Rajhans Balvatika
Set amongst acres of open space in Mumbai’s largest school campus, the architecture and planning of the building was visualized to purposefully depart from the standard multistoried structure that results when designing in a constrained urban space. In contrast, thus the school takes inspiration from the curriculum of these toddlers, centers education around fun and play.

The building spread out at ground level and pivots eccentrically around a “clock tower” dominated entrance (the clock tower also serving as the locator and focal point within the surrounding campus) with the classrooms clustered around two courtyards. The classrooms are designed atypically – each having its own face and identity. This was visualized to impart a bond between each group of the children and classroom.

Working within budget constraints, the building construction and finishing is simple. The use of colours was also envisaged to add character and warmth to the building blocks, but again, could not be realized due to budget difficulties.