A research book mapping the journey of construction workers in India from their hometown to construction site and narrating their lives from an architectural perspective
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Construction workers are the unsung heroes of any architectural project. They appear on the site as the project begins, work throughout the duration and magically disappear as the project ends. Not only their contribution towards the project goes ignored, but sometimes their human values are also compromised. Often these construction workers are forced to live in squalor like condition in labour camps where families are crammed in as minimal space as possible with absolutely no regards to health and hygiene, let aside preserving cultural values. So to understand other aspects of lives of construction workers and shared responsibility we bear towards them as architects, a batch of students of architecture researched the topic and published their findings in the book — Spaces in transition.
This book is based on a study by students of architecture who followed such workers from the construction site to homes in their villages. The book also contains design suggestions to improve their living conditions in labour camps. The study was carried out in year 2015-16 as a part of academic requirement.
I was part of 12 member team guided by 3 faculty members. The book contained data collected by a batch of 36 students and I was involved in collecting, sorting and organizing raw data, designing layouts for some sections in the book and final touch-ups including cover design. This was a semester (16 weeks) long project and my role shifted constantly throughout the duration.