Architectural Design & Tender Progress
The last month has been exceptional in terms of progress of the architectural work. The deadlines for Project Sammann have always been challenging, but this time the work was fourfold and the deadline was even tighter.
Earlier we submitted tender and good for construction drawings (GFCs) for the Public Toilets, which were six designs covering 27 sites. This time for the community toilets (CTs) in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar we had 14 designs covering 32 and 43 sites, respectively, with the same stringent deadline as with the Public Toilets. On top of that, the whole process was delayed by two weeks due to various reasons. However, Anagram took the responsibility to bring the whole project back on track.
Anagram has aspired to make the designs better both functionally and aesthetically from the start. The team spent considerable time developing the design language which can fit transversely in all the designs ranging from ‘very small 2 WC’ to ’12 Seater’ typologies. Handmade models in the studio helped us to understand the massing and scale. Besides, functionally, the introduction of turnstile and the electrical incinerator will make the circulation and the dumping of menstrual waste more efficient. We are using laterite stone to make the design sustainable. This also adds to the visual language.
We had a very thoughtful meeting with our sewage consultants, CDD, over Cuttack and Bhubaneswar sites regarding the designing, functioning and placements of advance settlers on sites. Currently, we are on track by submitting Cuttack Municipal Corporation the first part of the tender, featuring four typologies covering 18 sites. Our in-house design team and the consultants worked vigorously to achieve this.
Anagram will be submitting the remaining seven typologies for Cuttack, covering 14 sites, by the first week of August. The complete Bhubaneswar tender will be submitted by the middle of August, after which we will start with the GFCs for Cuttack and Batch III drawings of Public Toilets.