The encroachment of this land has been addressed in collaboration with the growing village community, resulting with the creation an urgently needed sub-post office and ration shop.

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The design is questioning the functioning and quality of common ration shops and inspires a new approach towards these mostly overlooked buildings.

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Importance has been given to maximize natural ventilation and light, transparency for users and clear circulation without compromising on the required safety aspects.

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We have taken the waiting customers into the building with a wide corridor space to protect them from rain and sun. Large open counters allow absolute transparency in the ration shop.

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The back of the building serves as shaded outdoor seating for the children of the neighbouring school.

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The aim is to provide the best possible integration for the underprivileged part of society, through architecture that embraces its users.

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The building strives to take vernacular elements and use them in a contemporary fashion, where only the material itself creates texture and decoration. Exposed earth block walls, solid doors from reclaimed wood, floors with local stone slabs and terracotta inlay create a subtle blending with the surrounding. The other elements - granite and jalis - are inspired by the local context.