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Kruti Shah and Sebastian Trujillo

Chaal.Chaal.Agency

http://chaalchaalagency.in/

Ahmedabad, India
CCA is a design-research collaborative project founded by Kruti Shah and Sebastian Trujillo that works between Ahmedabad (IN) and Bogotá (COL). CCA specializes in experimental infrastructures, transformative design, and transdisciplinary pedagogy, locating their area of investigation in the intersection between politics and space by being involved in exercises that range from public-generative devices and dismountable architectures, to pedagogical practices intertwined with academic research.

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Gyaan Ashray


The knowledge shelter

Gyaan Ashray


The knowledge shelter
This project is a knowledge shelter and community centre for the women of Behrampura.
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Type of project
  • Systemic changes

Behrampura is a neighborhood located in south-eastern Ahmedabad (India), housing a very pro-active Valmiki community. For quite some time now, women have been gathering every evening in one of the neighborhood terraces to teach themselves reading, writing and arithmetic skills. The ‘Gyaan Ashray’ (Hindi for Knowledge Shelter) was proposed as a way to support this initiative through the means of light infrastructure: a public architectural device constructed with minimum resources and energy, while maximizing socio-political impacts. The aim was set on potentializing educational, political, and cultural networks, while its development functioned as a pedagogical experience. Therefore, by building this pop-up classroom with the women, children and the leaders of the community, we located it as an activist appointment that pursued academic developments with direct incidence in real life circumstances.



Gyaan Ashray


The knowledge shelter

Gyaan Ashray


The knowledge shelter
This project is a knowledge shelter and community centre for the women of Behrampura.
File under
Type of project
  • Systemic changes

Behrampura is a neighborhood located in south-eastern Ahmedabad (India), housing a very pro-active Valmiki community. For quite some time now, women have been gathering every evening in one of the neighborhood terraces to teach themselves reading, writing and arithmetic skills. The ‘Gyaan Ashray’ (Hindi for Knowledge Shelter) was proposed as a way to support this initiative through the means of light infrastructure: a public architectural device constructed with minimum resources and energy, while maximizing socio-political impacts. The aim was set on potentializing educational, political, and cultural networks, while its development functioned as a pedagogical experience. Therefore, by building this pop-up classroom with the women, children and the leaders of the community, we located it as an activist appointment that pursued academic developments with direct incidence in real life circumstances.




Idea by

Kruti Shah and Sebastian Trujillo
Chaal.Chaal.Agency
Ahmedabad
India
CCA is a design-research collaborative project founded by Kruti Shah and Sebastian Trujillo that works between Ahmedabad (IN) and Bogotá (COL). CCA specializes in experimental infrastructures, transformative design, and transdisciplinary pedagogy, locating their area of investigation in the intersection between politics and space by being involved in exercises that range from public-generative devices and dismountable architectures, to pedagogical practices intertwined with academic research.