manifestation of ornamentation is born out of traditional craft and the use of a simple colour palette of orange, yellow and white which further enhances the identity of the institution.

The YWCA is a charitable institute and in keeping the ethos, the architectural response has been cost-effective and impactful, sufficient for the design to support the functionality and fostering a sense of being within the campus. While the construction methodology adopted was simple, the building physics was exploited to reduce operational and maintenance costs. The architectural manifestation of ornamentation is born out of traditional craft and the use of a simple colour palette of orange, yellow and white which further enhances the identity of the institution.

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形态发生的设计方法旨在学生中培养一个可持续的思维过程，并通过创造一个独特的身份为建筑创造一种自豪感。在成立当天，北印度教会秘书长艾伦·马西赫(Alan Masih)宣布，该机构是“赋予贫困妇女权力的道路上的光辉灯塔”。他提到新的基督教女青年会校园是当地社区的一个机构支柱，加强了教育与社会参与之间的合作。

Morphogenesis’ design approach aims at nurturing a sustainable thought process in the students and generating a sense of pride for the building by creating a distinct identity. On the day of its inauguration, the institution was declared a ‘glowing beacon of light in the path to empower underprivileged women’ by Mr. Alan Masih, General Secretary, Church of North India. He referred to the new YWCA campus as an institutional anchor within the local community, strengthening the collaboration between education and social engagement.

Morphogenesis’ design approach aims at nurturing a sustainable thought process in the students and generating a sense of pride for the building by creating a distinct identity. On the day of its inauguration, the institution was declared a ‘glowing beacon of light in the path to empower underprivileged women’ by Mr. Alan Masih, General Secretary, Church of North India. He referred to the new YWCA campus as an institutional anchor within the local community, strengthening the collaboration between education and social engagement.

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Architects Morphogenesis

Location Delhi, India

Lead Architects Sonali Rastogi, Manit Rastogi

Area 75000.0 ft2

Project Year 2017

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Category Campus