In February, I had the pleasure of volunteering for another trip with Engineering Ministries International (EMI), this time to India. Our task was to design a multi-story facility for the headquarters of a ministry called Transformation India Movement (TIM), which is dedicated to bringing hope and a better future to the inhabitants of Northern India. Our mission was to design a facility that could house all of their operations in one location, improving coordination, communication within the ministry, and training opportunities. The second half of the trip was spent in Delhi, and at EMI’s India office in Mussoorie, a beautiful place in the foothills of the Himalayas. We reviewed the projects with the professionals there and made some great recommendations on how we could improve their designs. The India office will take over the project from here, and issue final Construction Documents to the ministry.
Once their building is complete they will be able to operate more efficiently and branch out to other villages more quickly. The final design was a five-story structure approximately 5,000 SF per floor, which housed a pre-school, training center, offices, guest rooms and much more. We incorporated elements from the local architecture such as balconies and overhangs.
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