“ The building forms an open courtyard with an amphitheatre to provide a space for music performances , talks , and social interaction .
ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
The main spiral building of 9,000sqft becomes an inclined garden with two varying slopes , allowing it to be used for recreation and gatherings , and offering views of the surrounding desert landscape from the rooftop .
Beneath the garden , at the lower eastern side , there is a small museum with a children ’ s digital library on the higher western side . The southern side is enveloped in a grass covered earth berm to mitigate heat gain in response to the desert climate , where temperatures of 35 to 40 ° C are common for 8 months annually . The building forms an open courtyard with an amphitheatre to provide a space for music performances , talks , and social interaction .
The ovoid library is sheathed in natural sandstone screens derived from traditional architecture in Rajasthan , with the stone being sourced from the immediate surrounding area .
These screens reduce the heat gain and create different shadow patterns throughout the day . The library serves all the village schools in the region , most of which do not have libraries of their own . The museum is lit indirectly by scooped recesses within the roof garden berms .
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