The Airy Room with Sunlight

THE AIRY ROOM WITH SUNLIGHT

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The above picture is the rectangular bedroom of my house which is located in the rural area of Madhi. The bedroom is 440cm wide and 480cm long. The entry door of the room is led straight by the main door of the house. The entrance of the room is made of a wooden frame and plywood. As soon as we enter the room, we can see the bathroom door on the left side wall, the balcony door on the opposite wall, the cupboards are placed on the entrance wall and there are two windows placed side by side the wall, one window is on the opposite wall, the second window is placed on the right sidewall. Because it is built in a rural area, there are lots of farms and trees around our house. The wall is made of brick, sand, concrete, and cement. The room has a rough texture on the wall because it has only rough plaster. The area is covered with one double bed, one chair, one glass table, one small wooden table, and two cupboards one is a wooden cupboard and the second is an iron cupboard. There is also a small wooden side table with two drawers near the cupboard. The glass table is made of iron and glass. There is an iron swing put there temporarily. Actually in summer, we are sitting outside in the night so we move this swing outside at night to sit there and the swing is not heavy so we can easily move it. There are two walls that have a storage space also on height of 200 cm. It is made out of concrete, sand, brick and cement. Everyone can not use it easily. We have to take help of a stool or chair to use this storage space. The room has two windows which are arranged as per good air circulation and comes sunlight in the room. The windows are made of wooden frames with transparent glass panes. The wooden frame is made out of teak wood because the teak wood is more durable. It has a black-colored iron grill to cover the window from inside. As I mentioned there are lots of farms and trees around our house, we can see the greenery when we see out of the window and when we open the window we can feel a good clean air because of the trees and farms. In the summer, we just opened the window and balcony door and we seriously don’t want an air conditioner because nature gives a really good, cool and clean air than AC. The windows are placed on some height so the child is not able to open the top stopper of the window easily. The room has one attached balcony, too. As I mentioned before The windows play an important role in air circulation but also the balcony door is on the opposite wall to the entrance, the room has good air circulation. In the summer, when we open the balcony door, there is cool air that comes into the room and makes the room cool without AC. The room has good sunlight and good air circulation. There are two cupboards next to each other in the room. First, we can see the green shade colored iron cupboard which is too old. Then next to it we can see

the dark brown colored wooden cupboard which is relatively new. The iron cupboard has two doors and on one door it has a mirror with some design on one side, the second door has the picture of a goddess. The wooden cupboard is made of plywood which has three doors, two drawers below one door which are exactly next to the first cupboard, and this door also has a mirror. The one which is made of iron looks some old fashioned and made of wood looks new-fashioned. The cupboards are in front of the bed with less space but we can easily open the cupboard and use it. When we just go straight four-five steps from the entrance we reach the double bed. The bed is put in the center of the room and under the fan. The double bed is made of teakwood. It has glossy dark brown polished. It is as designed as we can dismantle its all parts and easily take it away anywhere and fix it easily. When we move the mattress from the bed, we can see the plywood with two steel handles and when we pull the handle we can see the huge space under the bed. The bed takes more space in the room. The room has enough space with furniture to walk in around the room but it does not provide a free space for the student to work in a group and play. The room has not much space but it is comfortable to use for everyone. The room is mostly used by my brother to sleep and study. Sometimes I also use this room to study when I feel some disturbance in my room. The flooring of the room is done by white marble that’s why it needs more care about cleaning otherwise the dust can easily be seen and the room looks dirty and also the flooring has a smooth texture so when we move heavy and sharp furniture on the flooring, it leaves scratch marks on the floor so we need to be more careful. My mother cleaned the room two times very carefully. The room has a connected bathroom so all family members come to the rooms to use the bathroom.

Figure 2: The window of the bedroom Note: air circulation and the sunlight by the window. Figure 3: Cupboards of the room Note: two cupboards with different materials. Figure 4: Double bed Note: a double bed with inner storage space.

READING OBJECTS, WRITING CRAFT R8

Steps towards Research

Based on the experience with the essay during the previous semester, we will focus on reading more carefully, learning some techniques and gaining more confidence for all the writing we will have to do later. R8 will have a set of texts that all of us read and discuss together, and then texts that we choose, read, and discuss in groups of four.

R8

Stage 1: Reading Short Introductory Texts In groups of 4, read the two texts assigned to you, discuss them to make sure you agree on how you understand them, and prepare to present them to the rest of the class using the format in the next slide. (make any changes required, so long as the content remains the same) Present and discuss your mind maps in class, revise and submit them, in one ppt.

Step 2: Reading Descriptive/ Detailed Texts In the same groups of 4, follow the same process you did for Stage 1, to read the ‘Orientation Guide’ section of The Villa Savoye. Discuss the text within the group to make sure you agree on how you understand it, and prepare to present it to the rest of the class using the format in the next slide. You will have 4 minutes for the presentation. Present and discuss your mind maps in class, revise and submit it.

Step 3: Reading Texts for Style Now that we are familiar with the text (Villa Savoye), let us identify how it works, as a description, so we can use similar strategies for our own descriptions. Keep in mind the process you went through for your own R7, describing spaces you are familiar with. You will have 5 minutes in class to talk about your understanding of the text.

Step 3: Describing a Building In the same groups in which you have been reading, choose one work of the architect you have been assigned. Make sure you are able to find sufficient reliable materials to read/ see/ watch about it.

Provide an overview description of the building, following the approach you used in R7 and what you have learned from the description of Villa Savoye. You may have a thematic focus, if you are able to identify an interesting one, but that is not essential. Use images and captions to substantiate your points. Work in a word document for your first draft. Once you have received feedback on the content, work on putting it together as a presentation. Each group will have 5 minutes to describe the building they have chosen to the entire class.

List of architects whose works may be selected for research 1. Yasmeen Lari 2. Minnette de Silva

3. Denise Scott Brown

4. Kenzo Tange 5. Zaha Hadid 6. Santiago Calatrava 7. Louis Kahn 8. Tadao Ando 9. Laurie Baker 10. Frank Lloyd Wright 11. Geoffrey Bawa