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Building Materials & Construction Technology 70
Design Studio
Design Studio - 2 Performing Arts Center Performing Arts Center Sindhrot, Vadodara
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Nimit Dadhania, Batch 2017, Semester II. Nimit Dadhania, Year 2017
Designed with the principle of Bio-mimicry as the exercise asked for; this performing arts center located in the outskirts of Vadodara is inspired by the form and function of the mammals known as Armadillos. The plan and the sections translate the form of Armadillo to bring in light and air; making the space more inhabitable. The porosity achieved helps in a better functioning of the building. The program consisted of studios to learn different performance arts and an amphitheatre to perform. The roof of the building tries to stay together by a system of inverted beams on both sided of the strip and then supported byt the columnns. Each of the studios open into a green space adjaccent to them.
Abstraction to sectional and planar form.
Part Isometric showning the form porosity. Ground Floor and Section AA’
Design Studio - 1 Artist Studio Artist Studio Design Studio
Ashwini Ramesh Kumar, Ashwini Ramesh Kumar, Year 2017 Batch 2017, Semester X
The environment required for a painter to practice his/her art in requires tranquility, visual connectivity and authenticity. An artist studio inspired from the design language created by Mario Botta had been designed for our Studio I. The conceptualisation was derived from the environment on site and Botta’s principles. Therefore, a cohesive yet private spatial configuration was achieved via courtyards and foldable windows to establish a sync between the artist, the visitor, the art and the nature enclosed within it. Display+Reception Area +4.50 m
Studio+Multipurpose Area +4.00 m
Transition Spaces Roof +3.55 m
1. Entrance 2. Parking 3. Porch 4. Reception + Foyer 5. Main Display Area 6. Bridges 7. Washroom 8. Multipurpose Area 9. Studio 10. Outdoor Studio 11. Central Court + Sculpture Area Axonometric Exploded Studio
Section through Reception and Multipurpose Area
Intermediate Page at Important Location :
My Impressions of Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead”
Mitiksha Jain, Batch 2017
This book was recommended to me by a teacher and a friend. And I would say I am quite impressed by their reference and was glad to read this fabulous book. The book is a complete version of everything a man or creator inside a man goes through in his/her life course. The story centres around two classmates who are studying architecture at a prestigious college. The work they presented outlined the virtue of Individualism V/s Collectivism. Being the topper, Peter Keating was praised and granted to work with one of the great architects in the city. The author has beautifully made me experience the process of how architects worked and how did architecture flourish in early America. Howard Roark left the school just one year before completion. The qualities shown by him are exemplary of how a man should be. He is described to be self-sufficient who believed in finding true joy by being himself and standing in for one ’ s belief.
The author has developed purely deep-rooted characters in this novel. She explained how there are two types of people in this world: “ creator ” and “ second-handers" . The person who takes credit for other ’ s handwork, considers himself to be mediocre but great in other ’ s eyes. He works for money. On other hand, the creator is not prompted to do to serve others, but for his Truth. Above everything, and against all mankind, he stood for the truth. Altruism, a doctrine that demands that one lives for others and should put others before oneself. From starting of evolution, the creator invented the wheels and the second-handers responded by introducing altruism. The creator denied, protested, yet exploited and hence moved forward with his energy. The story has described briefly how altruism has started poisoning daily life.
The author has truly captured the essence of everything she intended to say. She glorified the subjects of Objectivism, individualism, and Collectivism. She believed a man should be a man of his words, his work, and his beliefs. His character is all that defines him. His achievements are his noblest activity with his happiness to be the moral of his living. SheShe d developed the characters with a passionate act of analysing and criticizing. Peter Keating, described as egotist, absurd, all a man should not be and he does not know it. Howard Roark, described as self-confident, a man of his beliefs, and all a man should be. The story grows with their professional life and private too. It is a great amalgamation of excitement, love, anger as well as truth. She uncovers the sham of altruism, the positivity of originality, the reinforcement of love and truth.
This book has changed my perspective about individualism. It helped me recognize my strength i.e., being a person of the word, responsible for my happiness. The author has beautifully explained these crucial aspects in the cut-throat stream like architecture. It is upon us what to be and how to be defined as. It revoked the fire of being a creator, a designer inside me. The singularity of oneness is so powerful, dangerous as well as lonely. It was a mix of emotions to write about what I felt while reading this magnificent book, felt whether I would be able to fulfil the legacy. Thank you for this opportunity. 74 | o`rkar
