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Ha n dDr a f t i n g,Sk e t c h i n g,An a l y t i c a l Wr i t i n g,Mode l Ma k i n g,c a l l i gr a p h y Con f i de n ts p e a k e r , Qu i c kL e a r n e r
I NTRODUCTI ON Per f or mi ng ar t s ar e ar t f or ms i n whi ch ar t i st s u se t hei rv oi ces and/ or t he mov ement s of t hei r bodi es, of t en i n r el at i on t o ot her obj ect s, t o conv ey ar t i st i c ex pr essi on— as opposed t o, f or ex ampl e, pu r el y v i su al ar t s, i n whi ch ar t i st s u se pai nt / canv as or v ar i ou s mat er i al s t o cr eat e physi cal or st at i c ar t obj ect s. Per f or mi ng ar t s i ncl u de a v ar i et y of di sci pl i nes bu t al l ar e i nt ended t o be per f or med i n f r ont of a l i v e au di ence. The v i su al ar t s ar e ar tf or ms su ch as cer ami cs, dr awi ng, pai nt i ng, scu l pt u r e, pr i nt mak i ng, desi gn, cr af t s, phot ogr aphy, v i deo, f i l mmak i ng and ar chi t ect u r e. The cent er f or per f or mi ng and v i su al ar t s i s env i si oned asapl ace wher et he t r adi t i onalar t sand cr af t s ar ei nt er wov en i nt o a si ngl e ent i t yu nder a si ngl er oof .
NEED/CONCERN/FEASI BI L TY Ker al a,sandwi ched bet ween t al lmou nt ai ns and deep sea on t he westi s a smal l ,nar r ow,coast alst r i p ofgr eener y. The st at e ofk er al ai sr espl escentf ori t s sceni c spl endor as wel las i t s emi nentcont r i bu t i on t ot he cou nt r y’ si nt el l ect u aland cu l t u r all andscape.The ar tand cr af tf or msar e embodi ment s of k er al a’ s cu l t u r e. Si mi l ar l y, i t s v er dant scener y,back wat er s,l agoonsand beaches,col or f u lf est i v al s et c hav e made her a par adi se f or t ou r i st s. I nt hi sl and whi ch i sr epl et e wi t ht r adi t i onaland i ndi genou sar tand cr af tf or ms,t hese cu l t u r alr el at i onshi pshav e f astbegu nt o di si nt egr at e.The cu l t u r alr oot sofk er al ago v er ydeep and ar e manycent u r i esol d.These hav er egi onal v ar i at i ons whi ch combi ne t of or m at ot alcu l t u r e whi ch i s v i br antand col ou r f u l . Today t he need f oru pl i f t i ng t he t r adi t i ons and r ev i v i ng t hem has become essent i alf orr et ai ni ng t he cu l t u r e.Thi s pr oj ecti st hu s env i si oned as a cent r ef orper f or mi ng and v i su alar t s wher et he t r adi t i onalar t s and cr af t s ofk er al a ar ei nt er wov en i nt ot he pat t er n and r hyt hm ofev er yday l i f e.The pr oj ecti s poi sed atacr u ci alj u nct u r ei nt he hi st or y of k er al a: A t i me of t r ansi t i on and v ast i mpendi ng changes i n env i r onment ,soci et y,l i f est yl e and wor k .I ti s t hu s a cel ebr at i on oft he st at e,i t s peopl e and cu l t u r e.
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T h e Na t i on a lI n s t i t u t e ofDes i gn wa sa c h a l l en ge i ni t s el f . Dea l i n g wi t hedu c a t i on a ls pa c esa ts u c h al a r ge s c a l e k eepi n g i n mi n d a l lt h e s i t e pl a n n i n g a s pec t s wa s t h e f i r s t ex per i en c e ofi t sk i n d. T h ef i r s tt h i n gt o be a c h i ev ed i ns u c h s pa c es i sa l wa y st h ef u n c t u n a l i t yoft h e s pa c ea n dt h a t wa st h e mos t di f f i c u l t pa r t . AEST HET I CS + F UNCT I ON
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My v i s i on ofs t u di es h a d a l wa y s been r el a t ed t o s t u dy i n g i n open s pa c es . J u s tl i k et h e pr i mi t i v et i mes wh engu r u s u s ed t ot ea c hu n der t h es h a dy t r ees . My des i gn s t a r t ed wi t h t h i s s i mpl e t h ou gh t wh i c hl a t eron t ook t h es h a pe ofl a r ge c ou r t y a r dsa r ou n dt h es t u dy i n g a r ea s
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De s i gn i n g as h o p p i n g ma l li sa l wa y sf i l l e d wi t hc o u n t l e s s c h a l l e n ge s : T h ema l ln e e dst ob es p a c i o u st oa c c o u n tf o rdo z e n so f s t o r e s ,b u tn o ts ob i gt h a tt h edi s t a n c e st i r es h o p p e r s ; t h eb u i l di n gn e e dst ol e ti nl i gh ta n da i r ,b u tn o ts omu c h t h a ti tc o mp e t e s wi t h di s p l a yl i gh t i n g;a n dc u s t o me r s s h o u l d ge tal i t t l el o s t ,me a n de r i n gf r o ms h o pt os h o p , b u te x i t sn e e dt ob ee a s yt of i n di na ne me r ge n c y . Wi t ha l l t h i si nmi n d,T h ec o n c e p th a dt ob ep u tf o r wa r d. T h es i t e gi v e nwa si nI n do r en e a rt ot h ea i r p o r twh i c h a dde d c o mp l e x i t i e s a n d r e s t r i c t i o n s . Bu tt h e v i e w a c h i e v e d f r o m t h es e c o n df l o o rt h a to ft h er u n wa y c o u l db eu t i l i s e di ne f f e v c t i v ewa y s .T h es e c o n dv i e wwa s o ft h et woh i l l so n eo fHi n k a r gi r i j a i nt e mp l ea n dt h eo t h e r o fBi j a s e nt e k r i we r ede f i n i t e l ya na s s e tt o o . T h emo s ti mp o r t a n tf a c t o r st h a tIk e p ti nmi n dwh i l e de s i gn i n gwe r e : * F UNCT I ONAL I T Y * E ASEOFACE SS * SE RVI CE S * MAX I MUM ST OREARE A * AT RI UMSANDCONVE RGE NCEP OI NT S * F ORAL LUSE RT Y P E S
T h ep l a no ft h ema l li si ne l o n ga t e df o r mt oi n c o r p o r a t e ma x i mu ms t o r e f r o n t so nt h eo u t e rf a c a de . T h ef o r m o ft h ep l a nr e s e mb l e st h es i t eo f s e t sa n d b l e n dswe l l wi t ht h es i t ef e a t u r e s . T h ef o o dz o n e ,r e s t a u r a n t sa n de n t e r t a i n me n tz o n e sa r e p l a c e do nt h es e c o n df l o o rt or e c i e v ev i e ws o ft h e AI RP ORT ,HI NK ARGI RIJ AI NT E MP L Ea n dBI J ASE NT E K RI CONCL USI ON: T h i sde s i gnp r o b l e mh e l p e dmet os t u dya l lt h es e r v i c e s i nde t a i l .T h es e r v i c e st h a twe r er e q u i r e di nt h i sde s i gn p r o b l e m we r e : E l e c t r i c a l l a y o u t s Sp r i n k l e rs y s t e ms HVACs y s t e ms F i r ee x i t s
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I NTRODUCTI ON Cu l t u r a lc en t r e wa st h e pr obl em gi v en t ou si n 5t hs emes t er . T h ec en t r e wa s pr opos ed i nt h e ma i nv i j a yn a ga rc i t y a r eai nI n dor e. T h es i t eh a da c es sf r om t h r ee s i des . Bei n g t h e ma i nc ommer c i a la r ea t h e c u l t u r a lc en t r eh a dt os t a n d ou tf r om t h e ot h er s t r u c t u r es a n d s h ou l d a t t r a c ta sma n ypeopl ea spos s i bl e T h e c h a l l a n ge wh i l e des i gn i n g t h e c u l t u r a l c en t er wa s t h e u s er s . T h e u s er s h a v i n g a c es s t o t h i s bu i l di n g wa sv a r i ed. Al s ot h e des i gn i n g ofa u di t or i u m, i t s a c ou s t i c s a n d s er v i c es wer e t o be c on s i der ed.
T h ec on c ept h a dt o be s u s t a i n a bl ea s wel la s a es t h et i c . * Ci r c u l a r bl oc k s wer et h ef i r s t pr ef er en c ea s t h eyc ou l d ea s i l yc i r c u l a t e wi n d. * I n v er t ed c on e s t r u c t u r es en a bl ed bet t er s t a bi l i t y t o t h e wh ol e bu i l tf or m. T r a n s f er of l oa d wa sea s i erwi t hi n v er t ed c on es . * T h es l a n t ed f a c a de h el ped ga i ni n di r ec tl i gh t f r om t h es u nwh er a spr ev en t i n gh ea tga i n .
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I NT RODUCT I ON The HUDCO t r ophy 20142015 st at ed “af f or dabl e hou si ng f or al l ”. Accor di ng t o t he br i ef , a si t e of abou t max i mu m 1 ha had t o be chosen i n any ci t y wi t h a popu l at i on abov e 50, 000 was t o be chosen. The pr oj ect i nv ol v ed desi gni ng a r esi dent i al cu m commer ci al compl ex t o i ncor por at e Economi cal l y week er sect i on ( EWS) L ow I ncome Gr ou p ( L I G) Mi ddl e I ncome Gr ou p ( MI G) and Hi gh I ncome Gr ou p ( HI G) . The pr oj ect had t o be f easi bl e and af f or dabl e.
CONCE P T The pr oj ectwas named “NI RVANA” Ni r v ana means an i dealpl ace orpar adi se. A pl ace wher e EWS,L I G,MI G and HI Gl i v e and pl ay t oget her had t o be desi gned i n a way whi ch su i t s al lt he member s of t he abov e ment i ones soci et i es. I n or dert o mai nt ai nt he au r a oft he pl ace t he bl ock s ar e segr egat ed wher ei n HI Gi s pl aced att he max i mu m di st ance f r om EWS,L I G bei ng cl osert o EWS and MI G cl osert o HI G.Seper at e ent r ances pr ov i ded f or EWS+L I G and MI G+HI G. The mai n conceptt o achi ev e af f or dabl el ow costhou si ng was BRUTAL I SM. The t er m or i gi nat es f r om t he Fr ench wor df or " r aw"i nt he t er mu sed by L e Cor bu si ert o descr i be hi s choi ce of mat er i al bét on br u t ( r aw concr et e) . BRUTAL I SM I N ARCHI TECTURE: * The u se ofr aw concr et ef orbu i l di ngs * Repeat ed modu l arel ement sf or mi ng masses r epr esent i ng speci f i cf u nct i onalz ones, di st i nct l y ar t i cu l at ed and gr ou ped t oget her i nt o au ni f i ed whol e. * Ex posu r e oft he bu i l di ng' sf u nct i ons— r angi ng f r om t hei r st r u ct u r e and ser v i ces t o t hei r hu man u se— i n t he ex t er i or of t he bu i l di ng
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I NT RODUCT I ON The ANDC 20142015 st at ed: “TRANSFORMATI ON: The spi r i t of t i me”. Accor di ng t o t he br i ef , a si t e of abou t max i mu m 2 acr es had t o be chosen i n a pr eci nctwhi ch has hi gh i mpor t ance i nt he soci et y;a pr eci ntwher et r ansf or mat i on has not been done hal f hear t edl y. The si t e had t o be ar el i gi ou s orcu l t u r alpr eci nct of pr omi nence i n t he ci t y you l i v e.
VI L AYAN The wor dv i l ayan symbol i z es ev ol u t i on, t he basi c pr ocess of t r ansf or mat i on. Ev ol u t i on i ni t sel f shows t he change whi ch has t ak en pl ace i n accor dance wi t ht i me. The t empl e i n consi der at i on her e i . e. THE BI J ASAN MATA TEMPL E has al so f aced maj or changes ov ercent u r i es. Ther ef or et he name “VI L AYAN” i s aptf ort he desi gn pr oj ect .
P r o b l e msi ne x i s t i n gs i t e 1Th een t r a n cei sn ota t t r a ct i v e. 2.Noper ma n en tpr ov i s i onf orpa r k i n g 3.Na r r ows t eepr oa ds . 4.Pr operci r cu l a t i oni sn otpr ov i deda r ou n d t h et empl ecompl ex . 5.Tr a f f i ck i n gt a k espl a cei nf r on toft h et empl e. 6.Ren ov a t i oni sr equ i r edf ordh a r a ms h a l a . 7.Tempor a r ys h opsh a v eobs cu r edt h e ma j or pa r tofl a k eper i ph er y . 8.Nor es t a u r en t sorea t i n gs pa cepr ov i ded. 9.Th ega r deni si nba dcon di t i on . 10.Noga r ba georwa s t edi s pos a lf a ci l i t y . 11.Dr i n k i n gwa t erf a ci l i t yi sn otpr oper . 12.Toi l et sa r en oti npr opers t a t ea n da r eou tof v i s u a lper i ph er y . 13.Nol odgi n gf a ci l i t y . 13.Not el ecommu n i ca t i onf a ci l i t ypr ov i ded.
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