THE ARK
A seed and genetic research centre set among the granite outcrops of the Deccan. The approach is a single axis — a stone causeway between still water channels, drawn from the Mughal garden tradition and used here as a decompression sequence before the laboratories. The building itself is a terracotta mass cut by horizontal bands of glazing, lifted on a deep cantilevered plane so the ground stays open and shaded. Inside, the research spaces close down to lit chambers held over water, where what is being stored is kept out of daylight.
