Mathru Centre for Developmental Disabilities is a school for Mathru trust. The site, being a small plot on an important road, required the design to capitalize on the visibility of the school. Two large mango trees to the front, presented both a challenge and an opportunity. They have been retained to provide a shaded space for play and a green view from the front classrooms. Nevertheless, visibility and attention from the road were captured by an entire façade made from reclaimed windows, highlighted through the foliage by a bright yellow paint. The planning of this school has open class rooms and wide passages as wide as the classrooms to allow them to double up as spaces to host other activities. A framed structure was chosen, given the site constraints of space and access. Building materials like windows and doors, sanitary ware and tiles were sourced from leftovers at ongoing construction projects or known vendors or as carefully dismantled parts of structures to be demolished.
