gyaan baoli

Gyaan Baoli reimagines an agricultural university as a self sustaining ecosystem where landscape, farming, and architecture function as one integrated system. Inspired by Rajasthan’s baori typology and desert context, the campus is planned as a climate responsive network of courtyards, shaded terraces, and learning landscapes. Technology driven farming methods such as hydroponics and vertical agriculture are woven into open academic zones, creating a living campus where sustainability, ecology, and education grow together.

The masterplan follows an axial and climate oriented layout, responding to the harsh desert sun through shaded walkways, courtyards, and passive cooling strategies. Indigenous materials such as yellow sandstone, mud, and lime enhance thermal comfort while grounding the campus in its regional identity. Rainwater harvesting, solar panels, wastewater management, and xeriscaped planting form an integrated environmental framework. Semi open social spaces, play courts, amphitheatres, and stacked voids promote ventilation, daylight, and student interaction, shaping a campus that feels rooted, breathable, and future ready.