SAP Chronicle 2016-2017

CHRONICLE issue 2015 - 2016

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Are you really alone in this world? With the advent of modern technology, there has been a rise in the constant need to broadcast every single detail of our life on social media. In an age where everyone demands privacy, it’s ironic that we let our lives be documented for the rest of the world to see.

We are battling with social media addiction. It’s amusing that our definition of Alone time is - Scanning through the news feed on Facebook, updating our story on snapchat and interacting with people who are probably not even who they claim to be. Social media is a facade that not only brings out the inner narcissist in us, but also exposes us to all kinds of people. We are never alone. -Mahalakshmi, 1st Year School of Architecture and Planning | Anna University

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Dr. S. Ganesan Registrar

Yet another year has gone by and a new edition of SAP Chronicle has been put up together. The magazine covers all topics related to architecture and has successfully showcased the multifaceted talents of the students. I congratulate the dean, Mr. Monsingh Devadoss and the students of School of Architecture and Planning on the efforts made in bringing out the SAP Chronicle.

I convey my felicitations to the editorial team who I am sure have put in their best efforts to bring out this magazine. I wish SAP and the team of the Chronicle, continued success in their future endeavours. Congratualtions once again.

Dr. Monsingh D. Devadas Dean

It is with quite profound nostalgia that I write my last note for Chronicle. Once more the students have brought out another brilliant issue of the magazine that has never failed to surpass itself every passing year. Although I usually reflect back on the year that has been, this year as an exception, I feel driven to look back on the 33 years I’ve been here in this ever green vibrant institution. I have been on both ends of the spectrum, that is as the teacher and the taught. The portals of this institution welcomed me as a learner way back in 1974 and there has been no looking back since then. As the years sped by, my teachers soon became my colleagues and the ones I taught came alongside me to the join the fraternity of faculty. All these 33 years at this institution, I realise not a single day has been the same. The pleothara of memories made at this institution leave no room for regret, only fond reminiscence. It is truly a wonderful sensation to see the architects moulded at this institution leave their mark in the society. I am sure that it is a legacy that will continue and I wish you all the very best for the same. It is with a heavy heart that I finally bid adieu to my alma mater. So then, farewell and fare the well.

Dr. Ranee Vedamuthu Chairperson

It is a great matter of pride to SAP that the chronicle is being released on the annual day 2017 of the school of architecture and planning, anna university. I have been associated with the production of this chronicle since it’s inception 2014, and I fondly recollect the work done by the students and in particular the then staff editor, milli maria thomas. The untiring efforts of the editorial team to collect, collate and compose the information as resulted in this excellent publication. I wish that this spirit of friendliness and professionalism continues in the years to come growing from strength to strength. In this effort, I have to mention the drive and the passion of the final year students of the editorial team who have enabled a writing culture and a tradition which is here to stay. Cheers to the team and to all the future editions of the SAP chronicle.

Dr. S. R. Masilamani HOD - Planning Dept.

I am pleased to learn that the Students of SAP are bringing out yet another edition of “The SAP Chronicle” as part of the2017 Annual Day Celebrations. I am sure this year’s Magazine, like in the past will be a document to preserve as it brings out not only the curricular & co-curricular activities of the School but also reflects upon the creative thoughts of budding Architects and Planners.

I take this opportunity to congratulate the faculty, students and the editorial board for their dedicated efforts in bringing out this year magazine, and I wish each and every member of the SAP family greater and continued success.

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Editorial team Staff editors

Dr. Monsingh D Devadas Ms. Pudhuma Bharathi Mr. Cibi Balakrishnan Mr. Yuvaraj

The editing team Mohanabrabu B M Shri Abhiraami T Varshini S Faheem Ahamed J Srirangan S Varshini J Ramya P Ganesh Babu R P Samyuktha K Rajha Surya A Akshaya S Sowmiyaa S Aarthi S Vijayaragavan P Padma Priya G Vignesh Raja K P

Cover design - Metamorphosis

The world has observed a massive paradigm shift in very short span as we evolved from the mechanical era to the electronic era. Over a couple of generations practices have vanished and systemization has taken form with utter simplicity of use. Similarly Space making and architecture has also experienced the leap of a lifetime in an incomprehensibly short interval of time.

The editorial team of SAP , sincerely thanks all the students who have contributed articles and academics works and have helped in the completion of the Chronicle.

We also want to extend our thanks to the first and second year students who have helped us behind stage in publishing the magazine

The colloseum symbolizes momentous architecture of the previous era, which has been preserved by media beyond just memories – the act of capturing pictures. Media’s role in architecture began at the user end perspective initially as it drove back to the perceptions of the user with respect to the designer’s Intention. Very soon media broke barriers and became a part of the designing process and conveyed the designer’s intention deeply. Virtual media stood to be a platform for the designer to express his aspirations beforehand. The drafting table with photographic filters aims to depict that while the mountain climber in the virtual grid shoots back the idea of how architecture has been made possible virtual devoid of its physical alternative. Virtual worlds have been created unlike conventional comics but suitable for a surrogate lifestyle. We come across them all in our games, apps, entertainment flicks and so on. This virtual architecture has kept us all hooked to the screens of our pocket buddy and made us vulnerable to reality.

- Varshini Subramaniam

Sections design - Srirangan Srinivasan

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Basic design Dwelling design School design Rurals | Athangudi Apartment design Sap chronicle’s 2017 issue is here to capture the episodes of the academic year 2015-2016.

Beyond a work of compilation, it’s a narrative of the year we lived through but never stopped to cherish. Let’s relish the memories and appreciate our efforts as we look forward to another year with higher hopes.

Architecture has seen a fair share of influence due to the social media with its power to embed reality with the virtual world.

This issue strives to cover the significance of media’s role in the physical realm of architecture.

Research center Dissertation Internship report Urban relief centre Kanchipuram district headquarters Tidal converstaion Eatsup Campus Analysis Meeting Place

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University of West Art Work

Fab fest

Mixed Media

A Day Without Us

Subject Clicks

Modernism

Digital Media

My Dark, My World

Minister Convention Trophy IGBC Trophy Landscape Trophy Influence of Social Media Lighting Workshop A Walk Ed Sheeran Dynamics of Balance

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Jul 29, 2015

Aug 22, 2015

Sep 16, 2015

The office bearers of the student body of SAP which includes the student president and secrertaries of various clubs took charge.

A transit walk through the Chennai metro was organised as part of the madras day celebrations.

The Teachers day celebrations were organised by the students to show their gratitude to the faculty fraternity.

Aug 10, 2015

Aug 26, 2015

Sep 21, 2015

A special lecture was delivered by architect Sanjit Roy on the topic “A-Z in architecture�

Presentations were organised in SAP as part of the Madras day celebrations.

A special presentation titled, The Ladder - was presented by Ar. Jaisim.

Aug 19, 2015

Aug 26, 2015

Oct 5, 2015

The freshers day to welcome the new batch of undergrad and postgrad students into the college was organised by the students.

Onam day celebrations were organised and celebrated in the college premises.

Special lectures were delivered

by Ar. Chitra Vishwanath and Ar. Kavitha Selvaraj on World habitat day.

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Oct 15, 2015

Jan 27, 2016

Mar 26, 2016

Tribute to late president of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was organised on his birth anniversary.

Kohler student scholarship awards were issued to final year thesis students.

IALD Workshop on lighting fixtures were organised in the college premises.

Oct 17, 2015

Feb 19, 2016

Apr 7, 2016

SAPAA vs SAP Cricket match.

The LM Chitale endowment lecture was given by Ar. Abin Chaudhry.

The Annual day

Nov 5, 2015

Mar 17, 2016

Apr 13, 2016

The annual diwali celebrations were organised in the courtyard of SAP.

The annual two day intracollege cultural event Cul de SAP.

We bid farewell to the final year batches of both undergrad and postgraduate students

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ACADEMIC projects

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Basic design

1 semester - B. Arch

Aishwarya | Hareesh | Megha | Vanathi | Deepa | Chaitrika

Contour 3D Strips of paper were used to visualise the height and depth of objects on a two dimensional plane. Horizontal and vertical placements of the strips enabled the greater understanding of the behaviour of forms.

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45 cubes have been used to create this cube composition to show a repeating tessellation pattern. By using analogous colours of pink and orange, a distinct illusion is created.

Architecture pavilion inspired by the work of American post-modern architect Philip Johnson. The main structure is inspired by Johnson’s use of the materials glass and steel and space frame structure in The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut. The arched entrance to the pavilion is inspired by the row of arches lining Johnson’s Beck’s House, Texas.

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The exercise fulfils three criterions of motions.

The first criterion is to map the motion of a cube and make a model to showcase the motion upto a certain height. The second criterion of motion is fulfilled by decreasing the number of faces gradually from bottom to top of the model.

The bottom most cube is a completely solid cube, whereas the topmost cube is devoid of all 6 faces and is merely a framework. The third criterion of motion is the internal motion of strips of coloured paper. A strip of yellow and a strip of blue (both primary colours) in the topmost cube gradually join together to form a single green strip (secondary colour) in the bottom cube.

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Dwelling design

2 semester - B. Arch

Kirthi Balakrishnan

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To design a residence that meets the given parameters (in order of importance): Angularity, ventilation, medium population urban/rural setting

Client: Fictional (Tony Stark & Pepper) Vacation Home Angulaire Villa is a modern vacation home located in the a site surrounded by trees and forest cover, with pre-existing road access.

The residence contains sharp, angular elements, with custom interiors to increase the functionality of spaces. The primary requirement for angularity is satisfied in both the plan and the elevation, creating a dynamic yet ambient living space.Â

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Design Process The design process was to approach it from a visual perspective, to think of how the user would experience angularity. Preliminary strategies included sketching different kinds of zig-zag lines and translating them into plans and elevations and seeing the difference in terms of aesthetics, ambiance and functionality as a means of filtering the options.

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School design

3 semester - B. Arch

T R Radhakrishnan

The idea The idea is to break the city culture in the most important node of a city. The journey would include 3 major ideas. To bring the kids out of the shell. To create the connection with the surrounding. To establish an active life.

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The urban life The urban life has come to its pinnacle. the kids don’t play in streets anymore, rather get carried away with the present day technology.

The artificial nut shell within which the kids are living define the future. In the name of comfort, architecture has indeed played a major role creating these artificial shells.

Breaking the urban life A montessori in its true essence is the basis of childs exposure. It would act as a pivoting point in ones life. The urban montessori should break the urban city culture and move on to a sustainable environment.

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Rurals - Athangudi Village

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This village, Athangudi, is present in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu. The village has an average population of about 2000 people. The origin of the village dates back to 1200 AD. One of the main occupations of the people of Athangudi include the manufacturing of Athangudi tiles which is an art that evolved over time. It requires great skill and craftsmanship. The village is also known for their Chettinad architecture.

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Rurals study includes choosing a village for the purpose of study and documentation, analysing the selected village and a presentation of the work done. The study includes tracing the origin of the settlement, evolution of the settlement and the current status of the settlement. It also includes understanding the life style of the people of the village and their co-existence with nature. Understanding how architecture has evolved over time as a reflection of their lifestyle is of utmost importance.

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Apartment design

5 semester - B. Arch

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The passage entry and the balcony spaces provide the buffer between houses

The mezzanine intersecting zones are shaded

The passage acts as an interacting space between the houses.

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To enhance the emotion of belonging and ownership, the individual units are not stacked one on top of the other. In this way, the individual can clearly feel the difference of his place which is not repeated in any way. Each home is different as are its owners. The play area is in several little pockets that are formed between blocks. This enables the parents to keep watch.

There are equal number of double height and single height apartments, providing a wide range of variants from which diverse users can choose based on their needs and wants.

The passage to every house also becomes a customizable space. It typically becomes an extended porch.

One bedroom apartment

One bedroom studio apartment

Three bedroom apartment with a mezzanine level.

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Section through the main block

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School of Habitat

6 semester - B. Arch

Abinayaa Perezhilan

Life is not contained in Volumes anymore but is rather Dimensionless. The terraced surfaces provide the breakout zones as nothing can be taught within the four walls.

“A Space NOT TO CONTAIN but to LET GO. The purpose is NOT TO TEACH but to EXPLORE. �

The terraces of the college brimming with life, gives the space for interaction and discourse.

Series of cascading terraces overlooking each other offers perfect space which causes acquaintances turn friends. Turning pathways into galleries, making every moment count.

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Dissertation | the urban effect

7 semester - B. Arch

Every city has its own history, culture and identity. There is no doubt that we need to nurture, preserve and renew the urban fabric with changing times. A city is an economy of agglomeration; it provides various advantages and opportunities. However, there would be limits beyond which things would become very difficult to sustain. What was once a Village grows into a Town, a City, a Metropolis, a Megapolis and then slowly begins to decay into a Necropolis. The current argument is that the existing cities lack basic infrastructural services and other amenities due to various reasons ranging from lack in administrative and service delivery mechanism to lack of proper planning vision, investment, management, and to some extent changing lifestyle, etc.

“Why do smart cities offer only improvement?” asks the architect Rem Koolhaas.

“Where is the possibility of transgression?”

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The smart city concept arguably dates back at least as far as the invention of automated traffic lights, which were first deployed in 1922 in Houston, Texas. Leo Hollis, author of “Cities Are Good for You”, says the one unarguably positive achievement of smart city-style thinking in modern times is the train indicator boards on the London Underground. But in the last decade, thanks to the rise of ubiquitous internet connectivity and the miniaturisation of electronics in such now-common devices as RFID tags, the concept seems to have crystallised into an image of the city as a vast, efficient robot – a vision that originated, according to Adam Greenfield at LSE Cities, with giant technology companies such as IBM, Cisco and Software AG, all of whom hoped to profit from big municipal contracts.

The idea of a “Smart City” has caught the imagination of the urban sector in India.

There is excitement about the application of new technologies and the deployment of development models that can deliver social and economic outcomes that can ensure the sustainability of urban interventions. The smart cities mission of the Government of India applies the concept of “area improvement” of existing Indian cities, bringing the best practices related to the new urbanism movement into the purview of development activities that can stimulate the local economy, harness the economic identity of a place and its people and improve the quality of life for all citizens.

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State Of The Art: “Smart Cities” - A Myth Or Reality in India?

“The question here is, Are we creating vital and original new architecture, or are we homogenizing cities and landscapes and obliterating regional differences? Are architects helping to strengthen and develop the economies of host communities, or are they acting as unwitting tools of inequality and repression? “

Inadequate funding is a serious challenge, faced by the local governments in developing countries for financing the smart cities and to smarten up urban infrastructure, operation and maintenance mechanism, and urban basic services delivery. In order to achieve the expected outcomes, the mission will have to build capacity in city managers and functionaries to support integrated and evidence based planning, and will have to leverage the potentials in smart technologies and applications to bring about game-changing transformations in the way we plan and manage our cities.

Significantly, the mission will have to work with local communities and stakeholders across the socio - economic spectrum to build a common vision and to prepare the road-maps that will carry the city towards that vision. E-governance and the use of big data and an open-data environment will ensure the kind of transparency that will restore the trust that is a necessary ingredient of sustainable urban development.

The smart city project may form a part of the larger scheme on the development canvas; recovery is yet to pick on the ground. Even as the government is doing its bit in the form of Digital India, Swachh Bharat and many more, critics say it’s an urban utopia, far from the realms of reality of rural India.

While we cannot dismiss the entirety of the efforts by the government, we need policies aimed at holistic development. A balanced approach to the Indian problem is what is required, not welfare schemes at large.

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Internship report

8 semester - B. Arch

Faheem Ahamed J

Theater lobby design inspired of futuristic fantasy

Principle Architect : Ar.Alexander Wong Training at Alexander Wong Architects gave me the opportunity to connect and work with people from several walks of life from all over the world. People of varied cultures collaborate in one work space which gives rise to great ideas and products.

During the internship tenure, the projects that I worked on ranged from designing luxe toilets for an office building to designing a mall of future which was a competition project. Every project has a new process which blends art and architecture with the conceptual near future The Principal architect, Alexander Wong, is an enthusiastic person who is always encouraging his team in every possible way. He pushes the team to think futuristic, while staying in line with the current architectural trends. He is a person who always adheres to schedules and has great value for discussions and team work. Interning with him was a great learning experience where I understood the importance of team work and how sharing responsibilities helps in making everyone’s work easier.

Discussions at office are not limited to just architecture but also include topics like technological advancements, Future hygiene, health, terrorism, woman safety etc. This assures that the team is well equipped with developments in all fronts and not just architecture.

LUXE office toilets Before and after construction

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Conceptual plan for the Future hall (Competition project)

Conceptual Section for the Future hall (Competition project)

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Urban relief centre

9 semester - B. Arch

Priya renga | Sanjana Maria John

The Spine

Mount Road - A Spine Originally a connector between fortSt. George and St. Thomas Mount, Mount road has grown to its currect prominence over the past 300 years. Initially conceptualised as a transit oriented spine, it has evolved over time to cater to a multitude of new layers.

Anna circle being the oldest junctions on Mount road garnered importane as it connected Walahja Road and Anna Salai.

The growth of the city can be broken down by analysing the growth of mount road, it grew from transit to commercial and has managed to adapt itself to is ever changing context.

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Mount Road then and now

Giving back

Chennai to MADRAS

Through a series of mapping, the evolution of mapping at the anna circle along with its various characteristicswas analysed and broken down. This was done with respect to history, form, solid and void, movements of people and trafficating with its current land use and its capability to activate street edges.

This led to an understanding of how the micro context adapts to various changes and how the spine redefines the micro context.

The bata junction the Bata building, a place of prominence over the past hundred years.

A site with a tight history that led to its importance in the history of Mount Road. The streamlined art-deco building has always been of an extroverted nature as opposed to its neighbouring quadrant buildings. It has always been associated with its British past.

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Every edge of the site has a distinct energy level with respect to the traffic patterns outside of it. This is in turn could influence the way the spaces themselves are designed.

Looking at the five conceptual zones, a translation into physical activities was considered. For example reactive and its unpredictability is translated to an arena for sports. Introspective with its deep personal connect houses activities along the line of yoga and art. The essence of choreography and symetry is seen in the medium of expression dance theatre and music

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Reactive

Disorientation

Design Approach I

Translating the first abstract model into a form resulted in the formation of a literal translation of a corridor spine which was punctured by five independent standalone structures.

Choreographed

Spectatorship

Design Approach II

Combining both abstract models the concept of a spine was translated into both the form and the axis of the built. zones began forming based on the nature of activities to be housed.

Introspective

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Defining five zones establishing a spinal between the same

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Larger Context and Design Placing the design at a larger contextual level makes its prominence visible. The spinal nature of the context is complemented by the built form while the pure architecture is contrasted. A series of opposites is visible with respect to the major features of the context. These are namely the ratio of built to open, scale of ownership, introvertedness and programs.

Spinal nature connecting design to the context.

Sectional View Along Dams Road

Puncture points connecting design to the context.

Sectional View Along Blackers Road

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Reative

The axis of entry from the junction is carried forth to the core of the structure. This culminated in a courtyard which acts as a focus for the radially dispersed activities.

Choreographed

The same concept of an axis being carried forth into a site is being a point of focus, this axis bifurcates the zones into symmetrical halves.

Introspective

A nodal point bifurcated the axis into two creating a tripart zoning which also incorporated site conditions to create an introspective environment.

Rather than just a 2D translation of design ideas, the building contains a play of levels noon confirming to conventional height demarcations.

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Kanchipuram Dt. Headquarters

9 semester - B. Arch

Saroja Arunachalam | Nithiya Fernandez

The site allocated for the Kanchipuramdistrict headquarters of about 81000 sqm when used for the purpose of a government seat, is under utilized and materials itself into a potential shared urban space for the public at large. The main aim of the design is to harness a social nucleus with plural identities that reflect the everyday urbanism, and serve as a catalyst to creating a shared ‘dialogic‘ sace, that acts as an anchor for the people and the city as a whole.

Agricultural lands in the urban fabric are fast depleting, giving way to globalised products. introducing organic farming methods to sustain the agro economy of the state. 4 acres of land has been utilised for agriculture, practising organic methods for the future. Its is a way of learning and teaching within the community - a first step in the process.

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“ This weave of the shared urban spaces [voids] with the government spaces [solids], creating inextricably linked patterns forms the basis of the design of our civic centre “`

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Design Intent Exploit the potential of the river in unifying the cityfabric, thereby creating a sense of civic pride.

Utilize the site as a shared public space for the people and not as a governmental prperty alone. Create public voids as a cultural artifact that illustrates a reflection of society’s views, beliefs, norms and ideas, and its publicness as a cultural reality to symbolize the larger society or culture in which they exist. Carve out the government administration solids within the fabric of the voids. Weave patterns [ Patterns of occurance, patterns of ownership, patterns of use, pattern of community involvement] creating relationships between the government and the public.

Urban context map depicting nodes and influences

The design generates social nodes, in response to the contextand the people, which functions both as a destination public space as well as a neighbourhood level magnet. The nodes from a continuous link, thus generating an overlapping movement pattern that ‘ weaves ‘ its way in and out of the solid.

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Tidal Conversations

10 semester - B. Arch

Saroja Arunachalam

Geoffrey Chaucer: ‘Time and Tide wait for no man’ Man often tries to hold out against tides. It is important to work with the tides and not at against it. An experiment for a reunion of people with the tidal cycle, thereby bringing them into a closer relationship with the rhythms and fluctuations of the natural world. We live in rich temporal ecologies of eco-social formations which enact rhythm-patterns of time-space.

The looseness of the materiality of water means that its flows are dynamic, forceful, and obvious.

Because of this, water performs (in) ceaseless processes of flows and cycles and its material fluidities are of immediate and profound practical concerns to bodies, landscapes, and more besides.

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Tides are one key way in which the loose materiality of water is animated within the blue dynamism of planet `earth’-o-driven as they are by planetary gravitational forces and folding those into local processes.

If we are to take the agencies and the liveliness of nonhumans and nonhuman processes seriously in the construction of the `social’, then surely we must pay heed to such processes as the habits/rhythms of water and the oceans.

They are shapers of life on earth at macro, meso, and micro scales and bring form to complex tidal rhythm-patterns of time-spaces to be found at the ocean’s margins.

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Eatsup - A Culinary Arts centre in an Urban Arts Street

10 semester - B. Arch

Priyanka Sreekanth

The Aim The aim of the thesis is to show gastronomy as a core value, proposing a culinary arts centre to bring together people from diverse backgrounds through food.Today tourism and globalisation have helped cuisines transcend boundaries, pushing the culinary standards to a whole new level. A new concept of cooking has been born, where investigation and research have become key to understand the present and future of gastronomy.

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The site context 8m-setbacks constrained the L shaped (1.5 Acre) corner site even further

Building volume along the high traffic St,Mark’s Road acts as a buffer for the public plaza created

The building mass split into two , creating a more encosed centralised public space

Design Concept - What should the building do ?

The building being the entry node to Church Street, responds to the street and the immediate context. The main idea was to create a public space and bring in the street activity into the building at various levels and also project the gastronomic activities onto the surroundings. The challenge was to understand how a vertical building as tall as 24 metres in a tight urban context could achieve an extroverted character and engage with the street.

Making open spaces on the facade abutting the street, playing with solids and voids, projecting the street elements of food, colour, fun along with the superimposition of functional vertical zoning on the form allowing multiple circulation paths(purposely made slightly disorienting)within the building to integrate the multiple user groups led to the final design iteration.

The Building masses lifted above the ground to make way for a more free flowing public space below

The isolated building masses connected through two volumes to integrate user groups to create a collaborative spaces

Public spaces and street activity brought further into the building through multiple open flexible terraces fronting the church street

Voids created for visual connectivity and making open spaces these voids are framed and highlighted on the building facade for imageability

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The Context The city of Bangalore, one of the most cosmopolitan and happening cities of India id dubbed as the restaurant capital of the country. The city has seen a phenomenal increase in the number of restaurants and food start-ups opened in the past few years. The city hence provides a great scope for the proposal to serve the aspiring chefs, culinary enthusiasts, students and the general public by being an important landmark in Bangalore’s culinary growth culminating cultural exchange, interaction and learning through celebration of culinary arts. The centre would become an integral part of Bangalore’s food walks and culinary tourism presenting to the visitors a holistic gastronomic experience.

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The Process The programs were vertically zoned in a way that it would work practically in the site context and also provide for the varying degrees of privacy demanded by different functions and also bring about integration of user groups. The functions that demanded street level interface with the public such as retail units, restaurant, and cafe were integrated with the flexible public plaza at the ground level.

A vertical street -play of inside and outside -a mix of heterogeneous elements

Transparency as a parameter -for visual connectivity -for an extroverted building character

Play of levels -to break the scale -to enable multiple circulation paths for an interesting spatial experience

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Street Design The street design proposal aims at pedestrianising the street completely, taking the vehicular traffic and parking underground.

The idea is to enhance spillover onto the streets and add elements of colour ,play and food throughout. The 750m strech will have three pedestrian subways and one vehicular entry and exit points The Prominent changes in the streetscape include brighter signboards, landscaped plazas, street furniture, urban art in the form of graffiti, insllations and sculptures street lights and elements of play and bringing the basement retail onto the street for better public interface.

The street is envisioned to become an urban canvas and a renewed food public street space in the heart of the city of Bengaluru and ‘EATSUP’ THE CULINARY ARTS CENTER- A reflection and expression of this vibrant urban eat street.

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Campus Analysis | Anna University

1 Year - M.Arch [General]

Ankita Sanjeevi | Visalakshi

A campus level analysis on Kevin Lynch’s Urban Design Principles

The urban analysis of Anna University campus focuses on the mapping methodologies brought out by Urban planner by Kevin Lynch in his book, “ THE IMAGE OF A CITY” in the year 1960. the area focussed in Anna University is teh CAMPUS as a whole, having its EXTENTS along 1. Sardar patel road 2.Gandhi mandapam road 3.DOTE & hghways campus 4.Srinagar colony 5. Adyar river 6.Anna centenary library 7. CLRI 8. Gandhi mandapam, Children park, IIT Madras

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Main adjoining roads Neighbour campuses Water bodies Vegetation buffer

Organising factor Main road Interior roads Drainage canals

In order to study KEVIN LYNCH’s five principles of urban design, we started off by analysing the relationship between different zones at an inter-campus level. Tangential lines connecting the central node of each zone has helped us look at the connectivity of Anna University at a whole FIELD LEVEL.

Visually Grasping structure from outside of campus

MENTAL MAPPING technique has been adopted as a seond stage analysis. With the help and input from the students and staff members of Anna University, Chennai, we have been able to understand the mental map done by experimental mapping method by each user from within the campus.

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Meeting Place | An intersection of past and present

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What are the good public spaces in Chennai?

Has commercialisation and malls reduced the quality of public space in the city?

William H. Whyte once said, “It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people – what is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.” Today, many public spaces seem to be intentionally designed to be looked at but not touched. They are neat, clean, and empty – as if to say, “no people, no problem!”

When a public space is empty, vandalized, or used chiefly by undesirables, this is generally an indication that something is very wrong with its design, or its management, or both.

This thesis aimed at addressing the need of a different type of public space in Chennai which is truely “public” in nature.

The history of modern Chennai, began in its northern parts, which since then has remained the hub of industrial, commercial and retail activity. However it lagged behind rest of the city. Public spaces by nature have the ability to revive a place. This thesis focuses on putting north Chennai back on Chennai’s map through the introduction of a new type of public space on the historic site of former Binny mills, which caters to the immediate neighbourhood, the city of Chennai and beyond. The nature of the public space is drawn from history and is an intersection of the past and the present nature of public spaces in the city. This ensures that the public space is rooted to context. The thesis also focused on the impact of design in creating a truely public space with focus on people.

The 4 main factors which impact the sucess or failure of a public space are: Access and linkage, Sociability, Uses and activities and Comfort and image.

Public spaces must be designed to build a community. Observing behaviour pattern of people in space is essential to create a place which attracts people. The design of spaces in between buildings and open spaces play an vital role in the success or failure of a public space. The different elements of public spacethe articulation of edges, detailing, circuation, massing, transition etc, have a large impact on a space and how it is used.

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Public spaces, shape and make up a city. They bring identity to a city and are an important elements in their growth and development. “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. � -Winston Churchill As Winston Churchill, rightly quoted, the environment we live in largely impacts our lives.

In this context, the new public space on the site of former Binny mills, becomes a land-mark for the city and brings focus to that part of Chennai which is often ignored. The space linked to its neighbourhood comprising of people from different sections of society acts as an instrument in building the community. The intervention also changes the impression of North Chennai and puts the place back on the map of Chennai.

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Public spaces in Chennai has seen an evolution through the years. At present most public spaces in Chennai are either not truely “public� in nature, are underused, lack an identity, not vibrant, cater only to very limited group etc. However some public spaces like the beach still thrive as good public spaces. Through the study it can be concluded that a new type of public space is required. Most of the existing public spaces are not good public spaces.

In order to create a vibrant public realm, it must have multiple layers and must cater to a variety of users. Activities and functions must reach out to the neighbourhood, the city and beyond in order to ensure constant activity. Design should not create invisible barriers.

Design must not be too rigid. Spaces should allow users to interpret and should not dictate behaviour. Design should allow for choices.

Climate is an important factor to consider. A variety of activities should supplement each other. Spaces with single function are generally not very successful. Uniqueness in terms of function etc can help reach a larger group of people.

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UoW Competition

2015 - 2016 NASA [ Special Mention]

Lalith | Harshini | Abinayaa Perezhilan | Kawin Kumaran

The site is located in a land in between a MRTS and a bus stand, adjacent to the Madya kailash temple, Chennai

The circulation movement of the people around the site, the site being dead and closed caused a lot of hinderence.

The Madya kailash bus stand is usually crowded due to the presence of a number of institutions.

Huge chunks of waste are dumped coviniently, hence providing the wonderful potential of recycling the waste. Huge concrete blocks were available abundantly on the site. The land is muddy and slurry due to improper drainage of water.Also the movement of heavy vehicles to dump construction debris has added to the problem.

We started work hands on in the site, with a lot of help for students of the locality. The land was levelled with the help of JCB machines, which was lent in by a construction company. We also gained the attention of the media and the press, along the way. There was a lot of raw material and junk that was available in and around the site that was sourced.It was only waste materials that was recycled.

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Potentital:

Problems:

The site is dead and disused in a way that it caters to activities that are unpleasant to even name.

Urination and anti social activities has made the entire space shawdy and repels the general crowd.

The land has also become a dumpyard both by the public and the stakeholders concerned. The comman man does his little part in littering the space. And the stakeholder also does its share by dumping the construction debris.

The location is such that the space could let us spill over the transit crowd and give them a place to relax and wait.Such a space with a lot of potential both in terms of location and need has been left unkempt and here we have taken this up to bring up our little idea that has a massive change and a lasting impact.

The students from various institutions tend to walk on the road without any pavement. We tend to usually spend a huge amount of time tranversing between the different modes of transit. And here the path that the commuters have had to take is indeed perilious for the pavement around the temple is left half maintained with speeding vehicles zooming in all directions.

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The entry to the space, thats demarcaded via the slender concrete blocks and the direction is made inviting by marking the land.

The seating spaces that are created to provide an inclusive yet unobstructed space for any informal meeting, for afternoon naps, for breakfasts by the banyan tree or even chit chats among the school kids. Interesting patterns of seating is achieved under the extremely comforting shade of the banyan tree.

Small plantations are gardened to add to the beauty of the space.The connect to the bus stand is provided on site to enable people to walk in comfort and feel safe while doing the same.

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A Public space is dictated by the common man, and hence its only partly designed by the designer.

M I N I M A L inter v ention MAXIMUM impact

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Amphibia Convention Trophy 2015 - 2016 ZoNASA [ Citation ]

Scientific research indicates sea levels worldwide have been rising at a rate of 0.14 inches (3.5 millimeters) per year since the early 1990s. The trend, linked to global warming, puts thousands of coastaln cities, like Venice, Italy, (seen here during a historic flood in 2008), and even whole islands at risk of being claimed by the ocean.

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Core samples, tide gauge readings, and, most recently, satellite measurements tell us that over the past century, the Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) has risen by 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters). However, the annual rate of rise over the past 20 years has been 0.13 inches (3.2 millimeters) a year, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years.

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Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayn glaciers, the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar ice sheets. Their melting spells trouble for not only 2 billion asians but the whole world. The most important line is the coast line which we humans take for granted as if it has always been there and always will be. For all of human recorded history which goes back to about 6000 years the coastline hasnt really moved. But the new reality the fact separated from the fiction is that the shoreline is a really important line. The ice is melting, the sea level is rising and the shoreline has recently started moving inland all because the earth is 1.5F higher in temperature than it was a century ago. the effects of climate change mean it’s only a natural progression that we will populate the seas someday, therefore the need pertains for a livable, sustainable structure for humans to occupy.the risk of rising water levels is accompanied by storms and floods as part of the climate change and the unforeseen effects of urbanization.

“you never change things by fighting the existing reality. to change something, build a new model that makes the existing obselete.� buckminster fuller

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IGBC Competition

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The roof reflects and the air cavity traps the heat. Aerodynamic roof provides better air circulation. The thermal wall insulates the interior.

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Open space reservation as site In order to preserve and maintain our green spaces, the government has imposed 10% reservation of open spaces in plot sizes beyond 10,000 sq.m. But theselands are left vacant and misused . The responsibility of developing the OSR lies with the builder as it adds value and accountability to the project.

Exploring the sustainability Sustainability is a key factor while providing home for workers, but to what extent can sustainability be harnessed ? It should serve a bigger purpose, parallely satisfying the needs of the stake holders.

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a funnel and harvests the hollow pipe. The provides thermal

The cavity present in the roof keeps the interior warm along with the thick earthbag walls. Cement bags act as barriers of the cold.

The stake holders include the builder who investson these shelters, the site which provides the space, the end users whose homes are being shaped and finally the workers the most ignored of all. A solution that would cater to all twh stake holders would remove the ignorancetowards the workers community.

Casabrella the home beyond time Casabrella the self sustaining transit shelter derived from “kazbrella� or the inverted umbrella. the module is designed to sustain in all site conditions. the construction site is the place which they are deeply attached.

Hence, the materials are derived from the waste and excess from the previous site.

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Landscape Trophy Competition

2015 - 2016 ZoNASA [ Citation ]

Vignesh Ra ja | Ganesh Babu | Rajha Surya The Buckingham Canal built by the british by connecting the then existing canals as a navigable waterway is now degenerated into a sewer chanel running along the length of the city. The MRTS line along the stretch was the final nail in it’s coffin.

The canal is now a corrupt fabric in the urban realm of Chennai, thanks to improper planning and a lack of vision.

With proposals such as national waterway 4 connecting three states via the canal, it’s high time that a wholistic design is developed integrating multiple nuances and parameters involved in the creation of an urban landscape of this scale. This has the scope to change the cityscape of chennai forever on the better side.

The intervention tries to address various problems in the city, which are mostly results of improper planning over the time. The buckingham canal and it’s banks as it flows along the stretch of the city, forms the common denominator.

Chennai 46m2/person

Bangalore 17 m2/Person

Chandigarh 54 m2/Person

Singapore 66 m2/Person

15 million litres / Year Sewage water released in Buckingham Canal

137 Outfalls Gateways of untreated sewage into the canal

5 Ecosystems | Connects four varied ecosystems along the length of the canal’s stretch

185 billion litres / Year | wasted rain water in the city due to unplanned systems

350+ Crores / Year | Amount spent on SW drains due to lack of planning

7 Fishing Villages Saved by the canal during the 2004 Tsunami 1,095 kms NW 4 | National Waterway 4 connecting Andhra-TN-Pondicherry. Buckingham Canal,a part of it.

11 mn tonnes / Year | Will be transported through the canal, reducing costs of agricultural and construction goods.

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90k+ Passengers / Day | Use the MRTS everyday and are influenced by the buckingham canal in a crucial way.

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The urbanscaping develops a dialogue through the city, creating urban integrity in various levels

Existing condition

Establishing linkage

Decentralizing

Thus the urbanscaping acts as a conveyor of the multitude of design solutions addressing unique problems along the city but integrated and identified as one due to the nature of the solutions.

The buckingham canal runs along neighborhoods of various scales and sizes. One modular design solution won’t do justice to the various needs of these neighborhoods. A decentralised approach was taken to identify the issues along the stretch and coupling them together to arrive at a more efficient and sustainable urbanscape for the particular region.

Though only 4 slices of possibilities have been expressed, there is no limit to the potential this holds.

The canal as it goes through the various regions of the city acts as a social equalizer by establishing the fact that the infrastructural development of any city should be focused at equipping every last stake holder and not for satisfying the whims of powerful.

The ability of an urban landscape to evolve more than mere infrastructure and adapt dynamically based on the requirements is a new frontier on these scales of development. Developing infrastructure aimed at improving the standard of living of people and not just trade and economy will be an important part of how we want our city to be in the coming years.

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Fab Fest

2015 - 2016

Abinayaa Perezhilan

An urban summer fest, brings students together in a competitive spirit to construct a pavillion out of card board, a chance to dwell on the borders of alternative construction.

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Juan Jennifer d’ coutho Sabatini Jerald Abinayaa Perezhilan Debaprana Sarkar Aishwarya Ganesh Accompanied by

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The pavillion to be displayed in a cross cultural platform needed to correspond to the context we were travelling from.

Here the JALLI wall we have created is the representation f the walls that let you go beyond rather than obstruct. “We look at it, we look through it, we look out of it, we look beyond it.�

The design process started off by beginning to understand the material and bringing out the primary MODULE.

When we arrived in London, we had the material and the equipment to get hands on experience of BUILDING. Once the pieces were cut, we got to the job of ASSEMBLY. The team that made it possible.

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Anusha | 2nd year

A reader lives a thousand life before he dies.......

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Kowsalya | 2nd year

Varshini Subramanian | 5th year

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“Enclosed pigeon” - Bala chander | 5th year

“The 20s agraharam essence” -Sandhya Seshan | 2nd year

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“PERSPECTIVEs” Mohanabrabu BM | 5th year

“Safest home” - Gokul | 2nd year

‘Strength and unwavering fierceness” -Sandhya Seshan | 2nd year

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Vignesh raja | 5th year

“ Truth as light “ Vijayaragavan | 4th year

“In the dark” - Mohanabrabu Vignesh raja |BM 5thVyear year

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Articles Almost towards the end of an exciting first semester, our professor gave us surprising news during the design class.

He selected us to participate in a competition!

“It’s just a junk art competition, go haffun” he said. But to participate and represent SAP was ‘goosebump happy news of the day’ to us. We had no clue about the conductors, we just summoned the entire studio to help us get wastes and we were off to give it a try. The event was at MGR institute. The topic was to produce any show piece or utility with wastes. We had a show piece in mind, a reindeer. To make it more monotonous and glossy, we used paper wastes, Styrofoam, plastic, and CD’s. Natural branch from tree was the highlight! It was used as the antenna of the reindeer. We had loads of fun discussions on how to put everything together, crazy conversations, laughter and random ideas. One amazing team! All of this made the design a success and we won the competition! Only after completing the project did we know that the competition was held by IIID, The Institute of Indian Interior Designers.

This competition was a part of the ‘Design Yatra’, a national initiation towards spreading design and taking it to the masses. We felt proud indeed to have been a small part of this Yatra and would forever cherish the first competition through college.

A day without us.

It’s winter and a cool breeze blows through my window, I’m sitting close enough to freeze But only I can’t feel the cold Because it’s a day without you.

It’s burning.

And deep down in my heart, I can feel the drought that the heat has brought over And parched, and dry, is my soul.

No rain, no storm, can make my state better, Not until I see you...

Fervently playing back memories of our moments together, Calling back the butterflies v that were inside me each time our eyes met: Sweet, sweet creatures, they are.

Oh baby, they’re never going away.

But they aren’t here now and I know they won’t be, Not until I see you...

And I’m helpless now because I’m drunk, Drunk on your love.

And through my blurry eyes, I see you...

Just a mirage in my desert, I realize And darling, I feel crushed.

A day without you brings me so much of hurt.

And it’s so unbearably painful, that it’s sweet.

Sweeter though when it dawns upon me, That the pain is, but short-lived, Because it’s just one day, though it feels like a year; And right through the pain, I find solace in the thought that I’ll see you tomorrow.

And my drunk heart knows that: A hundred thousand flowers shall bloom in my parched soul, The instant our eyes meet, And them sweet butterflies will be back.

They will then, ever so softly whisper in my ears, About how you missed me too.

Because sweetheart, it wasn’t a day without you after all, That brought me so much pain: It was a day without us

Megha T K Hareesh Karthick Raja

by Varshini Ashwanth, 1st year

The Bawls of Modernism

My dark, dark world.

A style of a new age, for a new kind, of the ‘Mankind’.

The day I was born was accompanied by the whistling of Steam engines, shifting gears and resounding factory bells, Men would walk dutifully in and out at every bell.

Strong and vigilant I stood, made of concrete, glass and steel, Ah! We need no more, the wood.

Univalent, I stood.

I was anew, for the new, For, when I would fall, No one just knew.

In my dark, dark world of melancholy, I continue to smother.

It’s probably true that the doom’s not too far.

My skies are gray, Even though its early in the day, No music can make me dance, Because nothing shall I hear.

No friend can make me smile, Because I’ve too much to fear.

In my dark, dark world.

Through everyday, I hear a cry, Not of sorrow, but of hope.

A hope that one day, this will change And a world of joy, my world shall be; And my jejune clouds too shall shine, In the radiance of the rainbow.

My dark, dark world would no longer be For I would finally learn to let go.

Let go of my wrath and my envy which were the clouds that made my world dark.

And I’ve learnt once and for all That a good heart that loves forever, Is the only way to joie de vivre.

Denying all the contextuality, In the search for a new uniformity, The inevitable internationality.

Looking up, I shot up and up, Not knowing that, the Igoe would fall, And shut me up.

I was anew, for the new, For, when I would fall, No one just knew.

by Varshini Ashwanth, 1st year

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Influence of Social Media Few months ago the Turbulence of social media in protest creates huge Impact on Nation and also among politicians to create Lawful action.

Enormous unity among students and public creates high tide waves, for a dutiful action.

Yes, social media is the loud voice from people reaches Nook of the World. To achieve the loud voice, unity among the soul voice of individuals is necessary. We must use this powerful social media in planning the nation. The Importance of planning is buried in India for decades. Planning projects fail or swayed by non-transparent analysis by misunderstanding groups or through our imbecile politicians. The issue is role of public and planner got swallowed by well trained polluted politicians instead of public consultation. Social media is the transparent platform to address their views of project through facebook, whatsapp or any other tool.

The thought of necessity and requirement should be established by a cornerstone awareness between Planning and social media.

Let us turn the turbulence of social media to a particular direction of project planning by the inputs and participation of people. Ancient history spokes Temple Cities and its nature in planning. Not only temple cities, Literature also elaborates the spatial planning of High order ruling cities. Agriculture in rural area is flourished by protective planning. Where is the smell of planning Blossoms? Where the Planning gone? How it is underestimated? The growth and wealth of a country is addressed through planning. Lack of Infrastructure Planning affects the Quality of life in urban areas and fired up by violent growth of cities and also lost agricultural lands in rural areas. Even Scholars lack in knowing the importance of planning. How many people in India would heard of planning profession? How many scholars know about different streams in planning such as Housing, Urban planning, Transportation planning, Environmental planning and Regional planning.

Generally, planners in abroad country given higher powers next to mayor as a major deciding authority for development. Country will fail if it fails to give importance to planning. Awareness should be created among the people through social media regarding planning. There are two key roles need to be performed by Social media. First, Social media must create awareness about Treasure of importance in planning. Secondly, people communication and participation in planning by giving inputs for the project using social media. Participation of people in project planning will help them to gain knowledge of planning. India is a country with huge population; social media is the only way to address the issue in planning. People should raise their voice regarding lack of Infrastructure facilities in cities through social media. Digital connectivity of social media will influence the people to participate. whatsapp group should be created for community participation for individual comments on project, facebook has an option of voting, Google forms and Survey monkey can be used as assisting tool for questionnaire survey. In addition, special website should be created regarding the project. After the Completion of project, people can monitor the project by giving ratings and also comment the issues regarding the project. Hope, social media will lead future projects in India.

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Lighting Workshop

Nandhitha Raja

A lighting workshop was conducted by the International Association of Lighting Designers for architecture students at the School of Architecture & Planning Anna University. It focused on designing spaces with the various light fixtures brought in by the vendors. We were split into 4 teams and were given sites in and around our campus.

Our group was given the west side of the vcollege to light up. Since this was one of the main entries to the School of Architecture & Planning, we decided to create a journey through lights and showcase the architecture.

Our lighting exhibition was named ‘Chiaroscuro’, an Italian word which described the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition of an artwork. Here we had used the various lights to highlight the varied textures we found on our site.

We started our journey from the Banyan tree, which is a significant landmark of SAP. We lit the tree up from the inside, highlighting the roots and giving a mystical feel and accentuating the grandeur of the majestic tree. The tree significe the SAP family and we students were the roots.

As we started our journey, we also took the audience through the evolution of architecture.

We started byframing a water body in the form of a surrealistic artwork lit by a blue light.

It represented how nature plays an important role in architecture. It also represented earth that was used in the initial stages of construction. We used shadow lighting behind the model of The Colosseum, which was a pinnacle of success of Roman Architecture, where brick was extensively used.

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In this part of the journey, the textures of nature and the bricks gave a raw and rustic feel to the place. Pathfinders were placed on the path to highlight the fallen leaves and other natural elements.

We then moved onto the next part of the journey which focused on contemporary architecture.We lit up the jaali wall of our college. The jaali represented the functional and the aesthetical part of architecture. It let in ventilation and enough light while blocking out the harshness of the sun. We lit up 9 jaalis, a nod to the 9 square logo of our college. In the next part, we played with the design idea of illuminating the foreground, the midground and the background. The foreground was kept subtle by illuminating just the planes of the concrete railings.

In the midground, the mound-like ‘Gregg’ lighting were placed on the landscaped berms, giving a soft-glow highlighting the contours of the berms. These represented the parametric architecture while the jaali wall behind it was lit up in different colours which changed during regular intervals. This changing of lights represented the changing directions of architecture.

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Finally, the climax of the journey highlighted the murals on the walls done by the students.

One of the murals was of a girl leaning out of the window and looking into the vast world which is synonymous to the breaking free of architecture students to constantly push the boundaries of technology and architecture.

The pathway leading up to the murals was lit up with low-intensity lights placed among the bamboos. The college name board was lit up with form-changing abstract light, showing the fluidity and constantly progressing architecture. The journey ended with the l ighting up of a tree with a ‘Shooter’ which sculpted the arch of the branch of the tree, welcoming the audience into the campus of SAP. The entire journey saw a linear progression in the nature of lighting of various textures, elements and showcasing the natural charm of the site.

The workshop helped us understand how lighting can change the language of space.

It was also a good exposure to the various lights available in the market, understanding the principles of lighting design and how to use the vast range of lighting we were provided with effectively.

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A Walk Through the Unknown As tiredness swept in, the magnificent blue eyes gave in to the comfy bed before him. Consciousness dived into his mind by a gentle breeze that kissed its way through. The majestic rays of the sun pierced his eyes, registering things that never once his mind processed. All he could see was grassland which appeared as a green ocean. He felt his lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery - air, mountains, trees and people. “This is what is to be happy”, he thought. To the sound of music, that comes from what seemed to be nowhere flew through him as a gentle breeze entraining him into a trance. The grasslands opened up a path to welcome. He walked through it as if bewitched by the sweet noise. Suddenly the clear blue sky welcomed clouds dipped in grayish blue color. When he was half way through the meadow, the first splatter of rain formed the drizzle.

The vision of peacock spreading its bluish green wings as they felt the sweetness of rain formed a curve on his face. His heart recognized it to be a smile, the first non mechanical one. The water droplets hit the ground in a perfect symphony of music, playing a new beat. The trance took a heavier grip on him. He quickened his pace under the rainbow that sheltered him during the rain. His footsteps came into a halt, at the sight of a women immersed within her own music. It formed inside a bamboo shoot in her hands. Just like the breeze it flew across the fields, capturing the hearts of the listener. He just lost his heart to her.

Just then, he noticed a man beside her. He seemed so similar, yet so ancient. Just like her, he was immersed in his own music in perfect harmony with the women. Like the entwined dry leaves, that move together, these two seemed united with each other. For a minute, he thought that the girl might accompany him. But then, it was just a mist. He will remain in solitude like always. Very few have a heart that gets someone to walk with them. That man beside her is one of the very few. Just like the music in the flute and the fragrance in the flower, they seem to be united. Walking out of the scene, in his own solitude, he rested under another tree only with birds to accompany. Just then, he realized that no one seemed to be aware of his presence. The hurt in his heart sows itself again and again every moment he sees the people around. Who would know his secret?

Only the descending wings of the birds on the falling roots of banyan tree, will whisper all stories of the day. Suddenly he heard a mechanical voice call out his name. The world started collapsing and then he woke up. Greeted by the robotic walls of his house, with the work schedule for 11th march 2100.., confusion lingered across his thoughts. Where was he in his dream? Who was that girl? Walking through the machines, he just saw a similar girl passing his apartment in her flying car. A similar one in the dream but just like him, devoid of any emotions. A realization dawned on his face. Was she the same girl he dreamed? Was he the man in his own dream? Did he just dream of his previous birth or something?

A heartfelt smile swept across his face for the second time in his life.

Concept Our life becomes more modern day by day. With modernism comes the change. We change our way of living. Our present way of living is very fascinating.

There are magnificent multi storey buildings, broad roads, shopping malls, multiplexes. There is novelty in everything. The sweetness of nature is snatched in return for all these. What do we get from them? We lose our soul to them. We turn into something like a machine. We exist merely to each other. If the situation prevails like this, what will it be like to live in the future...say 2100.

Mechanised life will one day drain our heart of all the emotions we have. Our minds will operate to the tunes of machines, that was once created by us.

Emptiness and solitude will occupy our life. Machines may reduce our work, but they will never possess the ability to love. In the midst of all those, people will forget to love each other because people’s time will be occupied by machines. A mother’s love, father’s care, siblings fights will soon become fantasy that can be only dreamed of. A village may never exist in the future. It may be a historic term which only archaeologists use. How will it be for someone from this time to dream of his birth during the time where village existed? Will he notice the difference?

The hands that spread the seed, is also the hands that pluck the bud. What you sow, you reap.

The above extract is written for the song ‘elangathu vesutha’ from the movie Pithamagan.

by Samyuktha .R.S

Ed Sheeran - Thinking out Loud

Lily – 80 yrs I watch the raindrops falling methodically and reverberating against the window pane. There is something about rain that makes me profound and nostalgic. As the drops get louder and heavier, they seem to drown the silence in the room and in the depths of my mind. The photo on the wall takes me on my flashback of memories.

Lily - 22 yrs I’m in love with this blue eyed boy. His smile, the way his crooked teeth bends, the smirk that creates dimples. He knows me better than anyone else. He was there when I did my first walk, my first bicycle ride, my first heartbreak... Somehow he was the wall supporting me. Maybe that’s why I’m too much a block head to know about him loving me.

Being in love with their best friend is a boon. You get to have best of both worlds. He has been my constant for these many years and now he has become my infinity. I didn’t know I loved him so much until all of a sudden it struck me a lightning bolt. I guess people have soulmates and I know for a fact that he is mine.

Ashton - 22 years old Falling in love with her was easy. She made it easier with her captivating brown eyes, that blinding smile that stops your heart. Love is never a magnanimous spectacular being; it is merely made of simple gestures.

The way she loves her first cup of coffee everyday.

The lilt in her walk when she is too happy.

The little smirk she gives if she won me in an argument.

The way those locks of hair frame her tiny little face, dwarfing her.

The weird obsession of hers over that band of hers.

These nervous tic habit of hers to scratch under her eyelids and many more Ashton- 88 years old It’s been more than few decades now. Love lasts longer. Every day I fall in love with her. Her still present smile. The warmth in my brown eyed girl. It has lasted tides. We have had our fair share of fights and heated arguments. I have said things I terribly regret. But ultimately after all these years I’m still young in the love I have for her . We have lasted so long and I still love her quirky habits that has remained the same.

by Vanathi 1st year

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Dynamics of Balance The world has become smaller and in essence become faster. But this is changing the way we look at life and in extension, the way we look at architecture. Man and art have become separate entities today. Art was in every man’s life and a part of his day to day activities. Art, dance and music formed a routine of a man’s life before this era of rat race.Has man lost the capacity or the facility to create beauty or even appreciate beauty?Where has the art in architecture disappeared? Are we letting engineering take over art rather than balancing it in architecture..?

These are the few questions that I keep asking myself in search of understanding the mind of men.

Re-evaluation of the ways of the world and society today seems necessary indeed. The building of the Salk Institute stands as a testament of the balance achieved, in an otherwise chaotic world of today.Measurable and the Immeasurable-The Salk Institute .This is the building where Picasso and Einstein were envisioned to visit and appreciate. By this single expression, the idea orthe essence of what the building stands for is captured. From the program requirements till the finish of each wall passed through the hands of the master architect Louis I. Kahn.The architecture that stands even today is an example of a life that is ever balancing its beauty and function.Here the stark contrast of the static exposed concrete to the dynamic changing colours of the sky was born.

Nature and the manmade are in balance,where the man made is rooted and measurable, while the half framed nature is reaching out and immeasurable. The sky and the sun colours the exposed concrete, as the day progresses. The form established through order, inherently derived from the function of the building has the aesthetical element. Function and aesthetics is not separate, but extremely fluid and interplayed.

By Abinayaa Perezhilan, 4th year

With the soft soft morning light With the harsh harsh noon’s ray As with the soothing moon’s touch, He glows just at a glance of mine.

He watches the water streak across the concrete Meeting where the waves kiss the sky Content at a story well written, Wakes up every day to rewrite.

Posh as the polished wood at heart, Rough as exposed concrete on skin.

But I can see it all, He doesn’t Mean to hide, but to expose.

With clinical clarity does he Separate the inner mechanisations To make the lives better Of those around.

He works with company, but Needs a moment’s recluse, for Through the bridge and the balcony He loves to watch me as I bathe In the blue blue ocean Almost making him blush red.

This is me, Sun flirting with Salk Day in and day out, until the end of time

Echoes of the Past While traditional and contemporary architecture might appear to be at loggerheads,the contemporary primarily stems from traditional with the relativity and the distortion of time. The world has undergone changes and so has the life of man. These changes are factorial, with factors that are varied such as: • Time: constant underlying factor of change itself • Political systems: directly impacts the lives of people • Economical surges or falls: has a call on the amount of building activity • Sudden catastrophe: pushes man to rethink and rebuild or relocate.

• Warfare: loss in all aspects followed by redirected or stunted growth.

• Inventions: impact on how people communicate and connect.

When traditional and contemporary (in other words: the needs of the current lifestyle) are together as one, architecture becomes timeless.

The sense of oneness and the essence of dynamic balance are achieved at the same moment creating an architecture that is bound to stay relevant for today, tomorrow and beyond. In the example of Jawahar Kala Kendra, the building makes the visitor aware of the traditional element in Indian architecture.This is a classic example of how the architect wished a traditional element of space making to be the guide for a contemporary building in post independent India. The spaces are correlated to the mandala planning Glimpses of a star a square and a circlecaught Beyond the threshold of nine squares, Color of the rising sun in stark volumes Stagnant, unframed by the changing sky, Through the colors and contrasts of white Each step forward is each step deeper, The old man in pink has a changed wardrobe Though in pink is the modern man now.

For every ‘modern’ man and woman to applaud A display of sorts sets the stage for more.

Here mercury sits in the library, with Venus frolicking at the theatre Mars holds the fort, while moon eats away Jupiter and Saturn are lost in thought As Rahu and Ketu watch all that happens Waiting for the one that is none.

As soon as the Sun steps in, Everybody comes around To watch nothing Become everything.

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