
Design Brief
Reviving a lost Heritage
An old tower at Wakdewadi in Pune was selected as the site for the fourth edition of The Drawing Board competition. A significant site, the tower raised several lines of enquiries about social, historical, and built contexts. Formerly, designed for storing water for a well-known landmark - the Reach Mansion (Jehangir Bungalow), the tower stands as a lone remnant of that time and essence in the present day.
The tower was a part of the beautiful mansion built-in 1879, currently positioned at the rear side of the shopping complex and the IT tower. The tower has a water tank on top and stairs to reach the tank the known details of construction can be traced back down a timeline of 140 years. The Heritage Committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation has registered the water tank as a Grade I heritage structure.
The site extends to the surrounding of the heritage water tower and the front plaza of the existing labour office at Wakdewadi, Shivajinagar, Pune. In the backdrop of this water tower: on the east side are contrasting glass buildings such as Shoppers Stop, few IT Offices and across the road, on western side, there is a labour office, and toward the southern-end facing the flyover are the slums of Patil Estate
Jurors
Ernesto Bedmar,
Ernesto Bedmar Architects, Singapore
Palinda Kannangara,
Palinda Kannangara Architects, Srilanka
Sanjay Mohe,
Mindspace Architects, Bengaluru
2019 Attendees


Submitted Entries

Winner
Sanidhya Shah
Vivek Wanarase
VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune

First Runner-Up
Sharmen Mehta
Siddhant Manpara
Akshay Patel
ITM - School of Architecture Art and Design, Vadodara

Second Runner-Up
Ravi Varma
Vaibhavi Pujari
Ashutish Mundada
VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune

Finalists
Sandeepa Vithanage
AAqil Roofin
Dilik Abeyakoon
City School of Architecture, Colombo

Finalists
Farhan Khan
RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru

Finalists
Hashwanth Ram
Divakara Murthy
RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru

Finalists
Harish Rikame
Shreya Kalbhor
Yukta Gandhi
Trinity College of Architecture, Pune

Finalists
Siddharth Sudharam Waze
Saqib Mulla
Abhishek Naik
D.Y Patil, Kolhapur