Landscape Ecology
Designing conceptual lay-outs of courtyard of AnantU considering the aspects of landscape ecology
• Module: Landscape Ecology • Module Length: 6 days • Faculty Name: Ankon Mitra, Co-founder Hexagramm • Team Members: Akshay Salunke | Manita Sharma | Renuka Sampagaon | Rutvi Ashar | Vikas Dargan • Role: Research work Technical details for flooring Lighting scheme Planting scheme • Year: 2018
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Developing concept of five senses to create a multi-sensory experience Shadow Analysis Mood board Plan Sketch views Planting scheme Technical details
Redesigning of the existing courtyard considering various aspects from the point of landscape ecology
Understood that plants can be used in various ways to change the asthetics of place.
New designed model for existing place that is more sustainable.
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CONTENTS Design concept Shadow Analysis Mood board Plan Sketch views Planting scheme Technical details
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Concept 1. Touch Floor and wall textures 2. Smell Fresh flowers Herbs 3. Sight Color Lighting Shapes 4. Taste use of smell to activate taste- Kitchen/ herb garden 5. Sound Indoor water fountains or trickling water Soft music – wind chime
•Focusing on the 5 senses to create a multi-sensory experience •Memories can be triggered by various sounds or smells, and the same positive past experience can be created by jolting the senses
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9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
5:00 PM
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DECEMBER
9:00 AM
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Mood board
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Plan 4. 7.
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1. Central court with pavilion 2. Water body 3. Sand pit for spiral staircase & slide 4. Herb/ Kitchen garden 5. Badminton court 6. Stepped seating 7. Banyan tree with wind chime 8. Pergola court 9. Covered walkway 10. Extended green patch
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Schematic section through central court
Central court with pavilion
Permeable pavers with local Dubo grass
Water body with Garra rufa (nibble fish)
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Sketch View
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Sketch Views
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Sketch View
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Sketch Views
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Planting scheme Name
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Intended purpose in proposal
Cassia fistula (Amaltas)
As a shaded & ornamental covered walkway
Butea monosperma (Palash)
As a shaded seating for steps
Acacia auriculiformis (earleaf acacia)
As a shaded seating for steps
Bombax ceiba (red silkcotton)
As a shaded seating for steps
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Planting scheme Name
Symbol
Image
Intended purpose in proposal
Epipremnum aureum (Money plant)
As an ornamental vine for auditorium wall
Thunbergia alata (Black-Eyed Susan Vine )
As a shading vine for pergola (smaller court)
Bougainvillea spectabilis (Bougainvillea)
As an ornamental vine for auditorium columns & entry trellis
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan tree)
As a shaded seating in courtyard
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Planting scheme Name
Symbol
Image
Intended purpose in proposal
Coriandrum sativum (Coriander)
Kitchen/ herb garden
Spinacia oleracea (Palak/ Spinach)
Kitchen / herb garden
Allium sativum (Garlic)
Kitchen / herb garden
Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fenugreek/ Methi)
Kitchen / herb garden
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Technical details • Pavers with grass in between
To grow the grass between the tile/stone dig 4-5 inch deep and 4-5 inch wide trench around the tile/stone (sized 2’x2’). Fill the trench with compost and plant the lawn grass. Similar pattern is followed all over the lawn area. • Badminton court
Badminton court of standard size 44 ft. x 20 ft. is to be made in front of our classroom building in the shaded area. Flooring of that particular area will be same existing tiles flooring.
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Technical details • Central platform and water bodies details
Existing dimension of central platform is 11m x 11m. Floor area has a soft cover on it. Two attached water bodies on the opposite sides of central platform has area 400 sqft. each. • Pathway
Width of pathway around central platform is 6.5 ft. • Pergola details • Lighting details
Banyan tree area Pavillion area Badminton court
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Technical details
Thank you! Group 4 Akshay Salunke Manita Sharma Renuka Sampagaon Rutvi Ashar Vikas Dargan