ARCHITECTURAL THESIS
HUDA ATEEQUE ARCHITECT
BANGALORE
ARCHITECTURAL THES FARMSCRAPER - RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISE TOWER WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC VERTICAL DENS JALLAHALI, BANGALORE
With the developing needs of the country and urbanization, the green belt as well as land for cultivation is depleting.
Shown above is the view of the farmscraper, a hypothetical project for architectural thesis
IS
GAR
The proposed project is situated in Jalahalli in North-East Bangalore and surrounded by defence establishments.
India is the most populous country in the world with an area of 3.287km2 and rank second in the agricultural output. It is in top five positions for about 80% of products produced from farms. Due to scarcity of land and increasing urbanization, either the land for cultivation will deplete or the developing needs of the country will suffer. The proposed project discuss the futuristic plan to find the solution to it.
The project will cover various modern ideas of vertical farming techniques such as hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics, aerofarms, and more.
FARMSCRAPER A farmscraper as its name suggests, is a skyscraper dedicated to farming. It is a self contained, residential tower with a combination of urban high rise technology and vertical greens.
It is a food producing skyscraper for the urban mass with a lot of press about vertical farming. The idea of cultivating plant life within open air for climate control and consumption.
The tower will have food producing vertical farms and sky gardens, on each floor of the building. The main objective of the design is to bring green space into an urban setting while retaining the city’s perchant for packing as much as possible into a tight space.
SITE LOCATION - BANGALORE SITE AREA - 5.4 ACRES PERMISSIBLE FAR - 2.5 PERMISSIBLE GROUND COVERAGE - 40%
APPROACH - 30 M FRONT & 9 M SIDE ROAD TOPOGRAPHY - FLAT ON THE LEVEL OF ROAD SOIL BEARING CAPACITY - 15000 kg/m2 GROUND WATER TABLE - 35.42 M AVERAGE
ZONING - RESIDENTIAL (MAINLY) SETBACKS - 16M AT ALL SIDES HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS - ACC. TO FAR HIGH RISE - AT HEIGHT OF 24M & ABOVE
[ GREEN LAND PATCH ]
[ DESIGN STRUCTURE]
[ INTEGRATION OF THE TWO ]
[ VERTICAL REGREENERATION ]
[ VOID IN GREEN PATCH ]
CONCEPT - NATURE IN MINIATURE Philosophy behind the design is to display and observe the floral cycle of nature in its miniature form that is in a building or group of buildings. The basic ideology is to bring nature back to architecture as well as reconnecting people with nature through architecture and design. Some of the main objectives are to observe and interact with nature to design solutions and apply self regulation.
To make the best use of nature’s abundance to reduce exploitation and observing patterns in nature and society to form the backbone of our designs. To integrate rather than segregate and the creative use of the diversity. To combine vegetation and its oxygenation benefits with building to counter pollution. To value and make use of all the resources that are available to us and avoid wastage.
DESIGN - ELEMENTS AND FACTORS
Green walls and vertical gardens Food production Micro - climate Waste water management Grey water recycling
Rain water collection Economizing heat energy Insulated glass units
Low e double glazing Solar and photo-voltaic energy Solar and pv panels
FORM FORMATION
[ STRUCTURAL CHOICE ]
[ IMPLANT STRATEGY]
[ STACKING DIAGRAM ]
[ FINAL BUILDING FORM]
1. CIVIC PLAZA AND WATER PLAY 2. PLAY MOUNDS 3. STORM WATER MANAGEMENT 4. URBAN CROP VALLEY 5. RESTAURANT AND CAFE 6. SURFACE PARKING 7. COLD STORE 8. NATIVE SHRUB PERIMETER PLANTING 9. BUILDING BLOCK 10. FARMER’S MARKET 11. HOUSES OF FARMERS
[ROAD NETWORK] Horizontal zoning showing the connectivity of the spaces through road network within the site.
[GREEN SPACES] Showing the green areas within the site and in the building including public farms and sky gardens.
[INFRASTRUCTURE] Showing the built mass within the site including the tower, community buildings and houses of the farmers.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SECTION OF THE BUILDING BLOCK SHOWING THE LEVELS AND PATTERN OF SKY GARDENS
SECTION DETAIL 1
THE LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE OF THE FLOORS AND THE CANTILEVERED TERRACES IS MADE OF 28 CENTIMETER THICK POST TENSIONED REINFORCED CONCRETE.
ALL THE PLANTS TAKE ROOT IN CONTAINERS LOCATED ON THE EXTERNAL SIDE OF DEEP CANTILEVERED TERRACES, WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM EACH APARTMENT.
THE DYNAMIC LOAD OF THE STRUCTURE INCLUDE THE GRAVITY, LOAD OF TREES AND SOIL AND PRESSURE OF WIND.
THREE FLOORS BASEMENT CONSISTS OF CAR PARKS AND SERVICES, WITH HEIGHT OF 36 CENTIMETER EACH AND SURROUNDED BY A MOAT FROM ALL SIDES FOR NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
SECTION DETAIL 3
SECTION DETAIL 2
[ MODULE OF 4 BHK APARTMENT] Third to seventh, thirteen to seventeenth, twenty third to twenty seventh floor plan
[ MODULE OF 3 BHK APARTMENT] Eighth to twelfth , eighteenth to twenty second floor plan
[ MODULE OF COMMUNITY CENTRE ] Twenty eighth floor plan
View of community centre
Zone one
Zone two
SECTION OF THE FARMLAND
SELECTION OF TREES The selected trees include 15 specimen of flowering trees of Bangalore, with heights varying from 10 to 20 meters, also the medicinal plants which are appropriate for the moderate temperature of the city.
Selected fruits and vegetables are the local and seasonal food plants of the city installed on both towers accordingly. Also, 15 specimen of ornamental plants are installed on sky farms.
Zone three
Zone four
[ CONCRETE FACADES ]
[ VERTICAL GREEN ]
The hard surface of concrete and glass absorbs heat from sun and dust
Vertical forest helps to build a micro climate and to filter dust particles
particles as well as acoustic pollution present in the urban environment.
present in the urban environment. Also, create humidity and absorb co2
Two concrete cores bearing the load of the structure Two concrete cores bearing the load of the structure
Vertical green include plants of different levels and horizontal green includes diversification
MONITORING OF TREES The trees are divided in three classes according to their health, success rate and growth by determining the effects of possible environmental stress-ors. Low class trees are planted up to 10th floor, middle class are planted up to 20th floor and high class are planted above the 20th floor.
Trees on different levels increase vertical ecological functionality
FRONT ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING BLOCK SHOWING THE LEVELS AND PATTERN OF SKY GARDENS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT
SOLAR POWER
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
This waste water is treated and intercepted in the storage tank and used for the daily irrigation of the planted facade.
200 m photo voltaic panels contribute about 2 percent of predicted electrical consumption.
The building is expected to reduce energy consumption by 20 per cent compared with typical baseline building.
2
STRUCTURE
[ CONCRETE CORES ]
[ APARTMENT UNITS ]
Two concrete cores bearing the load of the structure
Different modules of apartment units in stacked boxes
[ VERTICAL FARMS ]
[ COMMUNITY SPACES ]
Combination of public farms and private sky gardens
Community spaces connecting the residential towers