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"For if a city according to the opinion of philosophers be no more than a great house, and on the other hand, the house be a little city."
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Site Selection
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Literature Case Study
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Site Analysis
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Design Brief
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Concept
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Design process
LITERATURE CASE STUDY
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The idea was to explore the reciprocal relation between the building and the market up front. Buildings are not self-contained isolated sculptures, They play an explicit part in the continuity of the urban fabric and urban social life. The building is divided into two to prevent a split between the market on both sides and create a seamless transition from one end to another. The culture and people are to be highlighted and the building subtly highlights the market with the contrast.
Deriving from the thesis “Architecture microcosm: from city to building�, I explored how the city is a network of spaces of which the building is a unit, giving it structural coherance to the city. Nodes are the more active areas within the building based on program or movement and districts are differentiated areas for differentatied users
ORGANISED CHAOS CONNECTION HIERARCHY
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JUXTAPOSE STREET AND EDGE
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1. Jewellery Store 2. Clothes Store 3. Market 4. Spiral Staircase 5. Supermarket 6. Toilet 7. Open market
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The ground floor intends to integrate itself with the market outside by creating pockets of semi-open spaces for vendors and small retail stores that include a larger demographic in its profile. Entry is through a transition space between the markets on either side of the plot. This space creates a street on it own and has small niches inbuilt that can be used for seating and for street vending. The open
8. Storage 9. Trial room 10. Service Room 11. Ramp to Basement 12. Disabled Ramp 13. Seating niches
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market (7) allows the market to enter the building and into the semi-private market spaces. A statement spiral staircase adds dynamism and leads to the next floor. Ramps in both the sections allow freedom for the specially-abled to move around and the elevator assists in accessing the subsequent floors.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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The semi private market spaces are colour coded for ease of use. This makes it easier for users to identify what they require from a distance in the crowd. There are two types of vending stalls imitating a market. A series of levels create a podium for multiple hawkers and there are standing vendors. These differnces in levels create a visual connection from any point of the market to any stall. The stalls are created in random heights that are comfortable to access, to create an illusion of chaos that is often noticed in markets. Markets are meant to be used, to be played with, to be made a part of the life of the inhabitants and users. The brick walls allow freedom. Age and dirt is not visible on brick and it ages beautifully. The walls are a platform for the young artists. The transition spaces and empty walls are canvas and can create an integrated exhibition.
A bridge connects the two buildings and overlooks the street created below. The open market space is at a double height and the stores connected to it on the second floor are visually connected to it. VISUAL CONNECTION is an important part of any market space. Certain parts of the facade are arched with wood louvers for protection while other sections have jali walls. This eradicates the need for additional air conditioning. The jali bricks are mud concrete bricks. The mud is obtained from the basement. The soil in this region is sufficiently strong and only requires an addition of 20% clay. Since mud concrete requires more labour than imported materials, the flow of money is towards the working class and skilled labour of the community. This decreases the need for any materials from oustide the site and only concrete for the RCC structure is brought in. The facade makes way for pockets of planters imitating the niches on the ground floor. This makes up for the loss of vegetation on the ground and brings much needed greenery to an urban community. Large brands are discouraged in the building as it is made for the local community which doesnt rely on them much. Fairly popular brands like MAX encourage a different demographic to join the community.
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1. Kiosk 1 2. Kiosk 2 3. Large retail store (MAX) 4. Luggage counter 5. Changing room (M) 6. Changing room (W) 7. Elevator
8. Clothes Store 9. Spiral Stairs 10. Stationary Store 11. Storage
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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1. Exhibition 2. Cafe 3. Optician office 4. Spectacles Store 5. Reception 6. Storage 7. Elevator
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8. Hair Salon 9. Book Store 10. Open Bakery 11. Balcony Seating
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The second floor gives way to an exhibiton, book store, and cafe/ bakery. These three stores compliment each other and make the open seating on the balcony an enriching space. The cafe includes indoor seating along with an arched opening for a bakery that opens into the corridor. The building is bursting at the seams with activity and the jalis and openings on the walls provide ample ventilation for this. The exhibiton space is exempted from this. It is shaded and does not have any openings for sunlight or wind as this can prove to be corrosive for the artwork displayed. The right block of the building is a complete contrast as it houses functional arenas. An opticians office and hair salon create a space that is purely “need� based. The optician has a spectacle store inbuilt and is completed with a reception and waiting area.
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1. Fast food (KFC) 2. Food Court 3. Food Court Seating 4. Open terrace Seating 5. Service room 6. Elevator 7. Fire Stairs
The third floor appeases the hunger in the shoppers. It encloses a semi open food court and an open terrace seating space. The left block has a large fast food kiosk with a glass opening revealing the interior of the kitchen to maintain cleanliness. Two other kiosks make use of the archway and open up into the corridor. Users can sit at the semi open seating space in the left block that has wire meshes replacing the walls to make a refreshing space or they can move across the bridge to the terrace seating. Planters have been integrated at every possible corner. The food court seating (3) uses wood along with the concrete table bases.
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A troupe of arches make up the interior of the building. The building that initially existed in the location had vaulted halls called kadambas. The arches are a contemporary take on this and does homage to the fallen structure. The basement has space for hydrolic parking. The trees act as percolation pits with pipes leading into the rainwater harvesting pit. Every part of the building can be viewed from the corridor and the arches tunnel through the building. The cantilevered arches on the central transition space are similar to harem windows and it feels like a crowded street with old indian charm of harem windows, overlooking eaves and ample VISUAL CONNECTION between both buildings.
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