# Wrap-3

Computer learning center for an orphanage, Kozhikode. Kozhikode, India, 2006. Design: Collaborative Architecture.

Completed in 2006, Wrap-3 is a first-generation computer training center for an orphanage in South India. Designed for primary and secondary school students, the space takes the child’s perception as its point of departure, shaping an informal learning environment that feels familiar and inviting.

## Key facts

- Location: Kozhikode, Kerala, India
- Client: JDT Islam
- Typology: Education, Interior
- Status: Completed
- Year: 2006
- 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, first-round nomination
- 2010 SKETCH exhibition curated by Tadao Ando, Mexico

## Layers of color and light

The interior is conceived as a series of wraps, juxtaposed to create overlapping layers of color and space. Natural light streaming from outside animates these layers, producing shifting views and spatial impressions.

## A space for discovery

Childlike, doodle-inspired cut-outs punctuate the wraps. They function as graphic marks and as integral architectural elements, encouraging curiosity and accidental discovery. Together, the layered surfaces, openings and changing light create what the project describes as a “spatial kaleidoscope.”

Wrap-3’s ideas later informed Stacked Tectonics, a 1,858-square-meter school building by the studio on the same campus, extending the project’s exploration of child-centered space to a larger scale.

## Awards and shortlists

- 2006: IIID Award, Spaces of Social Relevance, Winner
- 2006: A+D Spectrum Innovative Interior Award, Honorable Mention
- 2008: DesignShare, Educational Spaces, Recognized Value Award
- 2010: Aga Khan Award for Architecture, first-round nomination

## Exhibitions

- 2010: SKETCH, curated by Tadao Ando, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico, with d3

## In print

- 2007 Mar: IAB (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/features/2007-03-indian-architect-and-builder-wrap-3.pdf)
- 2007 Apr: Architecture + Design
- 2007 Apr: Better Interiors (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/features/2007-04-better-interiors-wrap-3.pdf)
- 2007 Jul: Architecture Update
- 2007 Oct: Design Today
- 2008 Jul: Elemente (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/features/2008-07-elemente-studio-feature.pdf)
- 2011 Mar: Architect and Interiors India, Fab 50
- 2013 Mar: Surfaces Reporter, profile (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/features/2013-03-surfaces-reporter-studio-profile.pdf)
- 2016 Jul: Inside Outside, interview (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/features/2016-07-inside-outside-interview-with-the-principals.pdf)

## Books

- 2007: Contemporary Color Design, daab (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/books/2007-contemporary-color-design-daab-wrap-3.pdf)
- —: Color Space, Designer Books (the pages on the project, PDF: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/press/books/color-space-designer-books-wrap-3.pdf)

## Credit for publications

Wrap-3, Kozhikode. Design: Collaborative Architecture (https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/wrap-3/)

Page: https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/wrap-3/