Architecture & Design

September, what a month!! Anagram is glad it’s over, as is its work of making good for construction drawings (GFCs) for Cuttack toilet. It was such an amazing month filled with loads of detailing, discussions, management within the in-house design team and the consultants’  decision-making, and refining, refining, refining the designs.

Taking into consideration the lifestyle of an entirely different strata of society in the detailing meant trying to view things from the user’s perspective while keeping foresightedness in mind. This led to the Anagram team working tirelessly and, ultimately, adding more members to the team. This meant that half of the office was working on the project! The doubling of the team was done not only to meet the deadline but also to provide further assistance in refining the designs.

It was an Herculean task of setting a perfect coordination of: structure with architecture, electrical with form and function, signage with electrical, and plumbing with architecture and function. Key areas that needed to be resolved included how the doors were fitting in, how the cuddhapah wall partition is working with the plumbing, taking care that all the areas that will receive natural light and ventilation, leaving no scope for vandalism, assuring the layout of plumbing is as optimized as it should be, and more. The team didn’t compromise on any part and the consultants brought on were also asked to refine drawings in order to provide the best option.

Refining the designs was such a back and forth process, at times it felt never-ending, but the unwavering enthusiasm of whole Anagram team made it happen. When the team finally saw the prints, everyone was so happy!