AKASH DHANTURI
The isometric view above shows a spherical room with three windows, the
third of which extends to the ground to create a door. The exterior surface of
the volume is a trimmed sphere and the interior is created by carving a torus
and an inclined ellipsoid out of said sphere. The top of the ellipsoid intersects
with the outer surface of the sphere to create a circular window. The selective
intersection of an inclined cylindrical disc with the sphere creates two
panoramic windows - narrow and wide - that span the outside of the sphere. The
wider window is extended on one side and connected to the ground to create a
doorway
The elevation view above
depicts the circular and panoramic windows as well as the doorway that connect the room to it’s environment. The dashed lines around the panormic windows clearly depict the profile of the trimmed cylindrical disc that was used to carve them out.
The profiles of the torus and
ellipsoid used to carve out the interior are clearly highlighted through this section view. The areas intersected make evident that the use of these profiles have led to curved
walls that vary in thickness to reach maximum around the middle of the structure and minimums at ground and sky level. The tip of the bent ellipsoid intersects with the outer walls to reveal a view of the sky beyond.