Mathru School for the Blind is an NGO working to provide education and life skills to visually challenged children from rural poor families. With an extremely tight schedule and budget, the construction also had to be mindful to minimise disturbance to the surrounding residential neighbourhood. The computer lab is housed in the basement, a quieter and cooler part of the school. For ventilation of common areas, jaali blockwork is used, which creates a perceptible draft for the visually impaired students to orient themselves better. Working with the cost constraints, windows are minimised and sourced collaboratively – donated by a client, whose home was being remodelled by Biome. The office has subsequently collaborated with an NGO to design a Braille Mural and other play/learning puzzles to enable learning through sensorial designs in the passages.
