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FOCUS Structures IN CONVERSATION Eugene Pandala INTERNATIONAL Penda Architecture & Design ARUP ARCHITECTURE Matharoo Associates

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NAREDCO Knowledge Seminar

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Conserving Natural and Cultural heritage Eugene Pandala collaborates the use of locally sourced materials with modern construction methods.

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Divinity engraved in Stones SpaceMatters uses stone to integrate architecture, engineering and religion.

Crowning Glory HCP Design, Planning & Management Pvt. Ltd. glorifies steel construction with innovative details.

Entwining Nature into the Built Matharoo Associates creates balanced spaces that merge with the landscape.

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Innovation and Identities Steel Bridge designed by Penda and engineered by ARUP.

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Structual Grandeur Alaka Kavallur captures the glory of Qutub Shahi tombs of Hyderabad.

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Program The Conference will be divided under 3 tracks:

DESIGN (Speakers 2 Architects & 1 Engineer) This track aims to understand the role of design and architecture in the overall scenario of development on an urban scale. It aims to comprehend the role of architects coupled with engineers to create quality spaces at micro and macro sclales.

ENGINEERING (Speakers 2 Engineers & 1 Architect) This track aims to analyse the important role of engineers and engineering in the building of our immediate urban environments. It attempts to bridge the distinction and bridge between the fraternities of engineering and architecture to comprehend that a synergy between the two can achieve enhanced growth and city development.

CONSTRUCTION (Speakers 2 Construction / Project manager & 1 Quality manager) This track addresses the last process of building advancement. It caters to implement that the process of construction, management, material innovation and quality control are a part of the cohesive process and combined together with the design and engineering of the buildings can create enhanced Infrastructure and Buildings in the urban fabric.

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DENSITY The idea revolves around how design solutions are tackling today’s urban and rural population. These can be seen through smaller elements of architecture as well as through organisation of public spaces on a macro scale. The more dense every region grows, smarter and compact planning is observed.

The term “Dense” gives the idea of density around a city; however it is a compilation of styles in architecture progressing in its very own genre and concluding itself with Globalisation in today’s times. As we further try to decode this variant, IA&B is setting out a new platform for students and professionals to define this theme through TWO competitions:

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• A photography competition by IA&B. • The competition is open to all.

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• Students are to attach their current academic year identity proof of their architecture schools with their entries.

• The article can use images for illustration purpose.

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efined as “an arrangement and organisation of interrelated elements in a material object or system�, the structural system of a building thus inherently determines the form of the building in question. Rapid urbanisation and the growth of cities, has led to a call for large-scale built environments, which necessitates innovative solutions in the structural systems. Aided by neoteric technologies, and historical references alike, a range of materials is available to architects and designers. As different materials have varying strengths and properties, the outcome thus achieved is unique in each situation.

This issue of Indian Architect & Builder aims at exploring the structural dexterity of different materials through works that explore inventive approaches to building designs. The materials thus investigated are stone, mud, concrete and steel. While stone and mud are a remark on inquiries into vernacular and traditional architectural solutions, steel and concrete validate aspects of urban development and modern identities, brought about by the age of telecommunication and information technologies. Each project is thus a profound example of material and structural prowess.

The San Shan Bridge and the Production Facility for KHS Machinery have used the tensile strength of steel to create large spanned spaces. Additionally, the situational complications in each case are resolved with pioneering solutions using the properties of steel. Similarly, in case of the Moving Landscapes home, the architect has used stone and concrete to create dynamic spaces. In case of the Temple of Stone and Light, the stone creates a harmony between architecture, engineering and religion and throws light on the history of the city.

Lastly, the Raviz Resort uses vernacular techniques of mud construction to revive the biodiversity of the area.

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Conserving Natural and Cultural heritage The Raviz Resort and Spa, Kerala

Situated by the lake Ashtamudi, the design and engineering take benefits of its heritage value and location through a collaborative use of ethnic materials and modern construction techniques.

Text, Images and Drawings: courtesy Eugene Pandala Compilation: Meghna Mehta

Architecture The design of the resort The Raviz evolved as an environmentally sustainable building, which expresses cultural continuity of the region. The landscape was evolved with an intention of restoring the bio diversity of the coastal area of lake Ashtamudi, as the location of the resort is significantly linked to the history of the costal heritage of Travancore lakes. Landscape was designed using sustainable landforms, which resembled the ancient landscapes and the plants used in all local spaces, for easy maintenance devoid of pesticides.

The water edge of this old boat building yard is restored to its natural state by providing lateritic boulders to enable hideouts to enhance the breeding of fish, crabs and supporting living organisms. The plants used at the water edge include a few species of mangrove to recover the ecological systems. The trees, shrubs, and turf were selected to suit the natural local ambience and the host and nectar plants for butterflies and fruit trees to feed the birds and squirrels.

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of Travancore palace architecture. There is a three hundred year old historic timber building transplanted from Anchal and restored to grandeur to showcase a Nair Tharavadu (Bunglow) which is an authentic ethnic example of timber house architecture prevailed in the south Travancore area. A two hundred years old timber house was transplanted from Muvatupuza. This building reflects the heritage of Christian timber house architecture of central Travancore. The concept of the two main buildings was evolved to recreate the ambiance of the 19th century, using the precise natural building materials. Creating an epic held up to this era, it was an attempt to capture the soul of the colourful and romantic Travancore age that remains one of history’s most charming era.

The Roadside entry of the resort presents an immaculate example of ethnic and authentic timber architecture of Travancore. The privacy wall between the driveway and the pool made of the rustic local laterite simulates the movement of waves .The ceiling of the porch has the acclaimed ‘thirukazukol’ (radiating rafters) and a

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‘Chandrawamada’, which is a very rare feature that has disappeared from today’s architectural context. The breezeway, which connects the porch and the lobby, is a faithful portrayal of the traditional roofing system of Travancore. A short stroll down the corridor brings you to the lobby, which is a three storey high spacious reception, and surprises one with the grand panorama of the Lake Ashtamud opening up the whole vista beyond the lakes inviting waters.

Structural Design The clients proposed to increase the number of guest rooms and other associated areas. Accordingly the architect planned the multipurpose hall, restaurants, kitchen in the ground and lower floors and the guest rooms which meant providing columns in the hall to support the room floors was not permitted. All the utility service lines like water supply both hot and cold, power and lighting wires / cables, HVAC ducts, chilled water pipes etc provided to the rooms carried through ducts cannot be taken down to the ground through the multipurpose hall. A Service floor was located immediately above the hall and the available height was only 2.5 m. These constraints posed quite a few challenges to the structural system. In addition, the contoured site and minimum setback all around gave little space to stack the material. The overall clear span required was 27m. Several structural systems listed below were considered.

1) Reinforced Column and large span beam with floating columns to support guest room floors.

2) Pre-stressed concrete beam and reinforced concrete columns.

3) Reinforced concrete virendel Girders.

4) Structural Steel lattice Girder supporting reinforcement steel concrete column for guest room floors.

Finally, considering the space, time requirement and ease of construction, Lattice Girder pre-fabricated with structural steel sections was considered and transported to site. These girders were designed to support RCC framed structure above for guest room floors.

Considering the number of service lines to be accommodated and the available height of the service floor the girder depth was designed with the top chord supporting the service floor roof and the bottom chord to support the service floor. The girder was broken-down into elements of 12 m for ease of transportation and assembled in the floor level at site to be erected. The completely assembled girder was erected using two derrick cranes. The member of the lattice girder was so designed to provide adequate space to run service lines.

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The Raviz Resort and Spa Kollam, Kerala, India 5 acres Prof. Eugene Pandala 230 cr January 2000 September 2011 Sridhar S Ramamoorthy - Edeconns.Pvt Ltd Banglore.

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Divinity engraved in Stones Temple in Stone and Light, Rajasthan, India.

With architecture asthetics involved in religion, the structure evolves all around the site naturally; such an attempt is embarked effectively by SpaceMatters in this project.

Text: Divya Pai Drawings: courtesy SpaceMatters Photographs: courtesy Akash Kumar Das

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ndia has a glorious history of temple architecture. The desert state of Rajasthan, where the temple is located, has an equally diverse and refined heritage of buildings set in an unforgiving climatic zone.

JSW Raj West Power Limited wanted a temple that served the local village communities as well as the staff at the power plant. They wanted the temple to be a unique interpretation of the traditional temple form, familiar and exciting at the same time. Looking at the legacy of Barmer and all the religious aesthetics in Rajasthan, to design a contemporary Hindu temple set in the sand dunes of this site has been an enormous challenge for the architects.

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and engage local craftsmen to reinterpret a culturally significant typology like a temple. This led to cost reduction as well as lowered the environmental impact while rejuvenating the cultural heritage of the region.

Design Details: Lord Shiva, to whom this temple is dedicated, dwells in paradoxes and apparent dualities. In Hindu scriptures and mythology he manifests as both - the Preserver and the Destroyer. In unison with goddess Shakti, he transcends the duality of the masculine and feminine principle. Like other such perceived dualities, masculinity and femininity are often approached as a continuum rather than a binary in Indian philosophy and mythology. This symbolism needed to be translated into evocative spatial clues to deliver this project.

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shikara which affix the glass at 200mm offset. Each slab of this peak has its own detailed stone support at base and higher it goes, there is major use of Jaisalmer stones with 8mm wide groove to fix steel and 45mm offset from inside to attach the “Vedika”.

Due to the reservoir for the power plant in this vicinity, the area has a very high water table, unusual for the desert. The landscaping leverages this advantage to plant almost 200 trees which will creates a wooded area and improves the microclimate around the temple. At different times of the day, from different directions, the temple is heavy and light, solid and translucent, valid and void, past and present.

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Temple in Stone and Light Barmer, Rajasthan, India JSW Raj West Power Ltd April 2014 Phase 1 - March 2016 Amritha Ballal, Suditya Sinha Anand Lakhani, Juhi Mehta, Rishi Suman, Adarsh Saravanan, Sneha Kathi, Waseem Ahmad 4360 sq m 138 sq m Sanjeev Aggarwal - Ace Designs Kulwinder Singh - Design Roots RWPL - Civil Works Department KS Constructions Ashok Sharma Adam Hardy, Vishakha Kawathekar, Moulshri Joshi

Detailed veiw of the inner sanctum or the garbagriha of the temple.

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Crowning Glory Production Facility for KHS Machinery Pvt. Ltd.

The facility, designed by HCP Design, Planning & Management Pvt. Ltd.; explores an innovative steel structural system to achieve a pragmatically grounded form.

Text and Drawings: courtesy HCP Design, Planning & Management Pvt. Ltd. Images: courtesy Dinesh Mehta Compilation: Dhwani Shanghvi

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Production facility for KHS Machinery.

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Detail of the inverted roofing with trusses appearing above the roofing.

Inverted Truss Roof Canopy Design.

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faced by industrial buildings in India due to the nuisance of birds.

Thus, the innovative design of the trusses also contributes towards increasing the efficiency of the workspace. In addition to this, the shape of the canopy augments the stack effect as it directs the draft towards the crown of the roof, thus assisting in cooling the space in the extreme heat that is characteristic of Memdabad.

Structure: The inverted truss roof canopy addressed the client’s requirements to have a stable leak-proof roof and to achieve zero vibration in the production hall despite the handling of heavy overhead cranes. The structural system was designed so that the three structural elements, namely the column supports for the roof canopy, gantry supports and the 12-feet-high brick wall supporting windows and other ventilation elements, rest on a common foundation. This was especially challenging as the 20-tonne crane inside the factory sits on the cantilever columns of 7 metres in height, which is free from the main steel portal. This design separates vertical cladding sheeting and windows from any vibrations of the crane. The methodology breaks away from the traditional method of construction in order to meet the unique functional requirement of this industrial unit. Steel was chiefly used in the construction as it caters to the demands of a large clear span, ample height, clear headroom and column-free spaces to yield an efficient industrial unit, as well as to meet the construction period of 27 months. However, since the steel used externally could easily succumb to corrosion, weather-resistant steel hollow boxes were used for the first time in India. While the steel super structures were prefabricated, the concreting work for the foundation was carried out simultaneously. The modularity of design, choice of material and efficient project management helped complete the project within the designated time frame.

The project was bestowed the National Award by the Institute of Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG), for innovative structural steel design and construction.

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FACT FILE: Project Name : Production Facility for KHS Machinery Pvt. Ltd. Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat Client : Mamta Group of Industries, Ahmedabad Completion of the project : 2008 Site Area : 9.05 hectares Total Floor Area : 18,750 sqm Architecture firm : HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd. Design team : Bimal Patel, Kunal Patel, Ewoud Blom, Mahendra Patel; Mehul Sidhpura; Ramendra Patel; Alpesh Patel; Laxman Sonagra Civil & Structural Engineer : N K Shah Consulting Structural Engineers, Ahmedabad

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“3 Mountain” view of San Shan Bridge.

Innovation and Identities San Shan Bridge

Conceived for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the San Shan Bridge, designed by Penda, illustrates not just the symbol for the Olympics, but also the spirit of a developing urbanity.

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Architectural Design Spanning 452 metres across the River Gui, the San Shan Bridge was conceived as a part of the infrastructure program for the 2022 Olympic winter Games. Designed by architects Chris Precht and Dayong Sun of Penda, it connects the city centre of Beijing to Zhangjiakou which lies on its north-western border and is the site for a majority of the outdoor events for the Olympics. As is characteristic of prefecturallevel cities, the urban city centre of Zhangjiakou is surrounded by a bucolic landscape, which forms the back drop for the bridge. Taking inspiration from this context, the bridge, when viewed from the side appears as a range of three mountains. It is this view that gave the bridge its name (San Shan, when translated to English, means “3

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Mountains�). The bridge thus acts as a gateway between the urban density of the city and the rural river valleys.

While the surrounding terrain has influenced the form of the bridge, the architects have also acknowledged the notion of the bridge as an image of the Winter Olympics. Thus, the design concept is in conjunction with the Olympic symbol of five interlocking rings. The primary structure of the bridge is therefore composed of a series of circular rings. Connected at the crest and trough, the rings suspend the deck of the bridge with steel cables in between them. The admission to the bridge thus alludes to the symbol of the games Indian Architect & Builder - August 2016

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Structural Grandeur

Withstanding the sands of time, Qutub Shahi tombs of Hyderabad have been captured in its present state, expressing its magnificent glory of the years.

Text: Divya Pai Curated by: Dr Deepak John Matthew Photographs: courtesy Alaka Kavallur

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yderabad, a city filled with history dervied from various cultures has been ruled by and seized through various warfare while retaining its magnificence through time. Qutub Shahi tombs are one of those masterpieces from the glorifying past of Hyderabad still standing tall.

Qutub Shahi dynasty started their rule in Hyderabad even before the Mughals and reigned for 17 decades. This monument spreads across 106 acres consisting of ‘the heritage park’, which houses 70 structures encompassing 40 mausoleums, 23 mosques, 6 baolis (step wells), a hamam (mortuary bath), garden structures and an enclosed wall. These tombs are supposedly the only place in the world where an entire dynasty is buried. This includes not just kings but also members of the royal family, dancers, singers, physicians,

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army generals and other faithful servants of the royal family. In some tombs, one can see parts of the blue tiles indicating that at one point of time these tombs must have been very vibrant and decorated.

Even though the overall structure and shape of all the tombs look similar, each one represents its own personality and grandeur. These tombs also demarcate and signify the financial health of the kingdom in those days. Depending on the importance, some tombs are twostoreyed while some are single-storeyed, however all of them are built on square plinths and using locally available materials. Out of all these tombs, the tomb of the second sultan is the only one which did not use shinin black basalt.

The essence and significance of this ancient past has been captured through the photographer’s lens in this photo essay.

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Alaka Kavallur, comes from Calicut, Kerala. She is now pursuing Maters in Aesthetics and Visual Cultures, from Srishti School of Art Design and technology. She was a former intern at the design department under the mentorship of Dr Deepak John Mathew.

Dr Deepak John Mathew Dr Mathew was Head of Photography Department till 2013 and Founder of the Photography Design Department at NID (National Institute of Design).

Currently he is working as an associate professor in the Design Department at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). Dr Mathew has developed the curriculum and designed the first post graduate Dual Master level programme in Photography Design in India. With an experience spanning over eighteen years in photography, painting and graphics, he has published several papers and conducted workshops on photography worldwide. Dr Mathew has taught as visiting professor at many institutes in India, New Zealand and UK. Deepak John Mathew’s Website: http://djmphotography.in/ Space Frames investigates issues of architecture and environment through the medium of photography. To contribute, write to us at iabedt@jasubhai.com or to the curator Dr Mathew at dr.djmathew@gmail.com.

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