Chokkura Plaza

Exterior view of the community center with the older storehouse in the background.

A diagonal construction system is employed wherein the Ooya stone is stacked in pairs and woven together like a basket. Steel plates are used to create the broad skeleton of the building.

The stone here emerges not as a mere cladding material but as an element integral to the structure itself.

View of the interiors exhibiting the transition from the older structure to the newer, more porous interventions.

Owing to varied site conditions and the properties of the stone the woven fabric continues to modulate.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Photographs by Daici Ano, Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Varun Ajani

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