The sole concept of Urban Nest is to create an ideal environment by weaving the spaces together and by creating architecture responsive to mental health. The spaces generate in the Urban Nest radiate positivity and improve the mundane life of the user. The planning of this hostel aims to establish a connection between the built and the unbuilt, creating permeable green and recreational areas. Such spaces constantly displace people from one place to another. The volumetric hierarchy on site allows various spaces for interaction and collaboration. The design brings forth positivity through green patches and in between recreational areas.

The urban nest was envisioned by considering its users and their needs in focus. The campus offers spaces for the individual as well as communal growth as every space opens up to another space. The organic play of balconies and green terraces not only exemplifies social interaction but also glorifies the beauty of the facade.

Incorporating the tangible and intangible needs of its users, the Urban Nest provides an improved alternative for the hostel typology.

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Rupali Gupte

Rupali Gupte is an architect and urbanist based in Mumbai, Professor at the School of Environment and Architecture (SEA) and a partner at BARDStudio. Her work often crosses disciplinary boundaries and takes different forms – writings, drawings, mixed-media works, story telling, teaching, curation, walks and spatial interventions.

Her works include extensive research on contemporary Indian urbanism with a focus on architecture and built environment; tactical practices; housing; and urban form. In 2013, she co-founded the School of Environment and Architecture (sea.edu.in). SEA is envisaged as an experimental academic space for research and education in architecture and urbanism. She has a wide range of publications, has delivered lectures and been on juries across the world. Her works in collaboration with her partner Prasad Shetty, have been shown in several exhibitions including the 56th Venice Biennale, X Sao Paolo Architecture Biennale, Seoul Biennale of Art and Architecture, at Manifesta 7 in Bolzano, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and at galleries such as Project 88, Devi Art Foundation and the Mumbai Art Room. She has recently curated an exhibition involving artists and architects titled ‘When is Space? Conversations in Contemporary Architecture’ at the Jawahar Kala Kendra.

Rupali Gupte