NET ZERO/LOW CARBON BUILDING
An international building workshop for women students under WoW gender initiative
Site Photographs
The Road way and views of the present parking space
Electricity connection, View towards DAP canteen and dustbin nearby (potential threat)
Site's features
Pros-
Centre attraction
Good location with connectivity from 3 sites
Easy accessibility to other departments as well
Viewable from canteen
ConsLack of frontage close proximity to vehicular movement causing noise distraction
Visual privacy required
Smell from dustbin
Site Plan
SITE ANALYSIS
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE & PRECIPITATION
WIND ROSE DIAGRAM
Roorkee has the NNE (North-North East) as its windward side which means, for the maximum time duration round the year, the buildings are hit on the NNE side by winds.
WIND SPEED
The average wind speeds vary around 12kmph.
With an average of 30.9 °C, June is the warmest month. January is the coldest month, with temperatures averaging to a value of 12.7 °C .
The precipitation varies 288 mm or 11 inch between the driest month Novmber and the wettest month August. The average annual temperature in Roorkee is 23.0 °C. In a year, the rainfall is 998 mm or 39.3 inch.
Case Studies
1 . 'The Flow' - A Multipurpose Pavilion
Modularity in terms of an entire unit as well as components Different tiers allows multiple activities in one place without having requirement to modify
2. Women’s Opportunity Center / Sharon
Davis Design
Architects: Sharon Davis Design
Area: 2200 m ²
Year: 2013 Place: Africa
The site of the new Women’s Opportunity Center, located at a crossroads above a fertile valley. Vernacular Rwandan Village as an organizing principle.
A series of human-scaled pavilions clustered to create security and community for up to 300 women.
This mini-village transforms urban agglomeration and subsistence farming with an architectural agenda to create economic opportunity, rebuild social infrastructure, and restore African heritage.
UNDERSTANDING HILL ARCHITECTURE
Once there was a time when wooden bridges were used. This wood was the same which was used to make houses in the rugged topography.
Be it the Heritage home or ancient building, they all are based on this ancient technique of construction.
Known as TAQ construction, where the structural members are made of Timber ( timber lacing). A unit of timber window is also known as TAQ, which makes this technique a primitive pre-fabrication construction.
Inspirations from other parts of India
Traditional houses in Kerala have a roofing system that has a steep sloping design.The angle of the roof is 30-40 degrees. The roof overhang is suspended very low to protect the mud or timber walls from rain, and other elements of weather and to withstand the heavy monsoon. This sloping design enables rainwater, and snow to drain away easily.
Initial Inspirations & Explorations
Product exhibits
Form follows function approach
Material considerations with form
explorations
Minimal design
Local materials
Concept
We wanted to create a sustainable interactive learning environment for everyone which is self-sufficient. The space must also be flexible for different purpose such as exhibition, jury panel for architecture students, student hang out space, small party venue and flexible workspace.
N S E O Flexible Entrance Exhibition area G r e e n E n d i n g
People can gather, sit, talk and interact. This way the pavilion can be designed as an open, semiopen or closed space to provide different spacial experiences.
The audience can interact with the art on display inside the pavilion and see, touch, click photographs etc. Audience can view and experience the pavilion itself as a work of art.
Provision for solar panels and rainwater harvesting has been provided. Roof is sloped at 29 degrees to maximise sun gain and the generated eletricity will be used to charge laptops or equipment through plug points on the columns
Bamboo Roof
Solar Panel
Gutter for water collection
Semicovered
Bamboo Roof
The roof profile is kept sloping similar to the mountains.
Green Space
Multipurpose Lounge
Blackboard
Heighted steps
Flyer space
Panel Space
Semicovered Lounge
Semi Permeable
Pavement Road
PLAN
A
A
ELEVATIONS
Side Elevation
Front Elevation
SECTIONS
Lvl +0 Lvl +5600 Lvl+2500
Section AA
MATERIALS
Bamboo Brickwall Adobe Mud wall Timber Stone
Estimation of Materials
S.no Item Description Unit Rate Quantity Cost 1 Bamboo Brickwall Adobe Mudwall Timber Stone 70 550 370 105 sqft sqft sqft cuft ton 150 145 125 375 600 1507 2,26,050 10,150 46,250 1,95,00 63,000 5,40,450 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Turf paving Flyer space Model display zone Luminaire Semi-open seating Panel display zone Lounge 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
CONTRIBUTION
Delia Narayan "Didi" Contractor
She was the 2017 winner of the Women Artists, Architects and Designers (WADe) Asia Life Time Achievement Award.
In 2019 the president of India gave her the Nari Shakti
Puraskar, India's highest civilian award for recognising the achievements and contributions of women
She specialised in buildings that fit into, rather than contrast with, the landscape, and are made of natural local materials: mainly mud, bamboo, and stone, with small amounts of deodar wood.
Since our beloved Didi contractor has left us few months back, and we had based our prototype based on her principles and pallete. We would like to conduct the first exhibition about her.
Recieving Nari Shakti Award
1. SAFIYA M D
2. SOHA
M.ARCH
1. ABHINAV KUMAWAT
2. ARCHITA SAHA
3. NIKITA SINGH
4. RAHUL C GUPATHAN
B.ARCH-
Fourth year
1. AASTHA SINHA
Third year
1. JANANI RG
2. SHREYES GUPTA
3. SHAIK AMAN
4. KATTA SHEETAL
5. OMESH KUMAVAT
6. PRANJAL NAITHANI
First year
1.ANSHIKA ARORA
THANK YOU !
PHD