The ramakrishna well interprets the life and teachings of sri ramakrishna. focusing on selflessness and the horizontal spread of kindness by sharing values with its surroundings, he is reinterpreted as a well—an element that gathers depth and sustains life beyond itself.
Beyond flexibility: optimal public and event spaces, where a descending open amphitheater combined with falling water provides serenity and a sense of peace amidst hectic daily life. These spaces encourage introspection and stillness, while emerging open areas support collective experience and sharing.
The poetics of emptiness: spaces created not by architecture but by the absence of it. crafted by elements of light, water, and void that shape architectural journeys, translating inner realization into outward expression. rather than symbolizing doctrine, the project embodies sri ramakrishna’s teachings as a lived spatial experience.
Sustainable strategy
The design follows a holistic sustainability approach that integrates climate-responsive design, low-impact materials, and ecological stewardship to create an environmentally responsive and restorative outcome.
Green roof:
A planted green roof reduces heat gain, improves thermal comfort, and enhances energy performance. Combined with natural cross ventilation and deep roof overhangs, it provides effective shading and minimizes reliance on mechanical cooling.
Sustainable materiality:
Green concrete is utilized to reduce embodied carbon, complemented by recycled local hardwood timber that minimizes material waste and supports local supply chains.
Trees and landscaping:
Native trees and plant species strengthen local ecosystems, promote biodiversity, and provide habitat, while requiring less water and maintenance for long-term resilience.
Heritage axis as the heart of design
Using the past to guide the future, the primary axis and its inherent symmetry align with the heritage building and the kindergarten. This preserves a vital spatial connection between the site’s history and the future insertions into the region.
Unlimited permutations: community and flexibility
Beyond the flexible dual auditorium, the design offers multiple possibilities for configuration. A large open space connects seamlessly to the ground level, the open-well amphitheatre, and sheltered ground-floor circulation. This layout allows for unlimited flexibility, adapting to the community’s needs as a piece of essential daily infrastructure.
Framed by nature
Despite their functionality and tranquillity, the main spaces and buildings are concealed by the humility of a green roof. This soft, living layer hides the structure, contributing an inclusive visual element to the surrounding landscape.
Reconnecting to context
The perimeter dissolves into the surrounding landscape. Blending architecture with immediate urban and ecological context.
Beyond an activated rooftop
The rooftop and inner courtyard form an intrinsic, inseparable experience that provides value for both the public and the users. More than just public access, the rooftop highlights the 100-year heritage of Sri Ramakrishna. Through its altitude and setting, it creates an educational public platform, weaving together multiple levels spatially to enable continuous movement across the entire area.
Urban permeability as inclusivity
The ground plan acts as an extension of the urban space, facilitating flexible interaction. It prioritizes permeability, movement, and a shared public experience, inviting the city into the heart of the project.
Flexibility of multiple event spaces
Two separate indoor spaces of 300 sq.m each, functioning as 150-pax auditoriums in seating configuration, with foldable partitions allowing them to merge into a single open space.
Public outdoor amphitheater oriented toward the auditorium.
Public outdoor well-form amphitheater with a 180-degree orientation facing the auditorium.
Continuity of event space
Combined indoor space of a total 600 sq.m auditorium accommodating 300 pax in seating configuration.
Visually and spatially connected to the garden amphitheater and the well amphitheater, allowing the entire area to function as a single 2,000 sq.m event space
Sunken meditation hall
A descent into poetic stillness, set apart from the public realm above. Hidden beneath the reflected image of the statue of Swami Vivekananda at its center, the space echoes his teachings, guiding practitioners inward through meditation.
1. Separated & uninterrupted two events seating configuration with foldable & flipped seats mechanism.
3. Separated & uninterrupted two events open space configuration with hidden seats under the floor.
2. Combined auditorium open space configuration, open to the well as an extension of space.
4. Combined auditorium foldable seating configuration, open in correlation up to the heritage building.
